People Facts Pearland Texas
Population, 2003 estimate 47,903 22,118,509
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 25.0% 6.1%
Population, 2000 37,640 20,851,820
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 62.5% 22.8%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 8.0% 7.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 28.8% 28.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 8.4% 9.9%
Female persons, percent, 2000 50.9% 50.4%
White persons, percent, 2000 82.6% 71.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 5.3% 11.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 0.4% 0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 3.6% 2.7%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 6.1% 11.7%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 1.8% 2.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 16.2% 32.0%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 52.1% 49.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 6.7% 13.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 16.1% 31.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 87.9% 75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 29.1% 23.2%
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 30.0 25.4
 
Housing units, 2000 13,922 8,157,575
Homeownership rate, 2000 79.4% 63.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $117,700 $82,500
 
Households, 2000 13,192 7,393,354
Persons per household, 2000 2.84 2.74
Median household income, 1999 $64,156 $39,927
Per capita money income, 1999 $26,306 $19,617
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 4.7% 15.4%
    Business Facts
Wholesale trade sales, 1997 ($1000) 178,228 323,111,661
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 276,051 182,516,112
Retail sales per capita, 1997 $8,505 $9,430
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 1997 ($1000) 28,396 22,698,848
Total number of firms, 1997 3,526 1,525,972
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 19.5% 23.9%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 34.2% 25.0%
    Geography Facts
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 39 261,797
Persons per square mile, 2000 957.0 79.6
Counties Brazoria County
Fort Bend County
Harris County