Smith County, Texas Demographics

Smith County is 10th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Female residents

Smith County is 17th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Smith County is 18th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Smith County is 18th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Retail sales

Smith County is 18th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Smith County is 18th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Smith County is 20th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Size Demographics
	Smith County	Rank	Texas	US
Current population (2012)	214,821	22nd	26,059,203	313,914,040
Size in square miles	921.5	108th	261,231.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	227.6	25th	96.3	87.4

Age Demographics
	Smith County	Rank	Texas	US
Residents younger than 5	7.0%	97th	7.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.4%	99th	26.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.8%	141st	10.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Smith County	Rank	Texas	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.7%	50th	80.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	24.5%	34th	26.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Smith County	Rank	Texas	US
Race - White	78.1%	231st	80.6%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	18.2%	22nd	12.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.8%	197th	1.0%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.3%	37th	4.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	133rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.5%	80th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	17.9%	180th	38.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	61.5%	131st	44.5%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Smith County	Rank	Texas	US
Female residents	51.6%	10th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	9.1%	81st	16.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Smith County	Rank	Texas	US
Housing units	88,716	21st	10,098,750	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	16.9%	35th	24.0%	25.9%
Households	77,934	21st	8,667,807	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	68.9%	192nd	64.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$119,800	44th	$126,400	$186,200
People per household	2.6	153rd	2.8	2.6
Building permits (last year)	353	35th	135,514	829,658

Income Demographics
	Smith County	Rank	Texas	US
Income per capita	$25,787	46th	$25,548	$27,915
Income per household	$46,615	84th	$50,920	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.5%	153rd	17.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Smith County	Rank	Texas	US
Non-farm private establishments	5,504	17th	525,420	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	86,101	18th	8,987,663	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	21,265	18th	2,164,852	27,092,908
Retail sales	$3,110,146	18th	$311,334,781	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,706	18th	$13,061	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$337,268	20th	$42,054,592	$613,795,732