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College Station Demographics and Statistics

The demographic data of the metropolitan statistical area of College Station present some truly exciting facts.This region is populated significantly by residents of a number of cultures, heritages, and lifestyles. The United States Census Bureau provides insight into a number of interesting findings. This rise in the overall population of the area is due to a combination of the following factors: domestic migration, international migration and natural changes i.e. ratio of births and deaths occurring in the city.

College Station, TX

People QuickFacts College Station Texas
Population, 2006 estimate 74,125 23,507,783
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 8.6% 12.7%
Population, 2000 67,890 20,851,820
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 4.5% 7.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 14.4% 28.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 3.6% 9.9%
Female persons, percent, 2000 48.9% 50.4%
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 80.5% 71.0%
Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) 5.4% 11.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3% 0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 7.3% 2.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1% 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 1.9% 2.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 10.0% 32.0%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 19.6% 49.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 11.1% 13.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 17.3% 31.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 93.8% 75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 58.1% 23.2%
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 14.5 25.4
 
Housing units, 2000 26,054 8,157,575
Homeownership rate, 2000 30.6% 63.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $119,500 $82,500
 
Households, 2000 24,691 7,393,354
Persons per household, 2000 2.32 2.74
Median household income, 1999 $21,180 $39,927
Per capita money income, 1999 $15,170 $19,617
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 37.4% 15.4%
Business QuickFacts College Station Texas
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) D 397,405,111
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 753,400 228,694,755
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $10,755 $10,528
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 183,592 29,914,774
Total number of firms, 2002 4,067 1,734,509
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 3.0% 5.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 F 0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 S 4.5%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 S 18.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 F 0.1%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 33.6% 27.0%
 
Geography QuickFacts College Station Texas
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 40 261,797
Persons per square mile, 2000 1,686.3 79.6
FIPS Code 15976 48
Counties Brazos County