Willacy County, Texas QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Willacy County Texas
?  Population, 2000 20,08220,851,820
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 13.4%22.8%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 8.2%7.8%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 31.6%28.2%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 11.6%9.9%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 70.4%71.0%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 2.2%11.5%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.5%0.6%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1%2.7%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) Z0.1%
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 24.5%11.7%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 2.3%2.5%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 48.7%50.4%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 85.7%32.0%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 11.7%52.4%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 4,0697,438,046
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 8332,094,905
?  Housing units, 2000 6,7278,157,575
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 77.3%63.8%
?  Households, 2000 5,5847,393,354
?  Persons per household, 2000 3.402.74
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 50.6%40.9%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $18,616$34,478
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 39.7%16.7%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 50.3%23.6%

Business QuickFacts Willacy County Texas
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 207462,875
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 1,9527,570,820
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 21.4%29.1%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 7921,170,566
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) NA297,657,003
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 61,764182,516,112
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $3,167$9,430
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 393241,334
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 232414,179
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 57146,564
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 96,02497,987,610
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 1,082850,380

Geography QuickFacts Willacy County Texas
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 597261,797
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 33.679.6
?  Metropolitan Area None 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

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NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown