Leon County, TX

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2020 Population
17,325
0.581% 1-year growth
US Senator
John Cornyn
Republican Party
US Senator
Ted Cruz
Republican Party
2020 Median Age
44.7
0.903% 1-year increase
2020 Poverty Rate
17.7%
0.468% 1-year increase
2020 Median Household Income
$43,392
0.806% 1-year growth
2020 Median Property Value
$120,300
8.38% 1-year growth

About

In 2020, Leon County, TX had a population of 17.3k people with a median age of 44.7 and a median household income of $43,392. Between 2019 and 2020 the population of Leon County, TX grew from 17,225 to 17,325, a 0.581% increase and its median household income grew from $43,045 to $43,392, a 0.806% increase.

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Leon County, TX are White (Non-Hispanic) (75.9%), White (Hispanic) (10.1%), Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (6.68%), Other (Hispanic) (4.45%), and Two+ (Non-Hispanic) (1.47%).

None of the households in Leon County, TX reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

95.4% of the residents in Leon County, TX are U.S. citizens.

In 2020, the median property value in Leon County, TX was $120,300, and the homeownership rate was 78.1%.

Most people in Leon County, TX drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 29.3 minutes. The average car ownership in Leon County, TX was 2 cars per household.

geosearchPopulation & Diversity

Leon County, TX is home to a population of 17.3k people, from which 95.4% are citizens. As of 2020, 6.11% of Leon County, TX residents were born outside of the country (1.06k people).

In 2020, there were 7.5 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (13.1k people) in Leon County, TX than any other race or ethnicity. There were 1.75k White (Hispanic) and 1.16k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Citizenship

95.4%
2020 Citizenship
96.2%
2019 Citizenship

As of 2020, 95.4% of Leon County, TX residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.4%. In 2019, the percentage of US citizens in Leon County, TX was 96.2%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Leon County, TX
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    13.1k ± 39
  2. White (Hispanic)
    1.75k ± 251
  3. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
    1.16k ± 96
14.7%
Hispanic Population
2.55k people

In 2020, there were 7.5 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (13.1k people) in Leon County, TX than any other race or ethnicity. There were 1.75k White (Hispanic) and 1.16k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

14.7% of the people in Leon County, TX are hispanic (2.55k people).

The following chart shows the 7 races represented in Leon County, TX as a share of the total population.

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Foreign-Born Population

6.11%
2020 Foreign-Born Population
1.06k people
5.21%
2019 Foreign-Born Population
897 people

As of 2020, 6.11% of Leon County, TX residents (1.06k people) were born outside of the United States, which is lower than the national average of 13.5%. In 2019, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Leon County, TX was 5.21%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    741 ± 174
  2. Korea
    167 ± 93
  3. Gulf War (2001-)
    98 ± 75

Leon County, TX has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 4.44 times greater than any other conflict.

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The economy of Leon County, TX employs 6.68k people. The largest industries in Leon County, TX are Retail Trade (840 people), Construction (715 people), and Public Administration (571 people), and the highest paying industries are Wholesale Trade ($102,770), Utilities ($73,657), and Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($69,792).

Employment

Occupations

6.68k
2020 Value
± 653
6.74%
1 Year growth
± 12.8%

From 2019 to 2020, employment in Leon County, TX grew at a rate of 6.74%, from 6.26k employees to 6.68k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Leon County, TX, are Sales & Related Occupations (752 people), Construction & Extraction Occupations (740 people), and Management Occupations (667 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Leon County, TX.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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Industries

Employment by Industries

6.68k
2020 Value
± 653
6.74%
1 Year growth
± 12.8%

From 2019 to 2020, employment in Leon County, TX grew at a rate of 6.74%, from 6.26k employees to 6.68k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Leon County, TX, are Retail Trade (840 people), Construction (715 people), and Public Administration (571 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Leon County, TX, though some of these residents may live in Leon County, TX and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$42,271
Median earning men ± $4,371
$21,998
Median earning women ± $3,841

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2020 are Wholesale Trade ($81,042), Manufacturing ($57,994), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($57,903).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2020 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($53,640), Public Administration ($40,222), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($38,750).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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8.45%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between May 2020 and May 2021

As of May 2021, there are 145M people employed in Texas. This represents a 8.45% increase in employment when compared to May 2020.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Texas.

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Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments
  1. 82
    Finance & Insurance, and Real Estate, Rental & Leasing
  2. 78
    Retail Trade
  3. 69
    Other Services, Except Public Administration

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

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Domestic Trade

Domestic Production & Consumption

Domestic production and consumption consists of products and services shipped from Texas to other states, or from other states to Texas.
Top Domestic Production in Dollars
  1. Electronics
    $292B
  2. Gasoline
    $210B
  3. Fuel oils
    $178B

In 2020, the top outbound Texas product (by dollars) was Electronics with $292B, followed by Gasoline ($210B) and Fuel oils ($178B).

The following chart shows the share of these products in relation to all outbound Texas products.

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Domestic Trade Growth

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$2.36T
2020 Value in Texas
$4.5T
Projected 2050 Value in Texas
90.9% growth

In 2020, total outbound Texas trade was $2.36T. This is expected to increase 90.9% to $4.5T by 2050.

The following chart shows how the domestic outbound Texas trade is projected to change in comparison to its neighboring states.

