2024 population: 8,140,547 ( 665,113 from 2020)
Land area: 16546.5 square miles
Population density: 492.0 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	2,697,483	33.14%	0.1%
Black:	1,440,095	17.69%	11.2%
Indian:	18,853	0.23%	5.0%
Asian:	697,830	8.57%	18.0%
2+ races:	133,868	1.64%	20.9%
Hispanic:	3,152,418	38.72%	14.0%

Total non-White:	5,443,064	66.86%	13.9%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	416,241	13.9
Deaths:	234,951	7.9
Net Migration:	150,694	5.0
Net Immigration:	333,133	11.1

Change in White population:	2,060	0.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	663,053	8.9

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
7,475,434
2,695,423	36.06%
1,295,026	17.32%
17,961	0.24%
591,251	7.91%
110,763	1.48%
2,765,010	36.99%
4,780,011	63.94%

2010
6,254,708
2,539,726	40.61%
1,043,168	16.68%
15,312	0.24%
390,786	6.25%
78,413	1.25%
2,176,025	34.79%
3,714,982	59.39%

2000
5,006,796
2,454,146	49.02%
829,657	16.57%
12,385	0.25%
230,945	4.61%
60,247	1.20%
1,413,293	28.23%
2,552,650	50.98%

1990
4,021,279
2,366,282	58.84%
704,544	17.52%
10,933	0.27%
134,253	3.34%
n/a
805,267	20.03%
1,654,997	41.16%

1980
3,380,584
2,221,466	65.71%
606,079	17.93%
7,112	0.21%
58,413	1.73%
n/a
483,185	14.29%
1,159,118	34.29%

1970
2,387,768
1,690,195	70.79%
421,576	17.66%
3,367	0.14%
5,964	0.25%
n/a
259,656	10.87%
697,573	29.21%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
926,285	14.8
382,169	6.1
280,477	4.5
337,414	5.4

155,697	2.5
1,065,029	17.0

Number	Rate
2000's
872,119	17.4
311,345	6.2
241,419	4.8
306,098	6.1

85,580	1.7
1,162,332	23.2

Number	Rate
1990's
799,024	19.9
285,710	7.1
126,956	3.2
249,721	6.2

87,864	2.2
897,653	22.3

Number	Rate
1980's
729,892	21.6
237,411	7.0
178,624	5.3
n/a

144,816	4.3
495,879	14.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
648,380	27.2
n/a

531,271	22.2
461,545	19.3

Age, Family & Household Data for Houston, TX Market Area

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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
35.2
1,942,185	12.4%
6,198,362	76.1%
896,057	5.7%

2,651,271
2.79

1,852,850	69.9%
1,337,983	72.2%
197,387	10.7%
798,421	30.1%

2010
Number	Percent
33.6
1,731,655	27.7%
4,523,053	72.3%
557,912	8.9%

2,182,294
2.82

1,545,116	70.8%
1,112,004	72.0%
175,917	11.4%
637,178	29.2%

2000
Number	Percent
32.5
1,436,483	28.7%
3,570,313	71.3%
404,886	8.1%

1,759,923
2.79

1,263,073	71.8%
962,806	76.2%
133,491	10.6%
496,850	28.2%

1990
Number	Percent
30.7
1,153,182	28.7%
2,868,097	71.3%
313,365	7.8%

1,442,805
2.74

1,027,542	71.2%
806,076	78.4%
100,904	9.8%
415,263	28.8%

1980
Number	Percent
28.1
1,022,854	30.3%
2,357,730	69.7%
232,214	6.9%

1,193,874
2.79

872,566	73.1%
731,333	83.8%
70,350	8.1%
321,308	26.9%

2022 Housing Data for Houston, TX Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	128,657	4.9%
$10,000 to $14,999	84,150	3.2%
$15,000 to $19,999	78,670	3.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	92,684	3.5%
$25,000 to $29,999	99,278	3.7%
$30,000 to $34,999	100,546	3.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	95,883	3.6%
$40,000 to $44,999	91,104	3.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	97,333	3.7%
$50,000 to $59,999	184,581	7.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	244,390	9.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	326,353	12.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	252,490	9.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	192,718	7.3%
$150,000 to $199,999	249,366	9.4%
$200,000 or more	333,068	12.6%

Median Household Income	78,109
Per Capita Income	39,475

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	88

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	111,384	4.2%
Public Assistance	58,215	2.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	335,466	12.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	2,117,087	69.9%
Unemployed	137,925	4.6%
In Armed Forces	4,347	0.1%

Total Labor Force	2,259,359	74.6%
Not in Labor Force	768,343	25.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		29.9%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	1,495,394	1,058,410	58.6%
Non-Profit	75,271	128,777	36.9%
Self-Employed	227,955	131,092	63.5%

Local Government	91,385	160,990	36.2%
State Government	51,446	82,917	38.3%
Federal Government	29,542	27,030	52.2%

Total Private + Self	1,723,349	1,189,502	59.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	247,644	399,714	38.3%
Total	1,970,993	1,589,216	55.4%

Pct. Govt.	12.5%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	599,890	16.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	726,544	20.4%
Professional, Technical	824,939	23.1%
Service Occupations	564,369	15.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	8,126	0.2%
All others	852,377	23.9%

