Willacy County, Texas Demographics

Willacy County is 9th out of 3,143 other counties in Income below poverty line

Willacy County is 10th out of 3,143 other counties in People per household

Willacy County is 11th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Willacy County is 2nd in Texas out of 254 other counties in Income below poverty line

Willacy County is 3rd in Texas out of 254 other counties in People per household

Willacy County is 11th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Size Demographics
	Willacy County	Rank	Texas	US
Current population (2012)	22,058	111th	26,059,203	313,914,040
Size in square miles	590.5	230th	261,231.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	37.5	93rd	96.3	87.4

Age Demographics
	Willacy County	Rank	Texas	US
Residents younger than 5	6.7%	118th	7.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.7%	93rd	26.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.1%	204th	10.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Willacy County	Rank	Texas	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	60.2%	243rd	80.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	9.2%	240th	26.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Willacy County	Rank	Texas	US
Race - White	95.4%	59th	80.6%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.6%	161st	12.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	244th	1.0%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.9%	67th	4.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	36th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.5%	242nd	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	87.3%	11th	38.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	246th	44.5%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Willacy County	Rank	Texas	US
Female residents	45.6%	233rd	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	15.8%	33rd	16.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Willacy County	Rank	Texas	US
Housing units	7,028	138th	10,098,750	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	7.9%	121st	24.0%	25.9%
Households	5,309	136th	8,667,807	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	73.5%	135th	64.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$51,400	229th	$126,400	$186,200
People per household	3.8	3rd	2.8	2.6
Building permits (last year)	37	80th	135,514	829,658

Income Demographics
	Willacy County	Rank	Texas	US
Income per capita	$11,231	254th	$25,548	$27,915
Income per household	$22,894	252nd	$50,920	$52,762
Income below poverty line	42.3%	2nd	17.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Willacy County	Rank	Texas	US
Non-farm private establishments	201	161st	525,420	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	2,789	141st	8,987,663	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,439	131st	2,164,852	27,092,908
Retail sales	$122,890	133rd	$311,334,781	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$6,040	192nd	$13,061	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$13,211	127th	$42,054,592	$613,795,732