2022 population: 269,225 ( 112,118 from 2010 , 28,159 from 2020)
Land area: 676.8 square miles
Population density: 397.8 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	137,352	51.02%	49.2%
Black:	11,011	4.09%	121.5%
Indian:	794	0.29%	58.2%
Asian:	5,461	2.03%	202.9%
2+ races:	4,786	1.78%	123.3%
Hispanic:	109,821	40.79%	98.2%

Total non-White:	131,873	48.98%	102.7%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	6,424	13.3
Deaths:	3,419	7.1
Net Migration:	24,671	51.2
Net Immigration:	644	1.3

Change in White population:	45,290	28.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	66,828	42.5

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
157,107
92,062	58.60%
4,970	3.16%
502	0.32%
1,803	1.15%
2,143	1.36%
55,401	35.26%
65,045	41.40%

2000
97,589
62,945	64.50%
3,448	3.53%
368	0.38%
787	0.81%
1,044	1.07%
28,859	29.57%
34,644	35.50%

1990
65,614
44,806	68.29%
2,135	3.25%
191	0.29%
389	0.59%
n/a
18,093	27.57%
20,808	31.71%

1980
40,594
26,863	66.17%
1,182	2.91%
49	0.12%
77	0.19%
n/a
12,389	30.52%
13,731	33.83%

1970
27,642
16,346	59.13%
746	2.70%
12	0.04%
25	0.09%
n/a
10,387	37.58%
11,296	40.87%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
16,616	17.0
5,711	5.9
45,351	46.5
1,697	1.7

29,117	29.8
30,401	31.2

Number	Rate
1990's
10,767	16.4
4,172	6.4
23,765	36.2
1,271	1.9

18,139	27.6
13,836	21.1

Number	Rate
1980's
8,421	20.7
2,746	6.8
19,435	47.9
n/a

17,943	44.2
7,077	17.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
9,619	34.8
n/a

10,517	38.0
2,435	8.8

Age, Family & Household Data for Hays 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
33.2
55,716	20.7%
213,509	79.3%
28,057	10.4%

89,328
2.67

58,878	65.9%
45,987	78.1%
4,274	7.3%
30,450	34.1%

2010
Number	Percent
30.4
38,761	24.7%
118,346	75.3%
13,285	8.5%

55,245
2.72

36,281	65.7%
28,312	78.0%
3,139	8.7%
18,964	34.3%

2000
Number	Percent
28.8
23,812	24.4%
73,777	75.6%
7,517	7.7%

33,465
2.69

22,394	66.9%
18,141	81.0%
1,712	7.6%
11,071	33.1%

1990
Number	Percent
26.6
16,142	24.6%
49,472	75.4%
5,120	7.8%

22,165
2.68

14,443	65.2%
12,331	85.4%
834	5.8%
7,722	34.8%

1980
Number	Percent
23.7
9,829	24.2%
30,765	75.8%
3,221	7.9%

12,522
2.83

8,127	64.9%
6,959	85.6%
402	4.9%
4,395	35.1%

2022 Housing Data for Hays County, TX

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	4,992	5.6%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,415	2.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,334	2.6%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,698	3.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	3,170	3.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	3,720	4.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,439	2.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	2,771	3.1%
$45,000 to $49,999	3,414	3.8%
$50,000 to $59,999	5,855	6.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	8,708	9.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	11,500	12.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	10,057	11.3%
$125,000 to $149,999	6,341	7.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	7,441	8.3%
$200,000 or more	11,473	12.8%

Median Household Income	79,990
Per Capita Income	38,909

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	111
Compared to U.S.	96

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	3,030	3.4%
Public Assistance	2,034	2.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	6,796	7.6%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	72,134	72.2%
Unemployed	3,763	3.8%
In Armed Forces	355	0.4%

Total Labor Force	76,252	76.3%
Not in Labor Force	23,648	23.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		27.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	47,387	36,278	56.6%
Non-Profit	2,570	4,421	36.8%
Self-Employed	7,464	4,846	60.6%

Local Government	5,292	5,894	47.3%
State Government	4,292	4,228	50.4%
Federal Government	1,349	1,218	52.6%

Total Private + Self	54,851	41,124	57.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	13,503	15,761	46.1%
Total	68,354	56,885	54.6%

Pct. Govt.	17.8%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	23,663	18.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	28,318	22.6%
Professional, Technical	28,583	22.8%
Service Occupations	20,246	16.1%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	15	0.0%
All others	24,604	19.6%

White Collar		64.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Retail trade	15,599	12.4%
Educational services	14,313	11.4%
Health care and social assistance	12,350	9.8%
Construction	12,156	9.7%
Accommodation and food services	11,030	8.8%
Professional, scientific, technical	10,320	8.2%
Manufacturing	8,561	6.8%
Public administration	7,844	6.3%
Other services	6,492	5.2%
Transportation and warehousing	5,240	4.2%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	5,197	4.1%
Finance and insurance	4,563	3.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	2,835	2.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	2,239	1.8%
Wholesale trade	2,225	1.8%
Information	2,056	1.6%
Utilities	1,129	0.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	884	0.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	240	0.2%
Management	141	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	84,056	34.26%
Puerto Rican	2,374	0.97%
Cuban	481	0.20%
Dominican	555	0.23%

