Brooks County, Texas Demographics

Brooks County is 8th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Brooks County is 17th out of 3,143 other counties in Income below poverty line

Brooks County is 3rd in Texas out of 254 other counties in Income below poverty line

Brooks County is 3rd in Texas out of 254 other counties in Race - White

Brooks County is 8th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Brooks County is 12th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Size Demographics
	Brooks County	Rank	Texas	US
Current population (2012)	7,161	187th	26,059,203	313,914,040
Size in square miles	943.4	88th	261,231.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	7.7	183rd	96.3	87.4

Age Demographics
	Brooks County	Rank	Texas	US
Residents younger than 5	9.0%	12th	7.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	28.4%	38th	26.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.8%	86th	10.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Brooks County	Rank	Texas	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	54.8%	250th	80.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	10.5%	228th	26.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Brooks County	Rank	Texas	US
Race - White	97.8%	3rd	80.6%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.9%	221st	12.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	237th	1.0%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	188th	4.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	219th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.3%	249th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	90.6%	8th	38.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	247th	44.5%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Brooks County	Rank	Texas	US
Female residents	50.5%	106th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.8%	182nd	16.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Brooks County	Rank	Texas	US
Housing units	3,236	185th	10,098,750	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	12.1%	57th	24.0%	25.9%
Households	2,671	183rd	8,667,807	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	63.9%	228th	64.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$45,200	240th	$126,400	$186,200
People per household	2.7	109th	2.8	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	231st	135,514	829,658

Income Demographics
	Brooks County	Rank	Texas	US
Income per capita	$14,193	244th	$25,548	$27,915
Income per household	$19,936	254th	$50,920	$52,762
Income below poverty line	39.6%	3rd	17.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Brooks County	Rank	Texas	US
Non-farm private establishments	128	196th	525,420	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,648	172nd	8,987,663	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	525	187th	2,164,852	27,092,908
Retail sales	$81,552	156th	$311,334,781	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,914	84th	$13,061	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$14,217	125th	$42,054,592	$613,795,732