Denton County, Texas (TX)

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• • 513,95652.6%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 196,08820.1%Hispanic or Latino
  • 104,94110.7%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 102,44810.5%Asian alone
  • 51,3655.3%Two or more races
  • 6,6780.7%Some other race alone
  • 1,2460.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 5590.06%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $505,331

Here:	$505,331
State:	$369,058

Townhouses or other attached units: $373,634

Here:	$373,634
State:	$327,631

In 2-unit structures: $286,734

Here:	$286,734
State:	$374,947

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $285,131

Here:	$285,131
State:	$209,652

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $357,993

Here:	$357,993
State:	$413,944

Mobile homes: $99,413

Here:	$99,413
State:	$124,413

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $214,933

Here:	$214,933
State:	$73,921

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 17
• Robberies: 2
• Assaults: 54
• Burglaries: 62
• Thefts: 276
• Auto thefts: 41

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 32
• Robberies: 3
• Assaults: 47
• Burglaries: 60
• Thefts: 326
• Auto thefts: 64

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $6,994 (1.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $5,818 (1.5%)

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.

2023 air pollution in Denton County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.033 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 8.5 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: 93.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 49.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 163,393 (53.6% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 59,2212010 or later
• 41,9732000 to 2009
• 31,6761990 to 1999
• 10,9481980 to 1989
• 6,4901970 to 1979
• 2,913Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 99.1%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 259,956
• One, attached: 10,938
• Two: 3,471
• 3 or 4: 12,392
• 5 to 9: 16,136
• 10 to 19: 22,639
• 20 to 49: 16,762
• 50 or more: 25,100
• Mobile homes: 9,113
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 133

Housing units in Denton County with a mortgage: 163,847 (8,622 second mortgage, 424 home equity loan, 5,666 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,936

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.

12.39% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($93,158 average adjusted gross income)

0.01% of residents moved from foreign countries ($94 average AGI)

Denton County:	0.01%
Texas average:	0.04%

8.35% relocated from other counties in Texas ($58,945 average AGI)
4.02% relocated from other states ($34,118 average AGI)

Denton County:	4.02%
Texas average:	2.83%

from Dallas County, TX	2.84% ($77,943 average AGI)
from Collin County, TX	2.13% ($109,878)
from Tarrant County, TX	1.62% ($94,384)
from Harris County, TX	0.18% ($81,394)
from Los Angeles County, CA	0.17% ($121,674)
from Travis County, TX	0.12% ($82,661)
from Orange County, CA	0.11% ($172,699)

10.07% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($79,464 average adjusted gross income)

0.01% of residents moved to foreign countries ($63 average AGI)

Denton County:	0.01%
Texas average:	0.03%

7.47% relocated to other counties in Texas ($56,838 average AGI)
2.58% relocated to other states ($22,563 average AGI)

Denton County:	2.58%
Texas average:	2.08%

to Collin County, TX	2.04% ($92,412 average AGI)
to Dallas County, TX	1.98% ($56,758)
to Tarrant County, TX	1.29% ($80,640)
to Grayson County, TX	0.16% ($91,251)
to Wise County, TX	0.15% ($89,514)
to Harris County, TX	0.15% ($61,878)
to Cooke County, TX	0.13% ($78,989)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.6
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 16.2
Births per 1000 population from 2010 to 2022: 10.6

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 4.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 3.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 4.4

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2009: 4.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2010 to 2021: 4.4

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: 191,135 (36,813 living alone), Female householders: 170,635 (45,243 living alone)

• 198,706 spouses (196,502 opposite-sex spouses), 24,574 unmarried partners, (23,353 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 290,771 children (275,608 natural, 4,673 adopted, 10,490 stepchildren), 14,032 grandchildren, 10,261 brothers or sisters, 22,085 parents, 445 foster children, 15,957 other relatives, 27,644 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 11,036

Size of family households: 99,108 2-persons, 63,707 3-persons, 54,805 4-persons, 24,596 5-persons, 10,181 6-persons, 3,305 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 82,056 1-person, 19,301 2-persons, 2,783 3-persons, 1,856 4-persons, 72 7-or-more-persons.

161,730 married couples with children.
47,590 single-parent households (13,547 men, 34,043 women).

76.0% of residents of Denton speak English at home.
12.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
4.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
5.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other language at home (90% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).

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
• 20,3512020 or later
• 102,6022010 to 2019
• 99,2772000 to 2009
• 59,1311990 to 1999
• 51,6861980 to 1989
• 27,6531970 to 1979
• 7,8691960 to 1969
• 4,2701950 to 1959
• 1,9281940 to 1949
• 1,8731939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Denton County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Denton County, Texas
• 5851 room
• 4332 rooms
• 1,7403 rooms
• 13,7504 rooms
• 30,6535 rooms
• 41,8336 rooms
• 37,0027 rooms
• 39,6178 rooms
• 69,1079+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Denton County, Texas
• 8,2091 room
• 19,7102 rooms
• 25,0623 rooms
• 25,1144 rooms
• 17,7595 rooms
• 12,6366 rooms
• 7,5797 rooms
• 5,1568 rooms
• 5,8259+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Denton County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Denton County, Texas
• 585no bedroom
• 9911 bedroom
• 12,9402 bedrooms
• 100,2233 bedrooms
• 89,6744 bedrooms
• 30,3075+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Denton County, Texas
• 9,149no bedroom
• 40,8681 bedroom
• 36,8462 bedrooms
• 27,2403 bedrooms
• 11,6584 bedrooms
• 1,2895+ 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
• 2,611no vehicle
• 43,1691 vehicle
• 120,4132 vehicles
• 47,3563 vehicles
• 15,1654 vehicles
• 6,0065+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Denton County in renter-occupied apartments
• 11,304no vehicle
• 58,4021 vehicle
• 43,3172 vehicles
• 10,8683 vehicles
• 2,3464 vehicles
• 8135+ vehicles

84.3% of Denton County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Texas.

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

• This state: 446,054
• Other state: 351,940
• Northeast: 47,952
• Midwest: 103,362
• South: 110,998
• West: 89,628

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+)"