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Harris County, TX

4,780,913 Population
1,707 square miles 2,800.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$37,848 ±$587 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Texas: $38,123 ±$223
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$68,706 ±$1,435 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Texas: $72,284 ±$443
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

16.5% ±0.6% (781,107  ±28,696) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14% 4,113,641 (±0.3% / ±72,677)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

29.1 minutes ±0.3 (58,975,520  ±905,012) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 329,915,840 (±0.2 / ±2,493,930)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

1,779,980 ±8,096 Number of households
  • Texas: 11,087,708 ±20,293
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.7 ±0 (4,738,658  ±816) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,420,404
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

5.5% ±0.5% (66,637  ±5,828) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 5.7% 420,463 (±0.2% / ±14,628)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

1,917,718 ±366 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 12,135,376 ±1,261
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$264,000 ±$3,430 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Texas: $275,400 ±$1,356
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

14.6% ±0.7% (687,471  ±30,861.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,255,243 (±0.2% / ±65,296.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

82.5% ±1.1% (2,545,553  ±32,853.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 86.1% 16,875,375 (±0.4% / ±78,881.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
34.1% ±0.7% (1,053,032  ±21,550.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 33.9% 6,651,408 (±0.3% / ±48,274.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

45.4% ±0.6% (2,026,252  ±25,769.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 35.1% 9,891,294 (±0.2% / ±61,669.6)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 22% 69,241,800 (±0.1% / ±,203,206.2)

26.6% (1,269,877  ±28,411) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,169,126
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

4.4% ±0.2% (154,238  ±8,637) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,401,173 (±0.1% / ±22,051)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
154,238 Total veterans ±8,637 136,634 Male ±7,258 17,604 Female ±3,288

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