Castro County, Texas Demographics

Castro County is 42nd out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Castro County is 11th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Castro County is 14th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Castro County is 19th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Foreign born residents

Size Demographics
	Castro County	Rank	Texas	US
Current population (2012)	8,164	180th	26,059,203	313,914,040
Size in square miles	894.4	156th	261,231.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	9	176th	96.3	87.4

Age Demographics
	Castro County	Rank	Texas	US
Residents younger than 5	9.0%	11th	7.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	31.1%	14th	26.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.5%	177th	10.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Castro County	Rank	Texas	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	67.7%	227th	80.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.0%	125th	26.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Castro County	Rank	Texas	US
Race - White	94.7%	79th	80.6%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.4%	169th	12.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.6%	28th	1.0%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	164th	4.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	196th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.8%	222nd	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	61.2%	31st	38.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	35.9%	218th	44.5%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Castro County	Rank	Texas	US
Female residents	48.2%	208th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	20.5%	19th	16.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Castro County	Rank	Texas	US
Housing units	3,156	188th	10,098,750	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	5.9%	158th	24.0%	25.9%
Households	2,609	186th	8,667,807	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	75.2%	111th	64.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$68,400	176th	$126,400	$186,200
People per household	3.0	28th	2.8	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	223rd	135,514	829,658

Income Demographics
	Castro County	Rank	Texas	US
Income per capita	$16,684	226th	$25,548	$27,915
Income per household	$36,893	209th	$50,920	$52,762
Income below poverty line	24.6%	25th	17.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Castro County	Rank	Texas	US
Non-farm private establishments	168	174th	525,420	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	985	196th	8,987,663	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	534	185th	2,164,852	27,092,908
Retail sales	$40,007	196th	$311,334,781	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$5,579	203rd	$13,061	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$2,366	198th	$42,054,592	$613,795,732