Galveston County, Texas (TX)

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• • 193,94656.7%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 86,85225.4%Hispanic or Latino
  • 42,50612.4%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 11,6193.4%Asian alone
  • 6,8322.0%Two or more races
  • 2830.08%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 1010.03%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $258,129

Here:	$258,129
State:	$268,991

Townhouses or other attached units: $257,267

Here:	$257,267
State:	$268,635

In 2-unit structures: $267,875

Here:	$267,875
State:	$309,107

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $183,156

Here:	$183,156
State:	$205,835

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $258,984

Here:	$258,984
State:	$312,503

Mobile homes: $168,673

Here:	$168,673
State:	$94,014

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $81,946

Here:	$81,946
State:	$52,538

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 21
• Robberies: 19
• Assaults: 149
• Burglaries: 345
• Thefts: 467
• Auto thefts: 69

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

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 28
• Robberies: 23
• Assaults: 138
• Burglaries: 269
• Thefts: 458
• Auto thefts: 104

Health of residents in Galveston County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2019:

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: $4,227 (1.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $2,361 (1.4%)

Area name: Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Galveston County is $612 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $743 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $990 a month.

Cities in this county include: Galveston, League City, Texas City, Friendswood, Dickinson, La Marque, Santa Fe, Bacliff, Hitchcock, San Leon.

2018 air pollution in Galveston County:

Nitrogen Dioxide: 0.00 ppm (standard limit: 0.053 ppm). Below U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 4.2 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Below U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Citrus County, Florida , St. Mary Parish, Louisiana , DeWitt County , Guadalupe County , Maverick County , Wilson County .

Current college students: 14,654
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 90.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 30.6%

Number of foreign born residents: 37,851 (45.2% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 7,8152010 or later
• 8,6092000 to 2009
• 7,7171990 to 1999
• 5,0951980 to 1989
• 3,4511970 to 1979
• 2,573Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 26.0 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 60.7%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 109,477
• One, attached: 2,476
• Two: 2,253
• 3 or 4: 3,014
• 5 to 9: 4,529
• 10 to 19: 7,920
• 20 to 49: 6,818
• 50 or more: 6,983
• Mobile homes: 6,021
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 891

Housing units in Galveston County with a mortgage: 49,988 (597 second mortgage, 1,917 home equity loan, 26 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 36,060

Religion statistics for Galveston County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Galveston County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Texas Hurricane Laura, Incident Period: August 23, 2020 - August 27, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4572-TX: December 9, 2020, FEMA Id: 4572, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Texas Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4485, Natural disaster type: Other
• Texas Hurricane Harvey, Incident Period: August 23, 2017 - September 15, 2017, FEMA Id: 4332, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Texas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: October 22, 2015 to October 31, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4245: November 25, 2015, FEMA Id: 4245, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Texas Hurricane Ike, Incident Period: September 07, 2008 to October 02, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1791: September 13, 2008, FEMA Id: 1791, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• 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 Hurricane Dean, Incident Period: August 17, 2007 to September 05, 2007, Emergency Declared EM-3277: August 18, 2007, FEMA Id: 3277, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• 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
• 13 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

8.69% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($68,972 average adjusted gross income)

0.04% of residents moved from foreign countries ($844 average AGI)

Galveston County:	0.04%
Texas average:	0.08%

6.52% relocated from other counties in Texas ($49,430 average AGI)
2.14% relocated from other states ($18,698 average AGI)

Galveston County:	2.14%
Texas average:	2.52%

from Harris County, TX	3.72% ($69,465 average AGI)
from Brazoria County, TX	0.68% ($68,846)
from Fort Bend County, TX	0.17% ($81,292)
from Travis County, TX	0.17% ($56,079)
from Montgomery County, TX	0.15% ($73,694)
from Jefferson County, TX	0.11% ($64,379)
from Tarrant County, TX	0.10% ($48,828)

7.01% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($64,392 average adjusted gross income)

0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($385 average AGI)

Galveston County:	0.05%
Texas average:	0.08%

5.33% relocated to other counties in Texas ($48,064 average AGI)
1.63% relocated to other states ($15,943 average AGI)

