People QuickFacts	Conroe	Texas
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	49,760	23,507,783
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	28.8%	12.7%
  	Population, 2000    	36,811	20,851,820
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	8.7%	7.8%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	28.1%	28.2%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	9.7%	9.9%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	49.7%	50.4% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	71.2%	71.0%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	11.1%	11.5%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.4%	0.6%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.9%	2.7%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	Z	0.1%
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	2.9%	2.5%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	32.6%	32.0% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	41.7%	49.6%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	22.3%	13.9%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	32.6%	31.2%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	66.8%	75.7%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	18.3%	23.2%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	23.4	25.4 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	14,378	8,157,575
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	47.3%	63.8%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$78,500	$82,500 			
  	Households, 2000    	13,145	7,393,354
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.73	2.74
  	Median household income, 1999    	$34,123	$39,927
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$16,841	$19,617
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	19.3%	15.4%

   	Business QuickFacts	Conroe	Texas
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	1,227,831	397,405,111
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	1,489,714	228,694,755
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$36,832	$10,528
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	102,238	29,914,774
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	4,477	1,734,509
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	S	5.1%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.9%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	4.5%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	6.7%	18.4%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.1%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	19.4%	27.0% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Conroe	Texas
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	37	261,797
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	974.1	79.6
  	FIPS Code    	16432	48
 	Counties    	Montgomery County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts