Denton County, Texas (TX)

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• • 510,935118.0%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 173,90540.2%Hispanic or Latino
  • 88,02120.3%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 84,75919.6%Asian alone
  • 24,3935.6%Two or more races
  • 2,9320.7%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 1,4870.3%Some other race alone
  • 7750.2%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $359,567

Here:	$359,567
State:	$268,991

Townhouses or other attached units: $269,214

Here:	$269,214
State:	$268,635

In 2-unit structures: $237,846

Here:	$237,846
State:	$309,107

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $219,680

Here:	$219,680
State:	$205,835

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $291,328

Here:	$291,328
State:	$312,503

Mobile homes: $80,351

Here:	$80,351
State:	$94,014

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $368,153

Here:	$368,153
State:	$52,538

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

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $6,333 (1.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $4,649 (1.6%)

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, Colony, The Colony, Highland Village, Corinth, Trophy Club, Lake Dallas, Sanger.

2018 air pollution in Denton County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.030 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 7.6 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: San Diego County, California , Jasper County, Georgia , Meriwether County, Georgia , Morgan County, Georgia .

Current college students: 37,656
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 92.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 46.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 143,440 (47.4% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 39,3582010 or later
• 43,3072000 to 2009
• 30,1781990 to 1999
• 10,9481980 to 1989
• 6,4901970 to 1979
• 2,913Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 28.2 minutes

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

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 222,541
• One, attached: 7,312
• Two: 2,246
• 3 or 4: 8,493
• 5 to 9: 16,432
• 10 to 19: 28,264
• 20 to 49: 16,840
• 50 or more: 15,508
• Mobile homes: 11,808
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 63

Housing units in Denton County with a mortgage: 144,548 (2,975 second mortgage, 6,631 home equity loan, 176 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 57,079

Religion statistics for Denton County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Denton County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Texas Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4485, Natural disaster type: Other
• Texas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 04, 2015 to June 23, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4223: May 29, 2015, FEMA Id: 4223, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Texas Hurricane Ike, Incident Period: September 07, 2008 to September 26, 2008, Emergency Declared EM-3294: September 10, 2008, FEMA Id: 3294, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Texas Hurricane Gustav, Incident Period: August 27, 2008 to September 07, 2008, Emergency Declared EM-3290: August 29, 2008, FEMA Id: 3290, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Texas Wildfires, Incident Period: March 14, 2008 to September 01, 2008, Emergency Declared EM-3284: March 14, 2008, FEMA Id: 3284, Natural disaster type: Fire
• Texas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: June 16, 2007 to August 03, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1709: June 29, 2007, FEMA Id: 1709, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Texas Severe Storms and Tornadoes, Incident Period: April 21, 2007 to April 24, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1697: May 01, 2007, FEMA Id: 1697, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado
• Texas North Trinity Fire, Incident Period: June 27, 2006, Fire Management Assistance Declared: June 27, 2006, FEMA Id: 2651, Natural disaster type: Fire
• Texas Hurricane Rita, Incident Period: September 23, 2005 to October 14, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1606: September 24, 2005, FEMA Id: 1606, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Texas Hurricane Rita, Incident Period: September 20, 2005 to October 14, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3261: September 21, 2005, FEMA Id: 3261, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• 8 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

11.72% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($78,250 average adjusted gross income)

0.04% of residents moved from foreign countries ($351 average AGI)

Denton County:	0.04%
Texas average:	0.08%

8.41% relocated from other counties in Texas ($52,324 average AGI)
3.26% relocated from other states ($25,574 average AGI)

Denton County:	3.26%
Texas average:	2.52%

from Dallas County, TX	2.92% ($70,661 average AGI)
from Collin County, TX	2.16% ($87,207)
from Tarrant County, TX	1.46% ($73,415)
from Harris County, TX	0.19% ($72,487)
from Travis County, TX	0.12% ($69,259)
from Los Angeles County, CA	0.11% ($107,155)
from Bexar County, TX	0.10% ($85,208)

9.71% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($67,429 average adjusted gross income)

0.06% of residents moved to foreign countries ($595 average AGI)

Denton County:	0.06%
Texas average:	0.08%

7.30% relocated to other counties in Texas ($48,397 average AGI)
2.35% relocated to other states ($18,438 average AGI)