White Collar		60.3%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	403,380	11.3%
Retail trade	379,664	10.6%
Construction	355,861	10.0%
Manufacturing	340,093	9.5%
Educational services	334,405	9.4%
Professional, scientific, technical	278,106	7.8%
Accommodation and food services	244,825	6.9%
Transportation and warehousing	201,015	5.6%
Other services	180,892	5.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	165,892	4.6%
Finance and insurance	140,552	3.9%
Public administration	114,215	3.2%
Wholesale trade	102,609	2.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	98,231	2.8%
Real estate and rental and leasing	73,468	2.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	48,710	1.4%
Information	42,371	1.2%
Utilities	39,320	1.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	14,675	0.4%
Management	9,835	0.3%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	2,008,602	26.79%
Puerto Rican	59,047	0.79%
Cuban	48,653	0.65%
Dominican	11,260	0.15%

Total Central American	417,996	5.58%
Costa Rican	3,491	0.05%
Guatemalan	60,999	0.81%
Honduran	116,315	1.55%
Nicaraguan	12,917	0.17%
Panamanian	5,151	0.07%
Salvadoran	218,423	2.91%
Other Central American	700	0.01%

Total South American	146,287	1.95%
Argentinean	9,124	0.12%
Bolivian	2,300	0.03%
Chilean	4,966	0.07%
Colombian	52,489	0.70%
Ecuadorian	9,670	0.13%
Paraguayan	618	0.01%
Peruvian	14,619	0.20%
Uruguayan	1,987	0.03%
Venezuelan	50,314	0.67%
Other South American	200	0.00%

Other Hispanic	129,746	1.73%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	153,117	2.04%
Vietnamese	140,005	1.87%
Chinese	97,481	1.30%
Filipino	55,486	0.74%
Korean	19,212	0.26%
Taiwanese	7,524	0.10%
Japanese	7,283	0.10%
Cambodian	5,451	0.07%
Bangladeshi	4,384	0.06%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	4,288,413	61.3%
Spanish	2,031,133	29.1%
Other Indo-European	160,703	2.3%
Vietnamese	117,410	1.7%
Chinese	84,596	1.2%
Other Asian	74,648	1.1%
Other	69,318	1.0%
Arabic	41,624	0.6%
Tagalog	35,244	0.5%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	560,534	7.5%
English	468,467	6.2%
Irish	383,642	5.1%
American	289,038	3.9%
Italian	146,602	2.0%
French	140,168	1.9%
European	93,565	1.2%
Scottish	80,402	1.1%
Polish	79,698	1.1%
African	60,330	0.8%
Nigerian	60,286	0.8%
Czech	57,775	0.8%
Scotch-Irish	51,877	0.7%
Dutch	37,878	0.5%
British	36,228	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	6,508,863	86.8%
Not a citizen	987,957	13.2%

Native	5,781,868	77.1%
Foreign-born	1,714,952	22.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
407,081	8.4%	335,956	6.9%	1,132,037	23.4%	1,319,464	27.2%	1,041,218	21.5%	609,235	12.6%
Average years of education: 13.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	407,081	8.4%
9-12 Years	335,956	6.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	1,132,037	23.4%
Some College	1,319,464	27.2%
Bach. Degree	1,041,218	21.5%
Grad Degree	609,235	12.6%
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	2,145,774	2,035,324	110,450	5.1%
1991	2,199,698	2,073,393	126,305	5.7%
1992	2,258,092	2,094,550	163,542	7.2%
1993	2,295,717	2,125,521	170,196	7.4%
1994	2,335,288	2,177,754	157,534	6.7%
1995	2,366,067	2,224,050	142,017	6.0%
1996	2,389,888	2,256,502	133,386	5.6%
1997	2,439,966	2,309,497	130,469	5.3%
1998	2,501,625	2,389,023	112,602	4.5%
1999	2,534,257	2,412,332	121,925	4.8%

2000	2,525,865	2,415,694	110,171	4.4%
2001	2,570,659	2,450,626	120,033	4.7%
2002	2,637,012	2,477,610	159,402	6.0%
2003	2,679,949	2,498,315	181,634	6.8%
2004	2,699,185	2,531,225	167,960	6.2%
2005	2,747,684	2,591,665	156,019	5.7%
2006	2,804,039	2,661,698	142,341	5.1%
2007	2,847,675	2,724,679	122,996	4.3%
2008	2,917,939	2,778,591	139,348	4.8%
2009	2,990,316	2,764,342	225,974	7.6%

2010	3,120,285	2,859,925	260,360	8.3%
2011	3,186,868	2,928,779	258,089	8.1%
2012	3,250,492	3,036,344	214,148	6.6%
2013	3,322,097	3,119,364	202,733	6.1%
2014	3,381,401	3,211,084	170,317	5.0%
2015	3,404,602	3,245,774	158,828	4.7%
2016	3,445,052	3,262,312	182,740	5.3%
2017	3,477,621	3,301,970	175,651	5.1%
2018	3,526,073	3,372,516	153,557	4.4%
2019	3,575,494	3,439,016	136,478	3.8%

2020	3,553,303	3,248,214	305,089	8.6%
2021	3,590,761	3,363,637	227,124	6.3%
2022	3,659,167	3,504,778	154,389	4.2%
2023	3,774,094	3,614,737	159,357	4.2%
2024	3,980,278	3,807,087	173,191	4.4%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	2,921,464
Median Value	$247,854

Occupied	2,651,271	90.8%
Vacant	270,193	9.2%

Owned	1,632,420	61.6%
Rented	1,018,851	38.4%
Median Rent	$1,302

Single-Family Units	1,925,849	65.9%
Detached	1,838,989	62.9%
Attached	86,860	3.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	719,903	24.6%
Mobile Homes	151,822	5.2%

Houston, TX Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Houston, TX Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Houston, TX Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Houston, TX Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Houston, TX Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Houston, TX Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Houston, TX Market Area