State & County QuickFacts
Delta County, Texas
People QuickFacts Delta County Texas
Population, 2006 estimate 5,561 23,507,783
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 4.4% 12.7%
Population, 2000 5,327 20,851,820
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006 5.5% 8.2%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006 22.5% 27.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006 16.8% 9.9%
Female persons, percent, 2006 51.2% 50.2%
White persons, percent, 2006 (a) 89.0% 82.7%
Black persons, percent, 2006 (a) 8.1% 11.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a) 1.0% 0.7%
Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a) 0.4% 3.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a) 0.1% 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006 1.4% 1.2%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b) 3.8% 35.7%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006 85.8% 48.3%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 56.6% 49.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 0.5% 13.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 2.2% 31.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 75.5% 75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 13.9% 23.2%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 1,278 3,605,542
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 27.7 25.4
Housing units, 2006 2,476 9,224,361
Homeownership rate, 2000 77.3% 63.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 4.6% 24.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $39,400 $82,500
Households, 2000 2,094 7,393,354
Persons per household, 2000 2.49 2.74
Median household income, 2004 $31,122 $41,645
Per capita money income, 1999 $15,080 $19,617
Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 15.9% 16.2%
Business QuickFacts Delta County Texas
Private nonfarm establishments, 2005 60 497,7581
Private nonfarm employment, 2005 459 8,305,1021
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005 -2.5% 3.5%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2005 325 1,686,274
Total number of firms, 2002 378 1,734,509
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 F 5.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 F 0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 F 4.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 F 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 F 18.4%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 S 27.0%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) NA 310,815,965
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) D 397,405,111
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 26,162 228,694,755
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $4,829 $10,528
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) D 29,914,774
Building permits, 2006 11 216,642
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 40,444 141,858,4801
Geography QuickFacts Delta County Texas
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 277.08 261,797.12
Persons per square mile, 2000 19.2 79.6
FIPS Code 119 48

Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area

1: Includes data not distributed by county.

(a)
Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b)
Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information

F: Fewer than 100 firms FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available

S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards

X: Not applicable

Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown

Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report Last Revised: Wednesday, 02-Jan-2008 15:09:26 EST