Brazoria County, Texas (TX)

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• • 170,75070.6%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 111,05745.9%Hispanic or Latino
  • 49,21120.4%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 23,1369.6%Asian alone
  • 6,6942.8%Two or more races
  • 9450.4%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 6640.3%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2017:

Detached houses: $217,835

Here:	$217,835
State:	$242,762

Townhouses or other attached units: $179,667

Here:	$179,667
State:	$241,439

Mobile homes: $69,168

Here:	$69,168
State:	$77,722

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $108,806

Here:	$108,806
State:	$60,875

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

• Murders: 5
• Rapes: 5
• Robberies: 20
• Assaults: 38
• Burglaries: 773
• Thefts: 940
• Auto thefts: 84

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

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 4
• Robberies: 24
• Assaults: 54
• Burglaries: 788
• Thefts: 748
• Auto thefts: 82

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2017: $4,568 (2.0%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2017: $2,169 (1.4%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Brazoria County is $559 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $642 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $885 a month.

Cities in this county include: Brazosport, Angleton-Rosharon, Pearland, Lake Jackson, Alvin, Angleton, Freeport, Clute, West Columbia, Sweeny.

2018 air pollution in Brazoria County:

Nitrogen Dioxide: 0.01 ppm (standard limit: 0.053 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.023 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Below U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana .

Current college students: 11,894
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 88.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 32.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 48,900 (52.2% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 6,9582010 or later
• 13,5592000 to 2009
• 11,0111990 to 1999
• 5,5251980 to 1989
• 4,3621970 to 1979
• 2,240Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 28.0 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 59.7%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 97,016
• One, attached: 1,905
• Two: 867
• 3 or 4: 2,278
• 5 to 9: 4,077
• 10 to 19: 6,889
• 20 to 49: 5,166
• 50 or more: 3,525
• Mobile homes: 13,672
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 972

Housing units in Brazoria County with a mortgage: 52,111 (1,489 second mortgage, 1,812 home equity loan, 186 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 34,687

Religion statistics for Brazoria County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Brazoria County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Texas Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: May 22, 2016 to June 24, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4272: June 11, 2016, FEMA Id: 4272, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 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 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 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 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
• 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
• Texas Hurricane Katrina, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3216: September 02, 2005, FEMA Id: 3216, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• 14 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

8.72% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($65,164 average adjusted gross income)

0.05% of residents moved from foreign countries ($630 average AGI)

Brazoria County:	0.05%
Texas average:	0.08%

6.71% relocated from other counties in Texas ($49,368 average AGI)
1.96% relocated from other states ($15,167 average AGI)

Brazoria County:	1.96%
Texas average:	2.52%

from Harris County, TX	3.71% ($69,346 average AGI)
from Fort Bend County, TX	0.73% ($63,166)
from Galveston County, TX	0.59% ($57,582)
from Bexar County, TX	0.12% ($48,552)
from Montgomery County, TX	0.10% ($94,016)
from Travis County, TX	0.09% ($44,087)
from Matagorda County, TX	0.09% ($54,825)

7.10% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($71,147 average adjusted gross income)

0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($537 average AGI)

Brazoria County:	0.05%
Texas average:	0.08%

5.66% relocated to other counties in Texas ($56,213 average AGI)
1.39% relocated to other states ($14,398 average AGI)

Brazoria County:	1.39%
Texas average:	2.32%

to Harris County, TX	2.73% ($69,955 average AGI)
to Galveston County, TX	0.69% ($68,846)
to Fort Bend County, TX	0.63% ($79,407)
to Montgomery County, TX	0.12% ($103,734)
to Travis County, TX	0.11% ($75,641)
to Matagorda County, TX	0.08% ($51,750)
to Bexar County, TX	0.07% ($70,131)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 16.4
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 15.1

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 6.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 6.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 6.4

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 5.5

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Brazoria County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 310,285 (46,618 male householders, 42,007 female householders)

  72,239 spouses, 119,376 children (108,336 natural, 3,259 adopted, 7,781 stepchildren), 9,815 grandchildren, 2,965 brothers or sisters, 7,007 parents, 6,184 other relatives, 4,074 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 39,757 (16,061 male householders (12,341 living alone)), 15,084 female householders (12,064 living alone)), 8,612 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 12,415

Size of family households: 33,324 2-persons, 21,877 3-persons, 20,784 4-persons, 7,343 5-persons, 3,388 6-persons, 1,909 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 24,405 1-person, 5,558 2-persons, 740 3-persons, 442 4-persons.

71,244 married couples with children.
15,108 single-parent households (1,939 men, 13,169 women).

73.6% of residents of Brazoria speak English at home.
19.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
4.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (72% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $820,038,000 ($3,025 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $27,358,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $441,458,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $194,404,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $15,188,000
Federal grants: $119,404,000
Federal procurement contracts: $16,368,000 ($4,347,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $33,217,000 ($736,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $4,218,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $157,669,000
Federal Government insurance: $5,249,007,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 28.29 millions of gallons per day (68% from ground, 32% from surface)

• Year house built in Brazoria County, Texas
• 9,9812014 or later
• 9,9582010 to 2013
• 31,7382000 to 2009
• 23,0221990 to 1999
• 19,2421980 to 1989
• 18,6001970 to 1979
• 10,8831960 to 1969
• 8,3531950 to 1959
• 3,3331940 to 1949
• 1,2571939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Brazoria County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Brazoria County, Texas
• 5901 room
• 5562 rooms
• 1,3573 rooms
• 5,8954 rooms
• 17,7885 rooms
• 16,7076 rooms
• 16,0177 rooms
• 11,3548 rooms
• 16,5349+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Brazoria County, Texas
• 3281 room
• 1,1362 rooms
• 8,9913 rooms
• 7,5974 rooms
• 7,2945 rooms
• 4,5206 rooms
• 1,3537 rooms
• 1,2918 rooms
• 4629+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Brazoria County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Brazoria County, Texas
• 605no bedroom
• 1,3961 bedroom
• 8,2522 bedrooms
• 43,6793 bedrooms
• 28,0554 bedrooms
• 4,8115+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Brazoria County, Texas
• 711no bedroom
• 9,3521 bedroom
• 11,5702 bedrooms
• 9,4273 bedrooms
• 1,6734 bedrooms
• 2395+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Brazoria County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 914no vehicle
• 16,5041 vehicle
• 44,9912 vehicles
• 17,0863 vehicles
• 5,3284 vehicles
• 1,9755+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Brazoria County in renter-occupied apartments
• 1,807no vehicle
• 14,0481 vehicle
• 14,7952 vehicles
• 1,7093 vehicles
• 5014 vehicles
• 1125+ vehicles

86.0% of Brazoria County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Texas.

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

• This state: 230,320
• Other state: 79,096
• Northeast: 8,022
• Midwest: 19,983
• South: 35,672
• West: 15,419

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 3,861
• Number of aged recipients: 607
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 3,254
• Number of recipients under 18: 750
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 2,191
• Number of recipients older than 64: 920
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,219
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,668

Brazoria County on our top lists:

• #29 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Nitrogen Dioxide air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
• #72 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Evangelical Protestant adherents"
• #72 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Evangelical Protestant adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #85 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013"
• #85 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"