State & County QuickFacts
Hunt County, Texas
People QuickFacts Hunt County Texas
Population, 2006 estimate 83,338 23,507,783
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 8.8% 12.7%
Population, 2000 76,596 20,851,820
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006 6.6% 8.2%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006 24.5% 27.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006 12.6% 9.9%
Female persons, percent, 2006 50.1% 50.2%
White persons, percent, 2006 (a) 88.0% 82.7%
Black persons, percent, 2006 (a) 9.0% 11.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a) 0.8% 0.7%
Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a) 0.8% 3.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a) 0.1% 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006 1.3% 1.2%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b) 10.9% 35.7%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006 77.6% 48.3%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 51.2% 49.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 4.7% 13.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 8.8% 31.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 76.9% 75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 16.8% 23.2%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 16,388 3,605,542
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 30.1 25.4
Housing units, 2006 34,374 9,224,361
Homeownership rate, 2000 71.5% 63.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 14.1% 24.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $62,000 $82,500
Households, 2000 28,742 7,393,354
Persons per household, 2000 2.60 2.74
Median household income, 2004 $38,268 $41,645
Per capita money income, 1999 $17,554 $19,617
Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 15.3% 16.2%
Business QuickFacts Hunt County Texas
Private nonfarm establishments, 2005 1,332 497,7581
Private nonfarm employment, 2005 24,681 8,305,1021
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005 20.4% 3.5%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2005 5,449 1,686,274
Total number of firms, 2002 5,785 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 S 18.4%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 26.0% 27.0%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) D 310,815,965
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 281,413 397,405,111
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 634,937 228,694,755
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $7,949 $10,528
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) D 29,914,774
Building permits, 2006 137 216,642
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 884,554 141,858,4801
Geography QuickFacts Hunt County Texas
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 841.16 261,797.12
Persons per square mile, 2000 91.1 79.6
FIPS Code 231 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 15:09:32 EST