Dallas County Demographics

People QuickFacts Dallas County Texas
Population, 2010 2,368,139 25,145,561
Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 6.7% 20.6%
Population, 2000 2,218,899 20,851,820
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 8.1% 7.7%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 27.6% 27.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 8.8% 10.3%
Female persons, percent, 2010 50.6% 50.4%
     
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 53.5% 70.4%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 22.3% 11.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.7% 0.7%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 5.0% 3.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.8% 2.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 38.3% 37.6%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 33.1% 45.3%
     
Living in same house 1 year & over, 2005-2009 80.2% 80.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2005-2009 23.3% 15.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2005-2009 39.3% 33.6%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2005-2009 75.1% 79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2005-2009 27.4% 25.4%
Veterans, 2005-2009 117,341 1,621,077
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2005-2009 25.7 24.7
     
Housing units, 2010 943,257 9,977,436
Homeownership rate, 2005-2009 54.8% 64.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2005-2009 39.3% 24.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2005-2009 $128,800 $118,900
Households, 2005-2009 832,734 8,269,046
Persons per household, 2005-2009 2.82 2.81
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2009 dollars) 2005-2009 $25,703 $24,318
Median household income, 2009 $46,044 $48,286
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009 18.7% 17.1%
     
Business QuickFacts Dallas County Texas
Private nonfarm establishments, 2009 61,359 519,028
Private nonfarm employment, 2009 1,253,122 8,925,096
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2009 -15.2% 11.2%
Nonemployer establishments, 2009 185,432 1,844,130
     
Total number of firms, 2007 228,604 2,164,852
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 13.6% 7.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2007 0.8% 0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 6.9% 5.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 15.3% 20.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 28.1% 28.2%
     
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 39,047,030 593,541,502
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 58,165,146 424,238,194
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 33,177,208 311,334,781
Retail sales per capita, 2007 $13,929 $13,061
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 5,705,137 42,054,592
Building permits, 2010 5,485 88,461
Federal spending, 2009 17,621,936 216,379,449
     
Geography QuickFacts Dallas County Texas
Land area in square miles, 2010 871.28 261,231.71
Persons per square mile, 2010 2,718.0 96.3
FIPS Code 113 48
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area  

Source: U.S. Census Bureau