People QuickFacts Rowlett Texas Population, 2006 estimate 54,869 23,507,783 Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 23.3% 12.7% Population, 2000 44,503 20,851,820 Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 8.7% 7.8% Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 33.5% 28.2% Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 5.2% 9.9% Female persons, percent, 2000 50.6% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 81.8% 71.0% Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) 9.0% 11.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.5% 0.6% Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 3.3% 2.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 1.8% 2.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 8.8% 32.0%  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 49.7% 49.6% Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 6.4% 13.9% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 11.9% 31.2% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 92.4% 75.7% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 32.5% 23.2% Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 32.4 25.4  Housing units, 2000 14,580 8,157,575 Homeownership rate, 2000 92.2% 63.8% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $116,900 $82,500  Households, 2000 14,266 7,393,354 Persons per household, 2000 3.09 2.74 Median household income, 1999 $70,947 $39,927 Per capita money income, 1999 $26,144 $19,617 Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 3.0% 15.4%     Business QuickFacts Rowlett Texas Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 74,136 397,405,111 Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 218,947 228,694,755 Retail sales per capita, 2002 $4,401 $10,528 Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 23,045 29,914,774 Total number of firms, 2002 4,421 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 3.0% 4.5% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 6.9% 18.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 F 0.1% Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 42.3% 27.0%      Geography QuickFacts Rowlett Texas Land area, 2000 (square miles) 20 261,797 Persons per square mile, 2000 2,199.9 79.6 FIPS Code 63572 48 Counties Dallas County Rockwall 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