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Interstate Trade

Interstate trade consists of products and services shipped from Texas to other states, or from other states to Texas.
Most Common Trade Partners
  1. Louisiana
    $78.1B
  2. California
    $76.4B
  3. Michigan
    $74.9B

In 2020, the top outbound Texas domestic partner for goods and services (by dollars) was Louisiana with $78.1B, followed by California with $76.4B and Michigan and $74.9B.

The following map shows the amount of trade that Texas shares with each state (excluding itself).

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In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Leon County, TX went to Donald J. Trump with 86.7% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (12.4%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (0.657%).

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing the state of Texas. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Texas is currently represented by 36 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

2020 Election Results
  1. Donald J. Trump (86.7%)
    Republican Party
  2. Joseph R Biden Jr. (12.4%)
    Democratic Party
  3. Jo Jorgensen (0.657%)
    Libertarian Party

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Leon County, TX went to Donald J. Trump with 86.7% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (12.4%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (0.657%).

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Senators Elections

US Senators from Texas

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John Cornyn
Senator from Texas2
Assumed office on December 2, 2002
Phil Gramm resigned (effective November 30, 2002) a few weeks before the expiration of his term in hopes that his successor, fellow Republican John Cornyn, could gain seniority over other newly elected senators. However, Cornyn did not gain additional seniority due to a 1980 Rules Committee policy.
Ted Cruz
Senator from Texas1
Assumed office on January 3, 2013

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing Texas.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Texas over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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US Representatives Elections

US Representatives from Texas

Texas is currently represented by 36 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Texas have changed over time starting in 2008.

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Completions

Awarded Degrees over Time

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Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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In 2020, 1.35% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 1.35% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

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Educational Attainment

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Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2020 were High School or Equivalent (5.56M), Some college (5.02M), and Bachelors Degree (3.9M).

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

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The median property value in Leon County, TX was $120,300 in 2020, which is 0.523 times smaller than the national average of $229,800. Between 2019 and 2020 the median property value increased from $111,000 to $120,300, a 8.38% increase. The homeownership rate in Leon County, TX is 78.1%, which is approximately the same as the national average of 64.4%.

People in Leon County, TX have an average commute time of 29.3 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Leon County, TX is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Property

$120,300
Median Property Value 2020
±$14,611
$5,338
Median Property Taxes
±$577

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Leon County, TX the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Leon County, TX compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

78.1%
Homeownership
2020
62.7%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2020

In 2020, 78.1% of the housing units in Leon County, TX were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 77.4%.

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Equity

Income by Location

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The following map shows all of the tracts in Leon County, TX colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

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Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$43,392
Median Household Income
± $6,786
6.84k
Number of Households
± 625

In 2020, the median household income of the 6.84k households in Leon County, TX grew to $43,392 from the previous year's value of $43,045.

The following chart displays the households in Leon County, TX distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Leon County, TX is from Texas.
0.478
2020 Wage GINI in Texas
0.48
2019 Wage GINI in Texas

In 2020, the income inequality in Texas was 0.478 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.474% decline from 2019 to 2020, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Texas was higher than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Texas in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Texas across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2020
  1. Drove Alone (81%)
  2. Carpooled (11.3%)
  3. Worked At Home (3.69%)

In 2020, 81% of workers in Leon County, TX drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (11.3%) and those who worked at home (3.69%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

29.3 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Leon County, TX have a longer commute time (29.3 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.9 minutes). Additionally, 5.67% of the workforce in Leon County, TX have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Leon County, TX distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Leon County, TX have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

17.7% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Leon County, TX (3.06k out of 17.2k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.8%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 25 - 34, followed by Males < 5 and then Males 6 - 11.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Leon County, TX is White, followed by Hispanic and Black.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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80.9% of the population of Leon County, TX has health coverage, with 32.4% on employee plans, 14.2% on Medicaid, 19.3% on Medicare, 13.7% on non-group plans, and 1.4% on military or VA plans.

Per capita personal health care spending in Texas was $6,998 in 2014. This is a 5.06% increase from the previous year ($6,661).

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.6% were men and 50.4% were women.

COVID-19

Daily New Cases by Date

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This chart shows the number of COVID-19 daily new cases by date in Texas, as a 7-day rolling average, compared with the four states with the most similar number of confirmed cases.

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Community Mobility

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This chart presents movement trends over time in the state of Texas across different categories of places such as retail and recreation, groceries and pharmacies, parks, transit stations, workplaces, and residential.

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Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2020, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 23.7% under 18 years, 16.5% between 18 and 34 years, 35.4% between 35 and 64 years, and 24.4% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.6% were men and 50.4% were women.

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Uninsured People

19.1%
Uninsured
32.4%
Employer Coverage
14.2%
Medicaid
19.3%
Medicare
13.7%
Non-Group
1.4%
Military or VA

Between 2019 and 2020, the percent of uninsured citizens in Leon County, TX grew by 11.9% from 17% to 19.1%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Leon County, TX changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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Health Indicators

Health Outcomes

Indicator

In 2021, the number of deaths among residents under age 18 per 100,000 population was N/A in Leon County, TX.

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Health Behaviors

Indicator

In 2021, the percentage of the adult population (age 18 and older) that reports a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30 kg/m2 (age-adjusted) was 33.4% in Leon County, TX.

The graphic shows the trend of the indicator in Leon County, TX.

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