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Bell County, TX

393,193 Population
1,053.8 square miles 373.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.5 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,613 ±$1,870 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $39,775 ±$250
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$69,890 ±$2,998 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $75,780 ±$472
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

11.2% ±1.8% (42,988  ±6,720) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 13.7% 4,086,851 (±0.3% / ±75,298)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

25.1 minutes ±1.5 (4,204,075  ±285,684) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 27.2 347,514,080 (±0.1 / ±2,192,679)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

145,863 ±2,610 Number of households
  • Texas: 11,260,645 ±19,354
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.6 ±0.1 (384,712  ±1,588) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,898,096
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

8.1% ±2.3% (8,069  ±2,259) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 5.5% 417,167 (±0.2% / ±13,744)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

158,782 ±603 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 12,394,809 ±3,110
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$262,300 ±$9,303 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $296,900 ±$1,483
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

19.6% ±2.1% (75,616  ±8,243.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 14.1% 4,240,926 (±0.2% / ±65,092.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

91.1% ±3.4% (223,776  ±8,341.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 86.3% 17,292,906 (±0.4% / ±73,530.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
27.7% ±1.9% (68,032  ±4,676.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 34.2% 6,858,406 (±0.2% / ±45,043.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9% (35,248  ±3,631) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.9% 5,455,292
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

18.8% ±1.2% (49,733  ±3,197) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 6.1% 1,394,897 (±0.1% / ±21,106)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
49,733 Total veterans ±3,197 37,842 Male ±2,718 11,891 Female ±2,089

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