Denton County:	2.35%
Texas average:	2.32%

to Dallas County, TX	2.33% ($57,653 average AGI)
to Collin County, TX	1.75% ($78,799)
to Tarrant County, TX	1.32% ($60,862)
to Harris County, TX	0.17% ($65,451)
to Travis County, TX	0.16% ($65,272)
to Grayson County, TX	0.13% ($55,781)
to Cooke County, TX	0.12% ($60,769)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.6
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 16.7
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 13.2

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 4.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 3.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 4.3

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 4.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2007 to 2018: 4.5

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Denton County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 164,297 (31,347 living alone), Female householders: 140,867 (41,662 living alone)

• 172,171 spouses (171,356 opposite-sex spouses), 13,705 unmarried partners, (12,104 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 279,327 children (259,118 natural, 5,798 adopted, 14,411 stepchildren), 13,970 grandchildren, 10,107 brothers or sisters, 23,564 parents, 584 foster children, 12,733 other relatives, 44,591 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 11,291

Size of family households: 78,977 2-persons, 50,257 3-persons, 51,975 4-persons, 24,129 5-persons, 6,606 6-persons, 2,486 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 73,009 1-person, 14,417 2-persons, 2,033 3-persons, 1,158 4-persons, 75 5-persons, 42 6-persons.

157,198 married couples with children.
39,624 single-parent households (11,065 men, 28,559 women).

75.8% of residents of Denton speak English at home.
13.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
3.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
5.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other language at home (77% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 1% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $1,057,753,000 ($1,994 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

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

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

• Year house built in Denton County, Texas
• 51,5572014 or later
• 26,2032010 to 2013
• 77,3542000 to 2009
• 64,5491990 to 1999
• 58,6431980 to 1989
• 30,5071970 to 1979
• 12,0001960 to 1969
• 4,4581950 to 1959
• 2,1251940 to 1949
• 2,1111939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Denton County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Denton County, Texas
• 1651 room
• 02 rooms
• 1,0763 rooms
• 10,6284 rooms
• 26,9945 rooms
• 32,1596 rooms
• 36,9837 rooms
• 31,9048 rooms
• 61,7189+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Denton County, Texas
• 5,4381 room
• 11,9022 rooms
• 24,5673 rooms
• 21,6794 rooms
• 15,4245 rooms
• 12,0526 rooms
• 5,5227 rooms
• 4,4528 rooms
• 2,5019+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Denton County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Denton County, Texas
• 165no bedroom
• 3621 bedroom
• 11,9672 bedrooms
• 85,2473 bedrooms
• 81,4554 bedrooms
• 22,4315+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Denton County, Texas
• 5,636no bedroom
• 36,4351 bedroom
• 29,3922 bedrooms
• 22,1243 bedrooms
• 8,9564 bedrooms
• 9945+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Denton County, Texas in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Denton County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 1,440no vehicle
• 34,6451 vehicle
• 100,2182 vehicles
• 46,1733 vehicles
• 14,5264 vehicles
• 4,6255+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Denton County in renter-occupied apartments
• 6,768no vehicle
• 50,5471 vehicle
• 34,8862 vehicles
• 7,9343 vehicles
• 2,6624 vehicles
• 7405+ vehicles

81.5% of Denton County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Texas.

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

• This state: 421,287
• Other state: 308,962
• Northeast: 45,705
• Midwest: 93,842
• South: 102,319
• West: 67,096

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 4,134
• Number of aged recipients: 814
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 3,320
• Number of recipients under 18: 795
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 2,223
• Number of recipients older than 64: 1,116
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,137
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,687

Denton County on our top lists:

• #9 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #10 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #11 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply"
• #14 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #15 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply"
• #19 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #33 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Evangelical Protestant adherents"
• #33 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Evangelical Protestant adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #36 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest decrease in the number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #46 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013"
• #49 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #59 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #60 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving in compared to moving out (pop. 50,000+)"
• #68 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Evangelical Protestant congregations"
• #68 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Evangelical Protestant congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #81 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #81 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000"
• #84 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #89 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Nitrogen Dioxide air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
• #94 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"