Refugio County

 

County Facts

Refugio County is on the lower Gulf Coast in the Coastal Prairies region. Bounded by: San Patricio County on the south, on the west by Bee and Goliad counties, on the north by Victoria and Calhoun counties, and on the east by Aransas County and by Hynes and Copano bays.
People Map Stats Refugio County Texas
Population, 2000 7,828 20,851,820
Population, 2003 estimate 7,515 22,016,911
Population, net change, 1990 to 2003 -461 5,030,576
Population, net change, 2000 to 2003 -313 1,165,091
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2003 -5.8% 29.6%
Population, percent change, 2000 to 2003 -4.0% 5.6%
Population under 5 years old, 2000 466 1,624,628
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 6.0% 7.8%
Population 65 years old and over, 2000 1,301 2,072,532
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 16.6% 9.9%
Persons under 18 years old, 2000 2,044 5,886,759
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 26.1% 28.2%
Female persons, percent, 2000 51.1% 50.4%
White persons, 2000 (a) 6,280 14,799,505
Black or African American persons, 2000 (a) 530 2,404,566
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, 2000 (a) 44 118,362
Asian persons, 2000 (a) 23 562,319
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, 2000 (a) 4 14,434
Persons reporting some other race, 2000 (a) 816 2,438,001
Persons reporting two or more races, 2000 131 514,633
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, 2000 (b) 3,490 6,669,666
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 80.2% 71.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 6.8% 11.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.6% 0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3% 2.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1% 0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 10.4% 11.7%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 1.7% 2.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 44.6% 32.0%
Births, 1997 98 333,974
Deaths, 1997 79 142,776
Infant deaths, 1997 0 2,150
Food Stamp program participants, 2002 901 1,582,547
TANF program participants , 2002 200 330,418
Family Violence,  Residents & Non-residents, 2002 8 72,646
Medicaid Eligibles, 2002    
                     Families & Children 719 1,388,046
                     Aged & Disabled 406 687,722
Long-Term Care Information, 2002    
                     Nursing Facilities 61 64,982
                      Medicaid Related 100 122,057
                     Non-Medicaid Related 36 15,802
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, persons age 5+, 2000 4,670 9,545,367
Foreign born persons, 2000 207 2,899,642
Language other than English spoken at home, age 5+, 2000 2,363 6,010,753
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 32.2% 31.2%
High school graduates, persons age 25+, 2000 3,528 9,676,332
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 68.1% 75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, persons age 25+, 2000 599 2,972,293
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 11.6% 23.2%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 1,658 3,605,542
Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 22.5 25.4
Housing units, 2000 3,669 8,157,575
Homeownership rate, 2000 74.9% 63.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $42,600 $82,500
Households, 2000 2,985 7,393,354
Persons per household, 2000 2.59 2.74
Median household money income, 2000 $31,748 $39,090
Per capita money income, 2000 $15,481 $19,617
Median earnings (dollars)    
              Male, 2000 29,667 34,925
              Female, 2000 16,565 26,168
Persons below poverty, 2000 1,350 3,041,115
Persons below poverty, percent, 2000 17.7% 14.6%
People Under Age 18 in Poverty, 2000 483 1,237,626
People Under Age 18 in poverty, percent, 2000 24.3% 20.7%

 

Business MapStats Refugio County Texas
Personal income, 1997 ($1000) 188,942 459,585,481
Personal income per capita, 1997 23,950 23,707
Civilian labor force, 2002 2,679 10,750,664
Unemployment, 2002 125 6,80,864
Unemployment rate, 2002 7.3 6.3
Full-time and part-time employment by place of work, 1997 3,476 11,238,887
Full-time and part-time employment, net change 1990 to 1997 -179 1,952,213
Employment in government, 1997 649 1,631,335
Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 166 467,087
Change in private nonfarm establishments, 1990 to 1999 -24 72,605
Private nonfarm establishments, percent change 1990-1999 -12.6% 18.4%
Private nonfarm estabs with less than 20 employees, 1999 153 398,194
Total number of firms, 1997 596 1,525,972
Minority-owned firms, 1997 F 365,450
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 F 23.9%
Women-owned firms, 1997 140 381,453
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 23.5% 25.0%
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) NA 297,657,003
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 21,930, 122,156,540
Retail sales per capita, 1997 $6,283 $9,430
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 1 141,231
Value of new private housing units, 2000 135 15,418,421
Farm land, 1997 (acres) 550,165 131,308,286
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000) 59,724

123,431,163

 

Geography MapStats Refugio County Texas
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 770 261,797
Persons per square mile, 2000 10.2 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

Click on a file below to download Four page Demographic and Socio-economic Profiles for the cities or CDP(Census Designated Place) within the county.

Austwell Bayside Refugio Woodsboro Refugio County

 

SF1 Data Download

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Data tables provided in Microsoft Excel spreadsheet (.xls) format.

 

Map Files

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External Links

Refugio County Government

Costal Bend Council of Government

More datasets from the US Government's Fed Stats

Handbook of Texas online for Refugio County

Texas Highway maps for Refugio County