2022 population: 212,182 ( 62,572 from 2010 , 19,741 from 2020)
Land area: 935.7 square miles
Population density: 226.8 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	113,496	53.49%	15.8%
Black:	32,140	15.15%	144.2%
Indian:	831	0.39%	47.1%
Asian:	2,166	1.02%	141.2%
2+ races:	3,437	1.62%	104.2%
Hispanic:	60,112	28.33%	71.0%

Total non-White:	98,686	46.51%	91.2%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	5,537	14.4
Deaths:	4,015	10.4
Net Migration:	18,197	47.3
Net Immigration:	223	0.6

Change in White population:	15,509	10.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	47,063	31.5

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
149,610
97,987	65.49%
13,161	8.80%
565	0.38%
898	0.60%
1,683	1.12%
35,161	23.50%
51,623	34.51%

2000
111,360
79,401	71.30%
9,514	8.54%
473	0.42%
378	0.34%
1,004	0.90%
20,508	18.42%
31,959	28.70%

1990
85,167
65,172	76.52%
8,493	9.97%
333	0.39%
282	0.33%
n/a
10,887	12.78%
19,995	23.48%

1980
59,743
46,312	77.52%
7,375	12.34%
192	0.32%
150	0.25%
n/a
5,679	9.51%
13,431	22.48%

1970
46,638
34,240	73.42%
7,936	17.02%
39	0.08%
20	0.04%
n/a
4,040	8.66%
12,398	26.58%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
19,112	17.2
8,480	7.6
27,189	24.4
2,895	2.6

18,586	16.7
19,664	17.7

Number	Rate
1990's
15,295	18.0
7,237	8.5
16,621	19.5
1,568	1.8

14,229	16.7
11,964	14.0

Number	Rate
1980's
12,564	21.0
6,277	10.5
19,763	33.1
n/a

18,860	31.6
6,564	11.0

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
9,266	19.9
n/a

12,072	25.9
1,033	2.2

Age, Family & Household Data for Ellis County, TX

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
36.2
51,493	24.3%
160,689	75.7%
25,194	11.9%

65,686
2.95

52,183	79.4%
39,953	76.6%
5,043	9.7%
13,503	20.6%

2010
Number	Percent
35.0
43,315	29.0%
106,295	71.0%
14,945	10.0%

50,503
2.93

39,721	78.7%
30,909	77.8%
3,607	9.1%
10,782	21.3%

2000
Number	Percent
33.2
33,516	30.1%
77,844	69.9%
10,255	9.2%

37,056
2.95

29,871	80.6%
24,532	82.1%
2,297	7.7%
7,185	19.4%

1990
Number	Percent
30.9
26,104	30.7%
59,063	69.3%
8,686	10.2%

28,681
2.93

23,139	80.7%
19,577	84.6%
1,577	6.8%
5,542	19.3%

1980
Number	Percent
30.1
18,660	31.2%
41,083	68.8%
7,670	12.8%

19,874
2.94

16,031	80.7%
14,155	88.3%
768	4.8%
3,843	19.3%

2022 Housing Data for Ellis County, TX

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	1,859	2.8%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,507	2.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	1,018	1.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	1,469	2.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	2,601	4.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,152	3.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	1,839	2.8%
$40,000 to $44,999	1,577	2.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	1,916	2.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	3,932	6.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	6,138	9.3%
$75,000 to $99,999	9,162	13.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	7,484	11.4%
$125,000 to $149,999	7,774	11.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	8,461	12.9%
$200,000 or more	6,797	10.3%

Median Household Income	93,248
Per Capita Income	38,628

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	110
Compared to U.S.	95

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	2,667	4.1%
Public Assistance	1,098	1.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	5,408	8.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	67,639	74.9%
Unemployed	2,876	3.2%
In Armed Forces	125	0.1%

Total Labor Force	70,640	78.2%
Not in Labor Force	19,707	21.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		25.0%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	38,999	29,779	56.7%
Non-Profit	2,642	3,827	40.8%
Self-Employed	5,500	3,689	59.9%

Local Government	3,955	5,932	40.0%
State Government	875	1,586	35.6%
Federal Government	1,437	975	59.6%

Total Private + Self	44,499	33,468	57.1%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	8,909	12,320	42.0%
Total	53,408	45,788	53.8%

Pct. Govt.	14.9%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	18,368	18.5%
Sales and Office Occupations	22,271	22.4%
Professional, Technical	19,751	19.9%
Service Occupations	13,428	13.5%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	310	0.3%
All others	25,551	25.7%

White Collar		60.8%

Industry
	Number	%
Retail trade	12,608	12.7%
Manufacturing	12,228	12.3%
Health care and social assistance	10,477	10.5%
Educational services	10,389	10.5%
Construction	9,272	9.3%
Transportation and warehousing	6,024	6.1%
Accommodation and food services	5,400	5.4%
Professional, scientific, technical	5,070	5.1%
Finance and insurance	4,734	4.8%
Other services	4,558	4.6%
Public administration	4,509	4.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	3,622	3.6%
Wholesale trade	3,189	3.2%
Information	1,804	1.8%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,700	1.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,301	1.3%
Utilities	937	0.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	738	0.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	699	0.7%
Management	110	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	47,439	24.26%
Puerto Rican	884	0.45%
Cuban	400	0.20%
Dominican	49	0.03%

Total Central American	1,317	0.67%
Costa Rican	76	0.04%
Guatemalan	268	0.14%
Honduran	91	0.05%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	20	0.01%
Salvadoran	862	0.44%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	968	0.50%
Argentinean	37	0.02%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	425	0.22%
Ecuadorian	278	0.14%
Paraguayan	42	0.02%
Peruvian	7	0.00%
Uruguayan	102	0.05%
Venezuelan	77	0.04%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	2,750	1.41%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	366	0.19%
Indian	349	0.18%
Cambodian	217	0.11%
Hmong	125	0.06%
Vietnamese	78	0.04%
Taiwanese	60	0.03%
Korean	41	0.02%
Thai	29	0.01%
Chinese	29	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	148,446	81.1%
Spanish	31,785	17.4%
Arabic	487	0.3%
Other Indo-European	456	0.2%
Other	429	0.2%
Other Asian	333	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	278	0.2%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	218	0.1%
German, other Germanic	212	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	17,652	9.0%
English	17,344	8.9%
Irish	14,943	7.6%
American	14,848	7.6%
Italian	3,744	1.9%
European	3,553	1.8%
Czech	3,342	1.7%
French	2,968	1.5%
Scottish	2,808	1.4%
Polish	1,665	0.9%
Scotch-Irish	1,634	0.8%
African	1,447	0.7%
Dutch	1,172	0.6%
British	1,125	0.6%
Swedish	1,046	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	186,361	95.3%
Not a citizen	9,148	4.7%

Native	180,432	92.3%
Foreign-born	15,077	7.7%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
6,524	5.2%	8,154	6.5%	34,203	27.2%	41,977	33.3%	24,046	19.1%	11,059	8.8%
Average years of education: 13.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	6,524	5.2%
9-12 Years	8,154	6.5%
H.S. Grad or GED	34,203	27.2%
Some College	41,977	33.3%
Bach. Degree	24,046	19.1%
Grad Degree	11,059	8.8%
Average years of education: 13.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	43,880	41,476	2,404	5.5%	6.4%
1991	44,236	41,251	2,985	6.7%	7.0%
1992	45,045	41,756	3,289	7.3%	7.7%
1993	45,819	42,771	3,048	6.7%	7.2%
1994	47,143	44,565	2,578	5.5%	6.6%
1995	48,206	45,880	2,326	4.8%	6.1%
1996	49,964	47,723	2,241	4.5%	5.8%
1997	52,284	50,072	2,212	4.2%	5.4%
1998	53,964	51,944	2,020	3.7%	5.0%
1999	55,983	54,220	1,763	3.1%	4.7%

2000	60,264	58,090	2,174	3.6%	4.4%
2001	60,942	58,282	2,660	4.4%	5.0%
2002	61,699	58,144	3,555	5.8%	6.3%
2003	62,985	58,961	4,024	6.4%	6.7%
2004	64,194	60,549	3,645	5.7%	6.0%
2005	66,583	62,990	3,593	5.4%	5.5%
2006	68,449	64,961	3,488	5.1%	5.0%
2007	69,194	66,175	3,019	4.4%	4.4%
2008	70,283	66,754	3,529	5.0%	4.9%
2009	71,140	65,505	5,635	7.9%	7.5%

2010	75,778	69,678	6,100	8.0%	8.2%
2011	76,840	70,690	6,150	8.0%	8.0%
2012	76,603	71,457	5,146	6.7%	6.7%
2013	77,521	72,696	4,825	6.2%	6.3%
2014	78,971	75,034	3,937	5.0%	5.2%
2015	80,979	77,765	3,214	4.0%	4.5%
2016	85,025	81,835	3,190	3.8%	4.6%
2017	87,784	84,716	3,068	3.5%	4.3%
2018	90,662	87,642	3,020	3.3%	3.9%
2019	94,093	91,180	2,913	3.1%	3.5%

2020	93,578	87,937	5,641	6.0%	7.6%
2021	99,220	94,707	4,513	4.5%	5.6%
2022	103,316	99,727	3,589	3.5%	3.9%
2023	106,348	102,421	3,927	3.7%	3.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	69,624
Median Value	$275,800

Occupied	65,686	94.3%
Vacant	3,938	5.7%

Owned	49,846	75.9%
Rented	15,840	24.1%
Median Rent	$1,345

Single-Family Units	56,044	80.5%
Detached	54,749	78.6%
Attached	1,295	1.9%
Buldings with 5+ Units	6,063	8.7%
Mobile Homes	5,527	7.9%

Ellis County, TX

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Ellis County, TX

2022 Housing Data for Ellis County, TX

2022 Income & Employment Data for Ellis County, TX

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Ellis County, TX

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Ellis County, TX

Historical Labor Force Data for Ellis County, TX