Total Central American	4,519	1.84%
Costa Rican	143	0.06%
Guatemalan	615	0.25%
Honduran	1,685	0.69%
Nicaraguan	263	0.11%
Panamanian	316	0.13%
Salvadoran	1,464	0.60%
Other Central American	33	0.01%

Total South American	1,617	0.66%
Argentinean	76	0.03%
Bolivian	354	0.14%
Chilean	50	0.02%
Colombian	744	0.30%
Ecuadorian	67	0.03%
Paraguayan	3	0.00%
Peruvian	119	0.05%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	204	0.08%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	5,342	2.18%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	1,224	0.50%
Indian	904	0.37%
Chinese	659	0.27%
Korean	365	0.15%
Vietnamese	294	0.12%
Bangladeshi	224	0.09%
Japanese	191	0.08%
Thai	81	0.03%
Cambodian	43	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	170,471	73.8%
Spanish	53,684	23.3%
Other Indo-European	2,144	0.9%
Tagalog	882	0.4%
Arabic	754	0.3%
German, other Germanic	662	0.3%
Other Asian	552	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	542	0.2%
Other	290	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	30,447	12.4%
English	24,838	10.1%
Irish	21,379	8.7%
American	8,486	3.5%
Italian	5,442	2.2%
Scottish	5,113	2.1%
European	4,714	1.9%
French	4,149	1.7%
Polish	3,574	1.5%
Scotch-Irish	2,555	1.0%
Czech	2,495	1.0%
Norwegian	1,896	0.8%
British	1,797	0.7%
Dutch	1,780	0.7%
Swedish	1,741	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	232,001	94.6%
Not a citizen	13,350	5.4%

Native	222,578	90.7%
Foreign-born	22,773	9.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
6,565	4.4%	7,104	4.7%	33,339	22.3%	42,337	28.3%	39,393	26.3%	21,077	14.1%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	6,565	4.4%
9-12 Years	7,104	4.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	33,339	22.3%
Some College	42,337	28.3%
Bach. Degree	39,393	26.3%
Grad Degree	21,077	14.1%
Average years of education: 13.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	33,968	32,196	1,772	5.2%	6.4%
1991	34,461	32,927	1,534	4.5%	7.0%
1992	35,942	34,558	1,384	3.9%	7.7%
1993	38,036	36,796	1,240	3.3%	7.2%
1994	40,857	39,568	1,289	3.2%	6.6%
1995	43,689	42,324	1,365	3.1%	6.1%
1996	46,275	44,851	1,424	3.1%	5.8%
1997	48,007	46,452	1,555	3.2%	5.4%
1998	50,568	49,150	1,418	2.8%	5.0%
1999	53,131	51,673	1,458	2.7%	4.7%

2000	56,772	54,920	1,852	3.3%	4.4%
2001	57,991	55,719	2,272	3.9%	5.0%
2002	61,021	57,699	3,322	5.4%	6.3%
2003	62,836	59,163	3,673	5.8%	6.7%
2004	64,439	61,120	3,319	5.2%	6.0%
2005	67,321	64,228	3,093	4.6%	5.5%
2006	69,554	66,609	2,945	4.2%	5.0%
2007	73,294	70,529	2,765	3.8%	4.4%
2008	76,680	73,382	3,298	4.3%	4.9%
2009	79,174	73,980	5,194	6.6%	7.5%

2010	80,494	74,809	5,685	7.1%	8.2%
2011	83,264	77,502	5,762	6.9%	8.0%
2012	85,610	80,647	4,963	5.8%	6.7%
2013	89,718	84,890	4,828	5.4%	6.3%
2014	93,897	89,833	4,064	4.3%	5.2%
2015	98,497	95,094	3,403	3.5%	4.5%
2016	104,921	101,416	3,505	3.3%	4.6%
2017	110,693	107,183	3,510	3.2%	4.3%
2018	116,141	112,689	3,452	3.0%	3.9%
2019	120,848	117,494	3,354	2.8%	3.5%

2020	121,304	113,639	7,665	6.3%	7.6%
2021	130,916	125,498	5,418	4.1%	5.6%
2022	138,543	134,363	4,180	3.0%	3.9%
2023	144,229	139,520	4,709	3.3%	3.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	94,988
Median Value	$335,700

Occupied	89,328	94.0%
Vacant	5,660	6.0%

Owned	56,117	62.8%
Rented	33,211	37.2%
Median Rent	$1,355

Single-Family Units	62,603	65.9%
Detached	60,885	64.1%
Attached	1,718	1.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	20,166	21.2%
Mobile Homes	7,328	7.7%

Hays County, TX

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Hays County, TX

2022 Housing Data for Hays County, TX

2022 Income & Employment Data for Hays County, TX

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Hays County, TX

Historical Labor Force Data for Hays County, TX