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Congressional District 21, TX

839,290 Population
6,297.3 square miles 133.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$51,139 ±$1,625 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Texas: $39,775 ±$250
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$90,518 ±$3,254 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $75,780 ±$472
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

7.8% ±1% (64,521  ±8,003) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 13.7% 4,086,851 (±0.3% / ±75,298)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

27.2 minutes ±0.6 (9,062,610  ±451,481) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 27.2 347,514,080 (±0.1 / ±2,192,679)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

338,266 ±7,491 Number of households
  • Texas: 11,260,645 ±19,354
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (825,412  ±19,077) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 † 29,898,096 (±49.3 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

4.5% ±1.1% (8,804  ±2,093) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.5% 417,167 (±0.2% / ±13,744)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

366,476 ±7,950 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 12,394,809 ±3,110
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$430,200 ±$10,699 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $296,900 ±$1,483
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

15.1% ±1.2% (125,352  ±10,705.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14.1% 4,240,926 (±0.2% / ±65,092.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

95% ±1.5% (565,920  ±14,185.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 86.3% 17,292,906 (±0.4% / ±73,530.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
46.3% ±1.4% (276,121  ±9,670.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 34.2% 6,858,406 (±0.2% / ±45,043.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

19.4% ±1.4% (140,791  ±10,383.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about half the rate in Texas: 35.1% 9,582,416 (±0.1% / ±33,246.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,860,570 (±0.1% / ±,196,548.1)

8.8% ±0.8% (73,898  ±7,237) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.9% † 5,455,292 (±,325.7% / ±65,136)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

10.1% ±0.7% (65,901  ±4,763) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 6.1% 1,394,897 (±0.1% / ±21,106)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
65,901 Total veterans ±4,763 56,260 Male ±4,436 9,641 Female ±1,505

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