Brazoria County, Texas Demographics

Brazoria County is 7th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Race - Asian

Brazoria County is 11th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Income per household

Brazoria County is 14th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Brazoria County is 15th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Current population (2012)

Brazoria County is 16th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Households

Brazoria County is 16th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Brazoria County is 17th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Housing units

Brazoria County is 19th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Retail sales

Brazoria County is 20th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Size Demographics
	Brazoria County	Rank	Texas	US
Current population (2012)	324,769	15th	26,059,203	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,357.7	28th	261,231.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	230.7	24th	96.3	87.4

Age Demographics
	Brazoria County	Rank	Texas	US
Residents younger than 5	7.5%	55th	7.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	27.2%	62nd	26.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.2%	235th	10.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Brazoria County	Rank	Texas	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.9%	47th	80.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	26.5%	28th	26.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Brazoria County	Rank	Texas	US
Race - White	78.6%	229th	80.6%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	13.0%	44th	12.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.8%	186th	1.0%	1.2%
Race - Asian	5.9%	7th	4.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	118th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.7%	53rd	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	28.5%	113th	38.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	51.6%	171st	44.5%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Brazoria County	Rank	Texas	US
Female residents	49.2%	187th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	12.0%	57th	16.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Brazoria County	Rank	Texas	US
Housing units	120,579	17th	10,098,750	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	15.2%	40th	24.0%	25.9%
Households	103,919	16th	8,667,807	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	75.3%	110th	64.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$143,900	23rd	$126,400	$186,200
People per household	2.9	57th	2.8	2.6
Building permits (last year)	2,358	14th	135,514	829,658

Income Demographics
	Brazoria County	Rank	Texas	US
Income per capita	$28,533	26th	$25,548	$27,915
Income per household	$67,018	11th	$50,920	$52,762
Income below poverty line	10.7%	226th	17.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Brazoria County	Rank	Texas	US
Non-farm private establishments	4,848	20th	525,420	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	72,007	21st	8,987,663	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	23,071	16th	2,164,852	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,958,757	19th	$311,334,781	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,094	97th	$13,061	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$313,474	23rd	$42,054,592	$613,795,732