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Houston, TX Urban Area

6,046,392 Population
1,752.9 square miles 3,449.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,639 ±$468 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$76,699 ±$947 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

14.6% ±0.6% (873,405  ±33,248) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

30.1 minutes ±0.3 (77,979,536  ±1,076,267) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

2,203,145 ±10,109 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.7 ±0 (5,992,673  ±21,195) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

5.8% ±0.4% (89,635  ±6,300) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

2,385,746 ±7,401 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$304,800 ±$3,335 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

13.9% ±0.5% (830,486  ±30,842.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

84.9% ±0.8% (3,333,485  ±34,487.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
36.7% ±0.5% (1,441,076  ±20,933.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

44.3% ±0.6% (2,500,048  ±36,830.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about double the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±,222,236.2)

27.3% ±0.5% (1,652,442  ±29,895) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

4.2% ±0.2% (189,391  ±7,986) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
189,391 Total veterans ±7,986 163,242 Male ±7,338 26,149 Female ±4,037

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