Demographics

People Quick Facts Dickinson Texas
Population, 2010 18,680 25,145,561
Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 9.30% 20.60%
Population, 2000 17,093 20,851,820
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 7.80% 7.70%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 27.00% 27.30%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 10.80% 10.30%
Female persons, percent, 2010 50.00% 50.40%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 70.50% 70.40%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 11.50% 11.80%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.50% 0.70%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.90% 3.80%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.10%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 3.00% 2.70%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 32.70% 37.60%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 52.30% 45.30%
Living in same house 1 year and over, 2006-2010 83.20% 81.50%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 11.60% 16.10%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2006-2010 23.80% 34.20%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 81.10% 80.00%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 18.40% 25.80%
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 26.1 24.8
Housing units, 2010 7,192 9,977,436
Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 71.30% 64.80%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 15.60% 24.10%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 $118,800 $123,500
Households, 2006-2010 6,551 8,539,206
Persons per household, 2006-2010 2.8 2.78
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 $26,543 $24,870
Median household income 2006-2010 $54,742 $49,646
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 13.40% 16.80%
Total number of firms, 2007 1,904 2,164,852
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 7.10%
American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.90%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 5.30%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.10%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 20.70%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 28.20%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1,000) NA 593,541,502
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1,000) D 424,238,194
Retail sales, 2007 ($1,000) 269,296 311,334,781
Retail sales per capita, 2007 $15,101 $13,061
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1,000) 23,957 42,054,592
Land area in square miles, 2010 9.87 261,231.71
Persons per square mile, 2010 1,892.80 96.3
FIPS Code 20344 48

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Population estimates for counties will be available in April 2012 and for cities in June 2012.
  • A) Includes persons reporting only one race.
  • B) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
The following information was suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information:
  • F: Fewer than 100 firms
  • FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
  • NA: Not available
  • S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
  • X: Not applicable
  • Z: Value greater than 0 but less than 1/2 unit of measure shown