People QuickFacts	Denton	Texas
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	109,561	23,507,783
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	32.9%	12.7%
  	Population, 2000    	80,537	20,851,820
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	6.2%	7.8%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	20.7%	28.2%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	7.9%	9.9%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	50.8%	50.4% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	75.6%	71.0%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	9.1%	11.5%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.6%	0.6%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	3.4%	2.7%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.1%	0.1%
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	2.4%	2.5%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	16.4%	32.0% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	32.1%	49.6%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	11.2%	13.9%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	18.6%	31.2%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	83.2%	75.7%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	35.5%	23.2%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	22.6	25.4 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	32,716	8,157,575
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	41.9%	63.8%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$103,800	$82,500 			
  	Households, 2000    	30,895	7,393,354
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.35	2.74
  	Median household income, 1999    	$35,422	$39,927
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$19,365	$19,617
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	16.2%	15.4%

   	Business QuickFacts	Denton	Texas
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	1,491,438	397,405,111
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	1,176,026	228,694,755
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$12,758	$10,528
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	134,102	29,914,774
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	7,169	1,734,509
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	6.1%	5.1%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.9%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	S	4.5%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	8.1%	18.4%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.1%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	27.2%	27.0% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Denton	Texas
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	61	261,797
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	1,309.8	79.6
  	FIPS Code    	19972	48
 	Counties    	Denton 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