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Texas state QuickFacts

	Texas	United States
Total population	20,851,820	281,421,906
State	Texas

Texas state Population

	Texas	%, Texas	United States
Male	10,352,910	49.65%	49.06%
Female	10,498,910	50.35%	50.94%
Median age (years)	32.3		35.3

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	Texas	%, Texas	United States
18 years and over	14,965,061	71.77%	74.31%
21 years and over	13,981,939	67.05%	69.97%
62 years and over	2,479,192	11.89%	14.66%
65 years and over	2,072,532	9.94%	12.43%

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	Texas	%, Texas	United States
White	14,799,505	70.97%	75.14%
Black or African American	2,404,566	11.53%	12.32%
Asian	562,319	2.7%	3.64%
Some other race	2,570,797	12.33%	5.46%
Two or more races	514,633	2.47%	2.43%

Texas state Housing

	Texas	%, Texas	United States
Total households	7,393,354		105,480,101
Family households (families)	5,247,794	70.98%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	2,145,560	29.02%	31.94%

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	Texas	%, Texas	United States
Total housing units	8,157,575		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	764,221	9.37%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	7,393,354	90.63%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	4,716,959	57.82%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	2,676,395	32.81%	30.77%

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	Texas	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	875,444	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	1,561,509	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	700,830	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	335,179	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	223,968	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	104,821	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	37,697	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	10,137	0.57%
Median (dollars)	82,500	119,600

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	Texas	%, Texas	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	1,842,731	24.92%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	2,233,669	30.21%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	1,126,526	15.24%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	1,030,476	13.94%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	630,749	8.53%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	529,203	7.16%	9.65%

Texas state Education

	Texas	%, Texas	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,948,260		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	390,094	6.56%	6.47%
Kindergarten	348,203	5.85%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,707,281	45.51%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	1,299,792	21.85%	21.38%
College or graduate school	1,202,890	20.22%	22.81%

Texas state Economy

	Texas	%, Texas	United States
Population 16 years and over	15,617,373		217,168,077
In labor force	9,937,150	63.63%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	9,830,559	62.95%	63.39%
- - Employed	9,234,372	59.13%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	596,187	3.82%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	6.1		5.8
- Armed Forces	106,591	0.68%	0.53%
Not in labor force	5,680,223	36.37%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	7,960,900	50.97%	51.66%
In labor force	4,473,242	28.64%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	4,454,434	28.52%	29.65%
- - Employed	4,165,686	26.67%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	1,827,869	11.7%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	974,015		12,787,501

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	Texas	%, Texas	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	7,397,294		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	767,505	10.38%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	491,154	6.64%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	1,004,123	13.57%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	996,141	13.47%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	1,219,358	16.48%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	1,359,437	18.38%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	705,684	9.54%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	536,018	7.25%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	153,492	2.07%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	164,382	2.22%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	39,927		41,994

	Texas	%, Texas	United States
With earnings	6,202,954	39.72%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	53,870		56,604
With Social Security income	1,595,861	10.22%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,719		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	286,092	1.83%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,837		6,320
With public assistance income	234,081	1.5%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,285		3,032
With retirement income	973,718	6.23%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	18,437		17,376

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