Gregg County, Texas QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Gregg County Texas
?  Population, 2000 111,37920,851,820
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 6.1%22.8%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 7.0%7.8%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 26.7%28.2%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 13.2%9.9%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 72.9%71.0%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 19.9%11.5%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.5%0.6%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.7%2.7%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) Z0.1%
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 4.6%11.7%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 1.5%2.5%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 51.6%50.4%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 9.1%32.0%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 69.0%52.4%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 50,0017,438,046
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 11,6482,094,905
?  Housing units, 2000 46,3498,157,575
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 64.1%63.8%
?  Households, 2000 42,6877,393,354
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.542.74
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 37.5%40.9%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $33,594$34,478
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 15.4%16.7%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 22.8%23.6%

Business QuickFacts Gregg County Texas
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 3,910462,875
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 59,8437,570,820
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 22.8%29.1%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 8,1711,170,566
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 3,408,638297,657,003
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 1,549,702182,516,112
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $13,783$9,430
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 661241,334
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 3,289414,179
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 338146,564
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 460,29697,987,610
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 6,017850,380

Geography QuickFacts Gregg County Texas
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 274261,797
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 406.579.6
?  Metropolitan Area Longview-Marshall, TX MSA 

(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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X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown