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Population

State and Federal Estimates

Area and Population Density
			Area in Square Miles			Density Per Square Mile of Land Area
Entity	2000 Population	Housing	Total Area	Water Area	Land Area	2000 Population	Housing Units
City of Denton	80,537	32,716	62.3	0.8	61.5	1,309.7	532.0
Denton County	432,976	168,069	957.9	69.3	888.5	487.3	189.2

*source U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000

Population Change from 2000 to 2006
Entity	2000 Census	2006 Estimate	Numerical Change 2000-2006	Percent Change 2000-2006
City of Denton	80,537	107,443	26,906	33.4%
Denton County	432,976	606,428	173,452	40.1%

Source: Texas State Data Center, 2006 Estimate: January 2007

According to the Texas State Data Center estimates, the City of Denton and Denton County experienced an increase in growth from 2000 to 2006 at a rate of 33.4% and 40.1%, respectively.

Population Projections

Population Projections
	2000	2010	2020	2030
City of Denton	73,225	108,042	155,700	190,719
Denton County	428,080	643,572	862,332	1,085,343

*source North Central Texas Council of Governments.
NCTCOG estimate was adjusted from the 2000 Census count and does not include group quarters.

The yearly growth rate for the city of Denton is 3.17%, estimating Denton’s population over 104,000 citizens at the beginning of 2007.

Over the next five years, the population is estimated to grow by 18.9%.

Population Projections for Denton County by Race
Year	Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Other
2000	432,976	333,058	26,290	52,619	21,009
2010	606,715	441,910	40,018	90,967	33,820
2020	800,028	548,999	55,890	146,031	49,108
2030	1,011,101	643,915	73,608	225,401	68,177

Source: Texas State Data Center

Claritas Market Place Estimates

Population by Race
White	71%
Black	9%
Asian	4%
2 or More Races	3%
Other Races	13%

Source: 2007 Claritas

Population by Hispanic/Latino Origin
Mexican	78%
Puerto Rican	<2%
Cuban	<1%
All Other Hispanic or Latino	20%

Source 2007 Claritas

According to Claritas estimates, approximately 20.06% of Denton’s citizens are of Hispanic or Latino origin, compared with the national figure of 14.9%. The designation of Hispanic or Latino is independent of a person’s race designation.

Population by Age
0-17 years	21%
18-34 years	39%
35-54 years	25%
55-64 years	8%
65+ years	7%

Source: 2007 Claritas

Source: Claritas 2007

The median age for the City of Denton population is 29.8 years compared with the national figure of 36.5 years. The average age for the City of Denton population is 32.9 years compared with the national average of 37.3 years.

Population Age 25+ by Educational Attainment
Less than 9th grade	8%
Some High School	9%
High School Graduate (or GED)	21%
Some College	23%
Associate Degree	5%
Bachelor’s Degree	21%
Master’s Degree	8%
Professional School/Doctorate Degree	5%

Source: 2007 Claritas

According to Claritas estimates, 12.9% of the population age 25 and greater in the City of Denton had acquired a Master’s or Doctorate Degree, which is greater than the national estimate of 8.9%. The city and national averages for the population that had acquired a Bachelor’s Degree totaled 21.1% and 15.7 %, respectively.