Denton County, Texas (TX)

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% of renters here:	36%
State:	36%

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Races in Denton County, Texas:

Median resident age:	31.0 years
Texas median age:	32.3 years

Males: 215,368	(49.7%)
Females: 217,608	(50.3%)

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Denton County:	2.7 people
Texas:	2.7 people

This county:	$73,544
Texas:	$50,043

This county:	$704
State:	$614

Denton County:	$184,900
Texas:	$126,800

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 3
• Rapes: 18
• Robberies: 5
• Assaults: 64
• Burglaries: 315
• Thefts: 628
• Auto thefts: 28

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 5
• Robberies: 4
• Assaults: 79
• Burglaries: 231
• Thefts: 541
• Auto thefts: 60

Denton County:	6.5%
Texas:	15.8%

Area name: Dallas, TX HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Denton County is $607 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $733 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $954 a month.

Cities in this county include: Denton, Lewisville, Flower Mound, The Colony, Highland Village, Corinth, Trophy Club, Lake Dallas, Sanger, Little Elm.

2005 air pollution in Denton County:

Nitrogen Dioxide: 0.01 ppm (standard limit: 0.053 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.117 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Above U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.094 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Above U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Collin County , Cooke County , Dallas County , Grayson County , Tarrant County , Wise County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits: Notable locations in Denton County: Camp Copass (A), Camp Lucille (B), Dun Ranch (C), Harmony Ranch (D), Jones Farm (E), Johnson Farm (F). Display/hide their locations on the map Churches in Denton County include: Elm Ridge Church (A), Rock Hill Church (B), Bible Baptist Church (C), Bolivar Church (D), Brown Chapel (E), Good Hope Church (F), Liberty Church (G), Gribble Springs Church (H), Oak Grove Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map Cemeteries: Akain Cemetery (1), Gregory Cemetery (2), Tyson Cemetery (3), Stony Cemetery (4), Krum Cemetery (5), Knox Cemetery (6), Little Elm Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map Reservoirs: Williams Lake (A), Pickens Lake (B), Soil Conservation Service Site 49 Reservoir (C), Soil Conservation Service Site 42 Reservoir (D), Soil Conservation Service Site 41 Reservoir (E), Soil Conservation Service Site 40 Reservoir (F), Soil Conservation Service Site 4 Reservoir (G), Soil Conservation Service Site Number 11 Reservoir (H). Display/hide their locations on the map Streams, rivers, and creeks: Sand Branch (A), Hog Branch (B), North Hickory Creek (C), Grasshopper Creek (D), Isle du Bois Creek (E), Little Elm Creek (F), Oliver Creek (G), Willow Branch (H), Mustang Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map Parks in Denton County include: Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Isle Du Bois Unit (1), Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Johnson Branch Unit (2), Ray Roberts Lake State Recreation Area - Culp Branch Unit (3), Big Sandy Park (4), Fish Trap Park (5), Narrow Lake Park (6). Display/hide their locations on the map

Here:	7.5%
Texas:	8.1%

Current college students: 37,656
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 89.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 36.6%

Number of foreign born residents: 40,591 (35% naturalized citizens)

Denton County:	9.4%
Whole state:	13.9%

Mean travel time to work: 28.2 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 44.0%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 106,990
• One, attached: 2,596
• Two: 1,333
• 3 or 4: 4,816
• 5 to 9: 10,879
• 10 to 19: 11,420
• 20 or more: 17,305
• Mobile homes: 12,427
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 303

Housing units in Denton County with a mortgage: 76,517 (5,895 second mortgage, 3,701 home equity loan, 65 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 11,967

Here:	86.5% with mortgage
State:	64.2% with mortgage

Here		34.5%
USA		50.2%

Denton County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is above Texas state average. It is 2.5 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 6 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 8/21/1960, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado injured 2 people and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

Denton County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Texas state average. It is 80% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 10/6/2006 at 22:13:16, a magnitude 3.5 (3.5 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 75.7 miles away from Denton County center
On 6/8/2004 at 00:15:09, a magnitude 3.5 (3.5 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 76.8 miles away from the county center
On 5/31/1997 at 03:26:41, a magnitude 3.4 (3.4 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 63.4 miles away from the county center
On 5/31/2002 at 09:57:10, a magnitude 3.3 (3.3 LG, 3.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 69.5 miles away from Denton County center
On 10/20/2002 at 02:18:13, a magnitude 3.4 (3.4 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 96.9 miles away from the county center
On 10/31/2008 at 05:01:54, a magnitude 3.0 (3.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 20.7 miles away from Denton County center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG)

