People QuickFacts	Denton County	Texas
  	Population, 2008 estimate    	636,557	24,326,974
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008    	47.0%	16.7%
  	Population estimates base (April 1) 2000    	432,968	20,851,811
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2007    	8.2%	8.3%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2007    	27.6%	27.7%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2007    	5.6%	10.0%
  	Female persons, percent, 2007    	50.0%	50.1% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2007 (a)    	84.2%	82.6%
  	Black persons, percent, 2007 (a)    	8.0%	12.0%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2007 (a)    	0.7%	0.7%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2007 (a)    	5.5%	3.4%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2007 (a)    	0.1%	0.1%
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2007    	1.5%	1.2%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2007 (b)    	16.7%	36.0%
  	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2007    	68.3%	47.9% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	37.7%	49.6%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	9.4%	13.9%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	15.5%	31.2%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	89.4%	75.7%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	36.6%	23.2%
  	Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000    	47,873	3,605,542
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	28.2	25.4 			
  	Housing units, 2007    	218,753	9,432,672
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	64.4%	63.8%
  	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000    	27.2%	24.2%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$133,200	$82,500 			
  	Households, 2000    	158,903	7,393,354
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.67	2.74
  	Median household income, 2007    	$71,296	$47,563
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$26,895	$19,617
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 2007    	7.1%	16.3%

   	Business QuickFacts	Denton County	Texas
  	Private nonfarm establishments, 2006    	9,972	509,080
  	Private nonfarm employment, 2006    	141,779	8,711,476
  	Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006    	28.2%	8.5%
  	Nonemployer establishments, 2006    	46,668	1,736,997
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	40,742	1,734,509
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	3.7%	5.1%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	S	0.9%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	5.0%	4.5%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.1%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	6.4%	18.4%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	31.2%	27.0% 			
  	Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)    	2,690,448	310,815,965
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	8,686,466	397,405,111
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	4,557,662	228,694,755
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$9,336	$10,528
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	495,821	29,914,774
  	Building permits, 2007    	3,680	176,992
  	Federal spending, 2007 ($1000)    	1,870,544	171,765,961

   	Geography QuickFacts	Denton County	Texas
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	888.54	261,797.12
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	487.0	79.6
  	FIPS Code    	121	48
  	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area	 

(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