McMullen County

 


County Facts

McMullen County is in southern Texas surrounded by Atascosa, Live Oak, Duval, and La Salle counties. Tilden, the county's largest town and the county seat, is in the north central part of the county at the intersection of State highways 72 and 16.
People Map Stats McMullen County Texas
Population, 2000 851 20,851,820
Population, 2003 estimate 878 22,016,911
Population, net change, 1990 to 20003 61 5,030,576
Population, net change, 2000 to 2003 27 1,165,091
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2003 7.5% 29.6%
Population, percent change, 2000 to 2003 3.2% 5.6%
Population under 5 years old, 2000 34 1,624,628
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 4.0% 7.8%
Population 65 years old and over, 2000 152 2,072,532
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 17.9% 9.9%
Persons under 18 years old, 2000 199 5,886,759
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 23.4% 28.2%
Female persons, percent, 2000 49.7% 50.4%
White persons, 2000 (a) 752 14,799,505
Black or African American persons, 2000 (a) 10 2,404,566
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, 2000 (a) 2 118,362
Asian persons, 2000 (a) 0 562,319
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, 2000 (a) 0 14,434
Persons reporting some other race, 2000 (a) 76 2,438,001
Persons reporting two or more races, 2000 11 514,633
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, 2000 (b) 282 6,669,666
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 88.4% 71.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 1.2% 11.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2% 0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.0% 2.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) 0.0% 0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 8.9% 11.7%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 1.3% 2.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 33.1% 32.0%
Births, 1997 11 333,974
Deaths, 1997 9 142,776
Infant deaths, 1997 0 2,150
Food Stamp program participants, 2002 15 1,582,547
TANF program participants , 2002 4 330,418
Family Violence,  Residents & Non-residents, 2002 0 72,646
Medicaid Eligibles, 2002    
                     Families & Children 10 1,388,046
                     Aged & Disabled 11 687,722
Long-Term Care Information, 2002    
                     Nursing Facilities 0 64,982
                      Medicaid Related 2 122,057
                     Non-Medicaid Related 0 15,802
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, persons age 5+, 2000 588 9,545,367
Foreign born persons, 2000 36 2,899,642
Language other than English spoken at home, age 5+, 2000 225 6,010,753
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 27.4% 31.2%
High school graduates, persons age 25+, 2000 458 9,676,332
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 74.7% 75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, persons age 25+, 2000 99 2,972,293
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 16.2% 23.2%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 208 3,605,542
Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 19.7 25.4
Housing units, 2000 587 8,157,575
Homeownership rate, 2000 80.6% 63.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $46,800 $82,500
Households, 2000 355 7,393,354
Persons per household, 2000 2.40 2.74
Median household money income, 2000 $34,902 $39,090
Per capita money income, 2000 $22,258 $19,617
Median earnings (dollars)    
             Male 26,953 34,925
             Female 20,982 26,168
Persons below poverty, 2000 110 3,041,115
Persons below poverty, percent, 2000 12.9% 14.6%
People Under Age 18 in Poverty, 2000 37 1,237,626
People Under Age 18 in poverty, percent, 2000 19.5% 20.7%

 

Business Map Stats McMullen County Texas
Personal income, 1997 ($1000) 18,140 459,585,481
Personal income per capita, 1997 22,846 23,707
Civilian labor force, 2002 288 10,750,664
Unemployment, 2002 9 6,80,864
Unemployment rate, 2002 3.1 6.3
Full-time and part-time employment by place of work, 1997 699 11,238,887
Full-time and part-time employment, net change 1990 to 1997 -111 1,952,213
Employment in government, 1997 119 1,631,335
Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 16 467,087
Change in private nonfarm establishments, 1990 to 1999 -6 72,605
Private nonfarm establishments, percent change 1990-1999 -27.3% 18.4%
Private nonfarm estabs with less than 20 employees, 1999 15 398,194
Total number of firms, 1997 86 1,525,972
Minority-owned firms, 1997 F 365,450
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 F 23.9%
Women-owned firms, 1997 F 381,453
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 F 25.0%
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) NA 297,657,003
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 1,026 122,156,540
Retail sales per capita, 1997 $2,398 $9,430
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 X 141,231
Value of new private housing units, 2000 X 15,418,421
Farm land, 1997 (acres) 520,992 131,308,286
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000) 3,789

123,431,163

 

Geography MapStats McMullen County Texas
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 1,113 261,797
Persons per square mile, 2000 0.8 79.6
Metropolitan Area None  

 

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

Figures are in absolute numbers unless otherwise indicated.

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: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Agricultural Statistics Service, National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau,
             State comptroller of Public Accounts, Texas State Data Center, Texas Workforce Commission.

 

Demographic and Socio-economic Profile: 2000 publications

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McMullen County

 


SF1 Data Download

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Map Files

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External Links

McMullen County Government

Costal Bend Council of Government

More datasets from the US Government's Fed Stats

Handbook of Texas Online for McMullen County

Texas Highway Maps for McMullen County