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People QuickFacts |
Houston |
Texas |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
2,144,491 |
23,507,783 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
8.8% |
12.7% |
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Population, 2000 |
1,953,631 |
20,851,820 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
8.2% |
7.8% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
27.5% |
28.2% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
8.4% |
9.9% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
50.1% |
50.4% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
49.3% |
71.0% |
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Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
25.3% |
11.5% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.4% |
0.6% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
5.3% |
2.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.1% |
0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
3.1% |
2.5% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
37.4% |
32.0% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
46.9% |
49.6% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
26.4% |
13.9% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
41.3% |
31.2% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
70.4% |
75.7% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
27.0% |
23.2% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
27.4 |
25.4 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
782,009 |
8,157,575 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
45.8% |
63.8% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$79,300 |
$82,500 |
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Households, 2000 |
717,945 |
7,393,354 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.67 |
2.74 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$36,616 |
$39,927 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$20,101 |
$19,617 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
19.2% |
15.4% |