2024 population: 7,796,182 ( 645,949 from 2020)
Land area: 8837.9 square miles
Population density: 882.1 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	2,509,565	32.19%	0.2%
Black:	1,394,056	17.88%	11.5%
Indian:	17,063	0.22%	4.8%
Asian:	693,147	8.89%	18.1%
2+ races:	129,363	1.66%	20.8%
Hispanic:	3,052,988	39.16%	14.2%

Total non-White:	5,286,617	67.81%	14.1%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	400,753	14.0
Deaths:	217,565	7.6
Net Migration:	133,116	4.7
Net Immigration:	329,910	11.5

Change in White population:	-5,953	-0.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	651,902	9.1

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
7,150,233
2,515,518	35.18%
1,250,127	17.48%
16,277	0.23%
587,084	8.21%
107,063	1.50%
2,674,164	37.40%
4,634,715	64.82%

2010
5,946,800
2,360,472	39.69%
998,883	16.80%
13,944	0.23%
387,512	6.52%
75,542	1.27%
2,099,412	35.30%
3,586,328	60.31%

2000
4,715,407
2,274,829	48.24%
783,955	16.63%
11,147	0.24%
228,056	4.84%
57,971	1.23%
1,353,477	28.70%
2,440,578	51.76%

1990
3,767,335
2,199,812	58.39%
662,390	17.58%
9,793	0.26%
132,174	3.51%
n/a
763,166	20.26%
1,567,523	41.61%

1980
3,148,991
2,066,404	65.62%
566,365	17.99%
6,123	0.19%
57,155	1.82%
n/a
448,841	14.25%
1,082,587	34.38%

1970
2,201,848
1,565,776	71.11%
386,469	17.55%
3,106	0.14%
5,903	0.27%
n/a
234,275	10.64%
636,072	28.89%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
892,249	15.0
352,336	5.9
271,761	4.6
333,439	5.6

155,046	2.6
1,048,387	17.6

Number	Rate
2000's
836,254	17.7
284,187	6.0
243,567	5.2
299,635	6.4

85,643	1.8
1,145,750	24.3

Number	Rate
1990's
761,772	20.2
259,008	6.9
100,573	2.7
245,261	6.5

75,017	2.0
873,055	23.2

Number	Rate
1980's
689,199	21.9
214,069	6.8
172,354	5.5
n/a

133,408	4.2
484,936	15.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
616,430	28.0
n/a

500,628	22.7
446,515	20.3

Age, Family & Household Data for Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro 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):

2024
Number	Percent
35.5
1,926,076	24.7%
5,870,106	75.3%
918,547	11.8%

2,661,739
2.76

1,846,919	69.4%
1,322,560	71.6%
196,906	10.7%
814,820	30.6%

2010
Number	Percent
66.7
-2,622,220	-44.1%
8,569,020	144.1%
1,023,120	17.2%

4,145,250
2.83

2,941,046	70.9%
2,113,410	71.9%
337,216	11.5%
1,204,204	29.1%

2000
Number	Percent
32.3
1,364,682	28.9%
3,350,725	71.1%
364,218	7.7%

1,658,252
2.80

1,191,102	71.8%
906,064	76.1%
126,938	10.7%
467,150	28.2%

1990
Number	Percent
30.5
1,086,526	28.8%
2,680,809	71.2%
277,409	7.4%

1,354,218
2.74

963,217	71.1%
753,619	78.2%
95,992	10.0%
391,001	28.9%

1980
Number	Percent
27.9
958,506	30.4%
2,190,485	69.6%
202,175	6.4%

1,115,523
2.79

813,977	73.0%
680,855	83.6%
67,193	8.3%
301,546	27.0%

2024 Housing Data for Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	131,950	5.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	77,783	2.9%
$15,000 to $19,999	71,408	2.7%
$20,000 to $24,999	86,801	3.3%
$25,000 to $29,999	80,843	3.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	92,517	3.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	89,962	3.4%
$40,000 to $44,999	93,361	3.5%
$45,000 to $49,999	85,103	3.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	171,596	6.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	241,312	9.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	332,539	12.5%
$100,000 to $124,999	255,480	9.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	196,929	7.4%
$150,000 to $199,999	265,726	10.0%
$200,000 or more	388,429	14.6%

Median Household Income	83,289
Per Capita Income	42,603

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	89

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	111,130	4.2%
Public Assistance	59,587	2.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	336,211	12.6%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	2,089,855	70.8%
Unemployed	138,409	4.7%
In Armed Forces	4,962	0.2%

Total Labor Force	2,233,226	75.7%
Not in Labor Force	717,625	24.3%

Real Unemployment Rate		29.0%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	1,461,631	1,065,491	57.8%
Non-Profit	80,981	138,604	36.9%
Self-Employed	229,282	142,305	61.7%

Local Government	90,333	170,776	34.6%
State Government	47,917	74,189	39.2%
Federal Government	32,093	29,393	52.2%

Total Private + Self	1,690,913	1,207,796	58.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	251,324	412,962	37.8%
Total	1,942,237	1,620,758	54.5%

Pct. Govt.	12.5%
Pct. Private + Self	81.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	639,662	17.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	706,085	19.8%
Professional, Technical	849,447	23.8%
Service Occupations	561,662	15.7%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	6,158	0.2%
All others	814,139	22.8%

