Deaf Smith County, Texas Demographics

Deaf Smith County is 31st out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Deaf Smith County is 43rd out of 3,143 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Deaf Smith County is 48th out of 3,143 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Deaf Smith County is 7th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Deaf Smith County is 9th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Size Demographics
	Deaf Smith County	Rank	Texas	US
Current population (2012)	19,360	124th	26,059,203	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,496.9	22nd	261,231.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	12.9	158th	96.3	87.4

Age Demographics
	Deaf Smith County	Rank	Texas	US
Residents younger than 5	9.6%	7th	7.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	32.1%	9th	26.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.5%	213th	10.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Deaf Smith County	Rank	Texas	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	68.6%	224th	80.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.9%	171st	26.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Deaf Smith County	Rank	Texas	US
Race - White	95.0%	73rd	80.6%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.8%	183rd	12.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.6%	35th	1.0%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	162nd	4.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	100th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	198th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	69.1%	25th	38.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	28.7%	229th	44.5%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Deaf Smith County	Rank	Texas	US
Female residents	50.3%	124th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	16.9%	29th	16.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Deaf Smith County	Rank	Texas	US
Housing units	7,065	137th	10,098,750	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	12.7%	52nd	24.0%	25.9%
Households	6,196	128th	8,667,807	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	65.0%	222nd	64.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$78,100	143rd	$126,400	$186,200
People per household	3.1	22nd	2.8	2.6
Building permits (last year)	3	162nd	135,514	829,658

Income Demographics
	Deaf Smith County	Rank	Texas	US
Income per capita	$17,372	217th	$25,548	$27,915
Income per household	$41,134	152nd	$50,920	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.8%	127th	17.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Deaf Smith County	Rank	Texas	US
Non-farm private establishments	424	114th	525,420	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	5,470	105th	8,987,663	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,740	115th	2,164,852	27,092,908
Retail sales	$224,228	103rd	$311,334,781	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,227	63rd	$13,061	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$17,267	117th	$42,054,592	$613,795,732