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People QuickFacts |
Bexar County |
Texas |
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Population, 2007 estimate |
1,594,493 | 23,904,380 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007 |
14.5% | 14.6% |
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Population, 2000 |
1,392,931 | 20,851,820 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2007 |
8.4% | 8.3% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2007 |
28.2% | 27.7% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2007 |
10.1% | 10.0% |
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Female persons, percent, 2007 |
51.2% | 50.1% |
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White persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
87.4% | 82.6% |
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Black persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
7.7% | 12.0% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
1.1% | 0.7% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
2.2% | 3.4% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2007 (a) |
0.2% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2007 |
1.5% | 1.2% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2007 (b) |
57.3% | 36.0% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2007 |
32.3% | 47.9% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
51.2% | 49.6% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
10.9% | 13.9% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
43.2% | 31.2% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
76.9% | 75.7% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
22.7% | 23.2% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
261,387 | 3,605,542 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
24.0 | 25.4 |
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Housing units, 2007 |
603,571 | 9,432,672 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
61.2% | 63.8% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
26.9% | 24.2% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$74,100 | $82,500 |
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Households, 2000 |
488,942 | 7,393,354 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.78 | 2.74 |
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Median household income, 2007 |
$44,587 | $47,563 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$18,363 | $19,617 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2007 |
16.4% | 16.3% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Bexar County |
Texas |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2006 |
32,336 | 509,0801 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2006 |
616,804 | 8,711,4761 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006 |
7.9% | 8.5%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2006 |
101,659 | 1,736,997 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
100,999 | 1,734,509 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
2.9% | 5.1% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
S | 0.9% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
3.8% | 4.5% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
0.1% | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
33.2% | 18.4% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
26.2% | 27.0% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
6,289,711 | 310,815,965 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
16,073,053 | 397,405,111 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
15,914,486 | 228,694,755 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$11,038 | $10,528 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
2,767,377 | 29,914,774 |
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Building permits, 2007 |
9,504 | 176,992 |
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Federal spending, 2007 ($1000) |
15,377,086 | 171,765,9611 |