Gaines County, Texas Demographics

Gaines County is 17th out of 3,143 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Gaines County is 24th out of 3,143 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Gaines County is 2nd in Texas out of 254 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Gaines County is 2nd in Texas out of 254 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Gaines County is 15th in Texas out of 254 other counties in People per household

Gaines County is 18th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Foreign born residents

Gaines County is 19th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Size in square miles

Size Demographics
	Gaines County	Rank	Texas	US
Current population (2012)	18,413	127th	26,059,203	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,502.4	19th	261,231.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	11.7	162nd	96.3	87.4

Age Demographics
	Gaines County	Rank	Texas	US
Residents younger than 5	10.1%	2nd	7.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	34.4%	2nd	26.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	9.4%	242nd	10.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Gaines County	Rank	Texas	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	61.9%	240th	80.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.3%	179th	26.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Gaines County	Rank	Texas	US
Race - White	95.2%	66th	80.6%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.1%	175th	12.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.0%	146th	1.0%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	187th	4.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	245th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	164th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	38.5%	82nd	38.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	58.6%	145th	44.5%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Gaines County	Rank	Texas	US
Female residents	49.3%	181st	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	21.5%	18th	16.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Gaines County	Rank	Texas	US
Housing units	6,396	143rd	10,098,750	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	5.3%	170th	24.0%	25.9%
Households	5,367	135th	8,667,807	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	74.3%	124th	64.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$78,100	142nd	$126,400	$186,200
People per household	3.2	15th	2.8	2.6
Building permits (last year)	19	101st	135,514	829,658

Income Demographics
	Gaines County	Rank	Texas	US
Income per capita	$21,869	117th	$25,548	$27,915
Income per household	$47,157	80th	$50,920	$52,762
Income below poverty line	19.0%	84th	17.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Gaines County	Rank	Texas	US
Non-farm private establishments	358	124th	525,420	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	3,420	135th	8,987,663	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,564	127th	2,164,852	27,092,908
Retail sales	$82,554	155th	$311,334,781	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$5,575	204th	$13,061	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$9,535	144th	$42,054,592	$613,795,732