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Polk County, TX

51,780 Population
1,057 square miles 49 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.9 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$28,346 ±$1,257 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$59,066 ±$3,522 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

18.1% ±2.2% (8,675  ±1,078) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

30.5 minutes ±2.2 (520,495  ±44,280) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

18,575 ±602 Number of households
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.6 ±0.1 (48,144  ±59) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

6.2% ±2.5% (571  ±229) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

25,677 ±78 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$154,000 ±$10,956 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

20% ±2.6% (10,276  ±1,327.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

81.8% ±3.3% (30,592  ±1,253.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
13.4% ±1.5% (5,015  ±554.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

4.6% (2,404  ±320) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

9.3% ±1.1% (3,827  ±471) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
3,827 Total veterans ±471 3,529 Male ±457 298 Female ±108

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