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Texas

29,527,940 Population
261,268.2 square miles 113 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$34,717 ±$230 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$66,963 ±$513 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

14.3% ±0.3% (4,122,538  ±79,332) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

25.9 minutes ±0.2 (295,281,060  ±2,182,981) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

10,796,247 ±19,104 Number of households
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.7 (28,965,772  ±0) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

6% ±0.2% (434,357  ±16,121) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

11,867,820 ±1,642 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$237,400 ±$1,389 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

14% ±0.2% (4,083,551  ±68,340.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

85.4% ±0.4% (16,415,784  ±81,190.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
33.1% ±0.3% (6,366,437  ±48,097.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

34.9% ±0.2% (9,632,426  ±60,129.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 21.6% 67,754,440 (±0.1% / ±171,150.5)

17.3% ±0.2% (5,092,132  ±51,263) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

6.4% ±0.1% (1,408,464  ±23,343) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
1,408,464 Total veterans ±23,343 1,244,738 Male ±21,774 163,726 Female ±7,738

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