Census Reporter

Congressional District 28, TX

753,502 Population
9,378.9 square miles 80.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.7 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 34.7 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$19,825 ±$791 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $29,525 ±$142
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$46,777 ±$1,719 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $59,206 ±$490
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

23.6% ±1.8% (176,085  ±13,697) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 14.7% 4,076,905 (±0.2% / ±62,508)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

25 minutes ±0.8 (7,148,840  ±302,331) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 26.5 328,391,065 (±0.1 / ±1,824,566)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,891,349,480 (±0.1 / ±8,012,447)

Families

217,023 ±4,546 Number of households
  • Texas: 9,623,874 ±22,217
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
3.4 ±0.1 (747,048  ±13,140) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.9 27,698,085 (±0)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 2.7 317,631,941

5.6% ±1% (10,367  ±1,918) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 5.7% 395,121 (±0.2% / ±11,292)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

246,571 ±4,292 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 10,933,375 ±871
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$121,600 ±$3,331 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $172,200 ±$747
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $217,600 ±$437

11.3% ±1.3% (83,872  ±9,403.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 15.7% 4,390,245 (±0.3% / ±73,067.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

72.6% ±1.7% (321,570  ±9,268.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 83.6% 15,180,323 (±0.4% / ±68,147.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
18.2% ±1.1% (80,660  ±5,196.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 29.6% 5,371,489 (±0.2% / ±40,733.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 32% 70,765,915 (±0.1% / ±146,608.8)

68.4% ±0.8% (462,442  ±5,884.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 35.3% 8,981,907 (±0.1% / ±26,239.3)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 21.3% 64,221,193 (±0.1% / ±184,663.6)

22.1% ±1.1% (166,808  ±8,763) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 17.2% 4,854,140 (±0.2% / ±42,073)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,525,855 (±0% / ±135,763)

7.2% ±0.6% (37,430  ±2,950) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 7% 1,460,397 (±0.1% / ±19,003)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,204,605 (±0% / ±71,514)
37,430 Total veterans ±2,950 31,517 Male ±2,494 5,913 Female ±1,449

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