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Matagorda County Region 6
Latest Population Data (from the U.S. Census Bureau)
	2002 July Estimate	2001 July Estimate	2000 Census
Population	37,954	38,027	37,957
Food Stamp Information
	FY2002	FY2001	FY2000
Participants¹	3,247	2,506	2,229
Value:	$3,153,700	$2,286,452	$1,936,017
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) Information
	FY2002	FY2001	FY2000
Recipients²	181	110	113
State Program Recipients²	0	0	0
One time Family Recipients	1	0	Not reported
Grandparent	4	1	Not reported
Total TANF Payments	$140,209	$81,469	$76,551
Family Violence Information
	FY2002	FY2001	FY2000
Residents & Non-residents	402	344	412
Medicaid Eligibles
	FY2002	FY2001	FY2000
Families and Children	2,852	2,147	1,930
Aged & Disabled	1,583	1,519	1,488
Long Term Care Information Nursing Facilities³
	FY2002	FY2001	FY2000
Clients	223	221	247
Payments	$6,408,846	$6,047,154	$5,881,477
Long Term Care Information Community Care Services for Aged & Disabled ^{3 4 5 6 7}
Medicaid Related
	FY2002	FY2001	FY2000
Clients	354	323	305
Payments	$2,663,793	$2,002,193	$1,798,943
Non- Medicaid Related
	FY2002	FY2001	FY2000
Clients	60	75	57
Payments	$198,402	$172,635	$177,016

Matagorda County, Texas

August Unemployment Figures

Matagorda County 11.5% with the Palacios area at 18.5%

Brazoria County - 7.8%

Calhoun - 7.8%

Jackson at 5.0%

Wharton at 5.7%

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People QuickFacts	Matagorda County	Texas
Population, 2001 estimate	38,157	21,325,018
Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001	0.5%	2.3%
Population, 2000	37,957	20,851,820
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	2.8%	22.8%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	7.4%	7.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	30.0%	28.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	12.4%	9.9%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.4%	50.4%

White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	67.8%	71.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	12.7%	11.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.7%	0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.4%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)	Z	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	14.0%	11.7%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	2.4%	2.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	31.3%	32.0%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	52.4%	52.4%

Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000	58.8%	49.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	9.9%	13.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	26.6%	31.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	70.3%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	12.5%	23.2%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	7,063	3,605,542
Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000	23.9	25.4

Housing units, 2000	18,611	8,157,575
Homeownership rate, 2000	66.8%	63.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	15.0%	24.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$61,500	$82,500

Households, 2000	13,901	7,393,354
Persons per household, 2000	2.70	2.74
Median household money income, 1999	$32,174	$39,927
Per capita money income, 1999	$15,709	$19,617
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	18.5%	15.4%

*Over 7059 individuals live below the poverty level in Matagorda County.

Business QuickFacts	Matagorda County	Texas
Private nonfarm establishments, 1999	770	467,087
Private nonfarm employment, 1999	9,588	7,763,815
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999	18.8%	32.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 1999	2,093	1,236,927
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	D	297,657,003
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	224,698	182,516,112
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$5,936	$9,430
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	27.9%	23.9%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	24.4%	25.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000	118	141,231
Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000)	195,149	112,530,383
Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997	2,205	850,380

Geography QuickFacts	Matagorda County	Texas
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	1,114	261,797
Persons per square mile, 2000	34.1	79.6
Metropolitan Area	None

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, 2000 Census of Population and Housing, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, County Business Patterns, 1997 Economic Census, Minority- and Women-Owned Business, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report, 1997 Census of Governments

Last Revised: Tuesday, 24-Sep-2002 11:19:13 EDT

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Last Revised: Friday, April 25, 2003

Matagorda County Region 6

Latest Population Data (from the U.S. Census Bureau)

Food Stamp Information

Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) Information

Family Violence Information

Medicaid Eligibles

Long Term Care Information
Nursing Facilities³

Long Term Care Information
Community Care Services for Aged & Disabled ^{3 4 5 6 7}

Medicaid Related

Non- Medicaid Related