Hays County, Texas Demographics

Hays County is 41st out of 3,143 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Hays County is 9th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Hays County is 10th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Hays County is 11th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Home median value

Hays County is 13th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Hays County is 13th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Hays County is 16th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Size Demographics
	Hays County	Rank	Texas	US
Current population (2012)	168,990	24th	26,059,203	313,914,040
Size in square miles	678.0	220th	261,231.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	231.7	23rd	96.3	87.4

Age Demographics
	Hays County	Rank	Texas	US
Residents younger than 5	6.5%	136th	7.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.1%	140th	26.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	9.2%	244th	10.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Hays County	Rank	Texas	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.6%	13th	80.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	35.5%	10th	26.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Hays County	Rank	Texas	US
Race - White	91.4%	139th	80.6%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	3.9%	139th	12.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.2%	76th	1.0%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.4%	36th	4.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	9th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.9%	39th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	36.3%	91st	38.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	57.5%	155th	44.5%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Hays County	Rank	Texas	US
Female residents	50.1%	141st	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	6.9%	124th	16.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Hays County	Rank	Texas	US
Housing units	61,821	24th	10,098,750	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	21.8%	16th	24.0%	25.9%
Households	52,717	24th	8,667,807	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	67.3%	209th	64.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$174,800	11th	$126,400	$186,200
People per household	2.7	98th	2.8	2.6
Building permits (last year)	3,327	13th	135,514	829,658

Income Demographics
	Hays County	Rank	Texas	US
Income per capita	$26,388	37th	$25,548	$27,915
Income per household	$58,247	25th	$50,920	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.4%	138th	17.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Hays County	Rank	Texas	US
Non-farm private establishments	3,224	29th	525,420	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	40,584	30th	8,987,663	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	14,240	24th	2,164,852	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,954,688	29th	$311,334,781	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,765	35th	$13,061	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$235,341	28th	$42,054,592	$613,795,732