Galveston County:	1.63%
Texas average:	2.32%

to Harris County, TX	2.88% ($59,610 average AGI)
to Brazoria County, TX	0.60% ($57,582)
to Fort Bend County, TX	0.18% ($64,356)
to Montgomery County, TX	0.15% ($116,029)
to Travis County, TX	0.15% ($74,676)
to Dallas County, TX	0.09% ($47,594)
to Tarrant County, TX	0.08% ($55,970)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 14.7
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 13.2

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 8.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 8.1

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2007 to 2018: 5.2

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Galveston County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 63,117 (15,269 living alone), Female householders: 63,975 (15,847 living alone)

• 65,752 spouses (64,670 opposite-sex spouses), 8,379 unmarried partners, (7,562 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 105,121 children (94,684 natural, 4,209 adopted, 6,228 stepchildren), 6,402 grandchildren, 4,103 brothers or sisters, 6,947 parents, 310 foster children, 5,087 other relatives, 7,231 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 5,715

Size of family households: 38,537 2-persons, 20,978 3-persons, 15,894 4-persons, 9,049 5-persons, 3,055 6-persons, 1,358 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 31,116 1-person, 6,238 2-persons, 414 3-persons, 382 4-persons, 71 7-or-more-persons.

54,593 married couples with children.
21,325 single-parent households (4,498 men, 16,827 women).

79.9% of residents of Galveston speak English at home.
15.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (65% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (74% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $1,471,481,000 ($5,415 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $190,218,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $558,529,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $314,676,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $6,193,000
Federal grants: $354,154,000
Federal procurement contracts: $161,847,000 ($140,795,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $76,082,000 ($15,009,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $56,459,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $171,846,000
Federal Government insurance: $8,691,897,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 4.57 millions of gallons per day (98% from ground, 2% from surface)

• Year house built in Galveston County, Texas
• 14,1842014 or later
• 8,7332010 to 2013
• 32,0902000 to 2009
• 18,5531990 to 1999
• 20,4031980 to 1989
• 19,7211970 to 1979
• 14,5271960 to 1969
• 11,9941950 to 1959
• 4,3901940 to 1949
• 5,7871939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Galveston County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Galveston County, Texas
• 3951 room
• 6942 rooms
• 1,9883 rooms
• 8,6944 rooms
• 15,9085 rooms
• 19,3376 rooms
• 12,6257 rooms
• 11,2688 rooms
• 15,1399+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Galveston County, Texas
• 1,2381 room
• 2,6022 rooms
• 10,5993 rooms
• 7,9854 rooms
• 7,6305 rooms
• 5,8646 rooms
• 2,7207 rooms
• 1,5348 rooms
• 8729+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Galveston County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Galveston County, Texas
• 470no bedroom
• 1,6011 bedroom
• 12,4022 bedrooms
• 41,0423 bedrooms
• 26,5084 bedrooms
• 4,0255+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Galveston County, Texas
• 1,238no bedroom
• 11,0611 bedroom
• 14,8782 bedrooms
• 10,2763 bedrooms
• 3,2684 bedrooms
• 3235+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Galveston County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 1,384no vehicle
• 20,0561 vehicle
• 40,5552 vehicles
• 17,0583 vehicles
• 5,1134 vehicles
• 1,8825+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Galveston County in renter-occupied apartments
• 5,262no vehicle
• 19,9641 vehicle
• 11,9562 vehicles
• 2,1823 vehicles
• 1,3434 vehicles
• 3375+ vehicles

83.4% of Galveston County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Texas.

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

• This state: 216,556
• Other state: 80,341
• Northeast: 11,207
• Midwest: 22,236
• South: 33,457
• West: 13,441

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 5,253
• Number of aged recipients: 718
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 4,535
• Number of recipients under 18: 1,043
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 3,089
• Number of recipients older than 64: 1,121
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,759
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 2,333

Galveston County on our top lists:

• #11 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #14 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest decrease in the number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #30 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #35 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Nitrogen Dioxide air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
• #48 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply"
• #72 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest decrease in the number of deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"