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Bell County, TX

388,386 Population
1,053.8 square miles 368.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.4 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$32,780 ±$1,924 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $38,123 ±$223
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$62,137 ±$3,286 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $72,284 ±$443
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

14.7% ±2.1% (55,578  ±7,983) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 14% 4,113,641 (±0.3% / ±72,677)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

23.3 minutes ±1.4 (3,742,255  ±265,657) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 329,915,840 (±0.2 / ±2,493,930)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

143,361 ±2,030 Number of households
  • Texas: 11,087,708 ±20,293
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.7 ±0 (380,086  ±403) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,420,404
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

7.5% ±1.7% (7,336  ±1,657) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 5.7% 420,463 (±0.2% / ±14,628)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

155,289 ±175 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 12,135,376 ±1,261
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$233,900 ±$7,933 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $275,400 ±$1,356
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

22.5% ±2.5% (86,015  ±9,700.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,255,243 (±0.2% / ±65,296.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

90% ±3.3% (214,789  ±7,968.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 86.1% 16,875,375 (±0.4% / ±78,881.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
27% ±1.8% (64,499  ±4,272.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 33.9% 6,651,408 (±0.3% / ±48,274.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

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

9.5% (36,697  ±4,643) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,169,126
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

18.4% ±1.3% (47,805  ±3,457) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,401,173 (±0.1% / ±22,051)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
47,805 Total veterans ±3,457 37,651 Male ±3,056 10,154 Female ±1,814

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