Rockwall County Demographics

People QuickFacts Rockwall County Texas
Population, 2010 78,337 25,145,561
Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 81.8% 20.60%
Population, 2000 43,080 20,851,820
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 7.3% 7.70%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 30.0% 27.30%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 9.6% 10.30%
Female persons, percent, 2010 50.8% 50.40%
   
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 83.6% 70.40%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 5.8% 11.80%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.6% 0.70%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 2.4% 3.80%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.10%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.1% 2.70%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 15.9% 37.60%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 74.1% 45.30%
   
Living in same house 1 year & over, 2005-2009 82.4% 80.80%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2005-2009 9.8% 15.80%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2005-2009 15.8% 33.60%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2005-2009 90.4% 79.30%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2005-2009 34.2% 25.40%
Veterans, 2005-2009 5,837 1,621,077
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2005-2009 32 24.7
   
Housing units, 2010 27,939 9,977,436
Homeownership rate, 2005-2009 84.8% 64.70%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2005-2009 6.4% 24.30%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2005-2009 $183,200 $118,900
Households, 2005-2009 23,113 8,269,046
Persons per household, 2005-2009 3.11 2.81
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2009 dollars) 2005-2009 $32,612 $24,318
Median household income, 2009 $77,924 $48,286
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009 6.6% 17.10%
   
Business QuickFacts Rockwall County Texas
Private nonfarm establishments, 2009 1,650 519,028
Private nonfarm employment, 2009 19,020 8,925,096
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2009 74.0% 11.20%
Nonemployer establishments, 2009 7,279 1,844,130
   
Total number of firms, 2007 8,194 2,164,852
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.8% 7.10%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.90%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 5.30%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.10%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 5.9% 20.70%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 29.8% 28.20%
   
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 301,261 593,541,502
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 424,238,194
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 946,288 311,334,781
Retail sales per capita, 2007 $12,797 $13,061
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 105,900 42,054,592
Building permits, 2010 613 88,461
Federal spending, 2009 548,113 216,379,449
   
Geography QuickFacts Rockwall County Texas
Land area in square miles, 2010 127.04 261,231.71
Persons per square mile, 2010 616.7 96.3
FIPS Code 397 48
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area  

Source: U.S. Census Bureau