Means of transportation to work Drove a car alone: 193,217 (82%) Carpooled: 25,703 (11%) Bus or trolley bus: 1,331 (1%) Streetcar or trolley car: 83 (0%) Subway or elevated: 6 (0%) Railroad: 7 (0%) Ferryboat: 12 (0%) Taxi: 128 (0%) Motorcycle: 355 (0%) Bicycle: 532 (0%) Walked: 3,792 (2%) Other means: 1,706 (1%) Worked at home: 8,800 (4%)

14.28% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($52,755 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	14.28%
Texas average:	8.37%

0.14% of residents moved from foreign countries ($285 average AGI)

Denton County:	0.14%
Texas average:	0.20%

9.78% relocated from other counties in Texas ($33,873 average AGI)
4.37% relocated from other states ($18,598 average AGI)

Denton County:	4.37%
Texas average:	3.06%

from Dallas County, TX	3.87% ($48,858 average AGI)
from Collin County, TX	1.83% ($59,609)
from Tarrant County, TX	1.45% ($53,338)
from Harris County, TX	0.24% ($58,566)
from Orleans Parish, LA	0.24% ($25,198)
from Los Angeles County, CA	0.17% ($53,997)
from Cooke County, TX	0.14% ($48,380)

10.92% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($51,781 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	10.92%
Texas average:	7.44%

0.07% of residents moved to foreign countries ($261 average AGI)

Denton County:	0.07%
Texas average:	0.11%

7.96% relocated to other counties in Texas ($34,860 average AGI)
2.90% relocated to other states ($16,660 average AGI)

Denton County:	2.90%
Texas average:	2.17%

to Dallas County, TX	2.65% ($41,483 average AGI)
to Collin County, TX	1.75% ($57,580)
to Tarrant County, TX	1.30% ($49,580)
to Harris County, TX	0.22% ($47,547)
to Travis County, TX	0.17% ($49,223)
to Cooke County, TX	0.12% ($39,065)
to Bexar County, TX	0.11% ($52,512)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.6
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 17.0

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 4.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 4.0

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 4.8

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 25,279 (21,368 aged, 3,911 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%

Household type by relationship

• In family households: 361,919 (90,519 male householders, 21,692 female householders)

  94,273 spouses, 131,820 children (120,865 natural, 2,986 adopted, 7,969 stepchildren), 4,603 grandchildren, 3,698 brothers or sisters, 2,556 parents, 6,210 other relatives, 6,548 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 61,905 (23,236 male householders (16,761 living alone)), 23,615 female householders (18,488 living alone)), 15,054 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 9,152 (3,314 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 41,457 2-persons, 27,249 3-persons, 26,642 4-persons, 11,310 5-persons, 3,707 6-persons, 1,846 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 35,249 1-person, 9,590 2-persons, 1,403 3-persons, 410 4-persons, 149 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 40 7-or-more-persons.

84.5% of residents of Denton County speak English at home.
10.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (74% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $1,057,753,000 ($1994 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $142,834,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $497,996,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $195,832,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $5,984,000
Federal grants: $149,261,000
Federal procurement contracts: $114,784,000 ($80,992,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $93,896,000 ($2,751,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $951,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $843,750,000
Federal Government insurance: $178,087,000

Here:	77 per 1000 residents
State:	85 per 1000 residents

Here:	18 per 1000 residents
State:	35 per 1000 residents

Here:	+19 per 1000 residents
State:	+29 per 1000 residents

Here:	+143 per 1000 residents
State:	+10 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 369.98 millions of gallons per day (3% from ground, 97% from surface)

Here:	6.6
State:	5.8

Here:	3.8
State:	3.8

39% of Denton County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Texas.

Denton County:	38.9%
State average:	51.6%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 217711
• Northeast: 23614
• Midwest: 57688
• South: 56190
• West: 32091

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $161,500

Here:	6.9%
Texas:	6.8%

Here:	6.4%
Texas:	6.2%

Here:	9.3%
Texas:	15.4%

• #22 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2005 and 2006 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #22 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2003"
• #35 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Ozone (8-hour) air pollution readings in 2005 (ppm)"
• #54 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2005 and 2006"
• #63 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Ozone (1-hour) air pollution readings in 2005 (ppm)"
• #74 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2006 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #74 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2003 (pop 50,000+)"
• #82 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving in compared to moving out (pop. 50,000+)"
• #91 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of births per 1000 residents 1990-1999 to 2000-2003 (pop 50,000+)"
• #97 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Bush (Republican) in the 2004 Presidential Election, pop. 50,000+"

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