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Jim Wells County, TX

38,850 Population
865.2 square miles 44.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,585 ±$1,808 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,896 ±$6,825 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24.7% ±3.2% (9,492  ±1,223) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.3 minutes ±1.3 (340,115  ±25,795) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

13,279 ±412 Number of households
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.1 (38,476  ±14) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.5% ±2.2% (389  ±194) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

16,229 ±71 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$123,600 ±$22,797 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.7% ±2.4% (3,728  ±904.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

79.6% ±4.4% (19,731  ±1,095.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.3% ±2.3% (4,044  ±564.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4.9% (1,914  ±482) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.1% ±1.3% (1,709  ±375) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,709 Total veterans ±375 1,568 Male ±359 141 Female ±82

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