White Collar		61.5%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	417,258	11.7%
Retail trade	372,196	10.4%
Construction	338,006	9.5%
Manufacturing	333,648	9.3%
Educational services	332,069	9.3%
Professional, scientific, technical	308,148	8.6%
Accommodation and food services	240,963	6.7%
Transportation and warehousing	210,138	5.9%
Other services	181,450	5.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	178,508	5.0%
Finance and insurance	146,846	4.1%
Public administration	110,799	3.1%
Wholesale trade	94,501	2.6%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	77,137	2.2%
Real estate and rental and leasing	72,887	2.0%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	51,477	1.4%
Utilities	43,564	1.2%
Information	42,002	1.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	10,714	0.3%
Management	8,684	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	1,942,584	26.10%
Puerto Rican	59,852	0.80%
Cuban	70,058	0.94%
Dominican	15,269	0.21%

Total Central American	450,746	6.06%
Costa Rican	3,368	0.05%
Guatemalan	68,584	0.92%
Honduran	134,035	1.80%
Nicaraguan	19,013	0.26%
Panamanian	4,916	0.07%
Salvadoran	218,960	2.94%
Other Central American	1,870	0.03%

Total South American	170,724	2.29%
Argentinean	10,420	0.14%
Bolivian	2,513	0.03%
Chilean	5,325	0.07%
Colombian	55,604	0.75%
Ecuadorian	11,678	0.16%
Paraguayan	857	0.01%
Peruvian	16,232	0.22%
Uruguayan	1,537	0.02%
Venezuelan	66,041	0.89%
Other South American	517	0.01%

Other Hispanic	136,425	1.83%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	161,033	2.16%
Vietnamese	149,336	2.01%
Chinese	104,717	1.41%
Filipino	60,336	0.81%
Korean	19,846	0.27%
Taiwanese	8,366	0.11%
Japanese	7,570	0.10%
Cambodian	5,934	0.08%
Bangladeshi	5,005	0.07%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	4,175,023	60.1%
Spanish	2,055,591	29.6%
Other Indo-European	175,594	2.5%
Vietnamese	124,257	1.8%
Chinese	91,496	1.3%
Other Asian	81,191	1.2%
Other	72,975	1.0%
Arabic	44,491	0.6%
Tagalog	36,941	0.5%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	516,081	6.9%
English	501,476	6.7%
Irish	364,101	4.9%
American	268,511	3.6%
Italian	151,269	2.0%
French	119,414	1.6%
Scottish	80,471	1.1%
European	79,699	1.1%
Polish	72,623	1.0%
Nigerian	68,923	0.9%
African	48,249	0.6%
Czech	46,365	0.6%
Scotch-Irish	42,123	0.6%
Dutch	34,369	0.5%
Norwegian	30,423	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	6,418,024	86.2%
Not a citizen	1,024,764	13.8%

Native	5,637,278	75.7%
Foreign-born	1,805,510	24.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
404,930	8.4%	315,013	6.5%	1,094,395	22.6%	1,281,144	26.5%	1,080,098	22.3%	662,346	13.7%
Average years of education: 13.3

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	404,930	8.4%
9-12 Years	315,013	6.5%
H.S. Grad or GED	1,094,395	22.6%
Some College	1,281,144	26.5%
Bach. Degree	1,080,098	22.3%
Grad Degree	662,346	13.7%
Average years of education: 13.3

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	4,071,770	3,862,774	208,996	5.1%
1991	4,175,208	3,935,090	240,118	5.8%
1992	4,282,562	3,972,172	310,390	7.2%
1993	4,353,934	4,030,558	323,376	7.4%
1994	4,426,130	4,127,884	298,246	6.7%
1995	4,484,676	4,215,936	268,740	6.0%
1996	4,532,260	4,279,976	252,284	5.6%
1997	4,632,230	4,385,990	246,240	5.3%
1998	4,753,948	4,542,056	211,892	4.5%
1999	4,818,810	4,587,780	231,030	4.8%

2000	4,791,892	4,584,292	207,600	4.3%
2001	4,880,798	4,654,902	225,896	4.6%
2002	5,011,300	4,709,714	301,586	6.0%
2003	5,090,302	4,746,168	344,134	6.8%
2004	5,129,652	4,811,244	318,408	6.2%
2005	5,229,178	4,932,732	296,446	5.7%
2006	5,342,742	5,072,218	270,524	5.1%
2007	5,430,558	5,197,000	233,558	4.3%
2008	5,564,974	5,299,996	264,978	4.8%
2009	5,699,222	5,268,914	430,308	7.6%

2010	5,972,084	5,475,046	497,038	8.3%
2011	6,102,784	5,610,152	492,632	8.1%
2012	6,232,148	5,822,968	409,180	6.6%
2013	6,375,142	5,987,756	387,386	6.1%
2014	6,492,852	6,166,902	325,950	5.0%
2015	6,541,286	6,237,240	304,046	4.6%
2016	6,623,790	6,273,422	350,368	5.3%
2017	6,690,082	6,352,558	337,524	5.0%
2018	6,784,132	6,488,552	295,580	4.4%
2019	6,878,106	6,615,892	262,214	3.8%

2020	6,835,056	6,244,768	590,288	8.6%
2021	6,908,172	6,471,006	437,166	6.3%
2022	7,043,216	6,746,768	296,448	4.2%
2023	7,268,716	6,962,108	306,608	4.2%
2024	7,671,170	7,337,382	333,788	4.4%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	2,906,364
Median Value	$295,887

Occupied	2,661,739	91.6%
Vacant	244,625	8.4%

Owned	1,630,188	61.2%
Rented	1,031,551	38.8%
Median Rent	$1,451

Single-Family Units	1,905,697	65.6%
Detached	1,814,399	62.4%
Attached	91,298	3.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	742,017	25.5%
Mobile Homes	131,731	4.5%

Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area

2024 Housing Data for Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area

2024 Income & Employment Data for Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area

2024 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area

2024 Educational Attainment Data for Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area