Demographic Profiles Table of Contents

  • DP1 General Demographic Characteristics
  • DP2 Social Characteristics
  • DP3 Economic Characteristics
  • DP4 Housing Characteristics

General Demographic Characteristics Comparative Analysis Profile
Census 2000 Summary File 3 data; developed using Proximity software -- http://proximityone.com/dp.htm
Area 1: Houston city, Texas
Area 2: Harris County, Texas
Area 3: Texas
  Area 1 Area 2 Area 3
    Subject matter item Value Pct Value Pct Value Pct
Total population 1953631 100.00 3400578 100.00 20851820 100.00
  Male 975551 49.94 1693882 49.81 10352910 49.65
  Female 978080 50.06 1706696 50.19 10498910 50.35
  Under 5 years 160797 8.23 281361 8.27 1624628 7.79
  5 to 9 years 154638 7.92 281427 8.28 1654184 7.93
  10 to 14 years 139691 7.15 266174 7.83 1631192 7.82
  15 to 19 years 138762 7.10 254828 7.49 1636232 7.85
  20 to 24 years 161754 8.28 252608 7.43 1539404 7.38
  25 to 34 years 354444 18.14 573939 16.88 3162083 15.16
  35 to 44 years 305738 15.65 562437 16.54 3322238 15.93
  45 to 54 years 235249 12.04 436575 12.84 2611137 12.52
  55 to 59 years 79055 4.05 139393 4.10 896521 4.30
  60 to 64 years 59438 3.04 98941 2.91 701669 3.37
  65 to 74 years 93086 4.76 146123 4.30 1142608 5.48
  75 to 84 years 53439 2.74 81199 2.39 691984 3.32
  85 years and over 17540 .90 25573 .75 237940 1.14
Median age (years) 30 31 32
  18 years and over 1416973 72.53 2416022 71.05 14965061 71.77
    Male 700510 35.86 1189757 34.99 7338177 35.19
    Female 716463 36.67 1226265 36.06 7626884 36.58
  21 years and over 1329344 68.04 2267881 66.69 13981939 67.05
  62 years and over 197956 10.13 308823 9.08 2479192 11.89
  65 years and over 164065 8.40 252895 7.44 2072532 9.94
    Male 66747 3.42 103898 3.06 862181 4.13
    Female 97318 4.98 148997 4.38 1210351 5.80
RACE            
  One race 1892153 96.85 3299926 97.04 20337187 97.53
  White 962610 49.27 1997123 58.73 14799505 70.97
  Black or African American 494496 25.31 628619 18.49 2404566 11.53
  American Indian and Alaska Native 8568 .44 15180 .45 118362 .57
  Asian 103694 5.31 174626 5.14 562319 2.70
    Asian Indian 20149 1.03 35971 1.06 129365 .62
    Chinese 24001 1.23 34673 1.02 105829 .51
    Filipino 7890 .40 15576 .46 58340 .28
    Japanese 2519 .13 3574 .11 17120 .8
    Korean 5544 .28 8764 .26 45571 .22
    Vietnamese 32261 1.65 55489 1.63 134961 .65
    Other Asian 11330 .58 20579 .61 71133 .34
  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 1182 .6 2095 .6 14434 .7
    Native Hawaiian 227 .1 472 .1 3475 .2
    Guamanian or Chamorro 309 .2 578 .2 3641 .2
    Samoan 220 .1 359 .1 2491 .1
    Other Pacific Islander 426 .2 686 .2 4827 .2
  Some other race 321603 16.46 482283 14.18 2438001 11.69
  Two or more races 61478 3.15 100652 2.96 514633 2.47
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:            
    White 1012413 51.82 2080185 61.17 15240387 73.09
    Black or African American 505101 25.85 645290 18.98 2493057 11.96
    American Indian and Alaska Native 15743 .81 28501 .84 215599 1.03
    Asian 114140 5.84 193059 5.68 644193 3.09
    Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 2877 .15 4896 .14 29094 .14
    Some other race 367423 18.81 553395 16.27 2766586 13.27
HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE            
  Total population 1953631 100.00 3400578 100.00 20851820 100.00
    Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 730865 37.41 1119751 32.93 6669666 31.99
      Mexican 527442 27.00 814693 23.96 5071963 24.32
      Puerto Rican 6906 .35 12390 .36 69504 .33
      Cuban 4970 .25 8206 .24 25705 .12
      Other Hispanic or Latino 191547 9.80 284462 8.37 1502494 7.21
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1222766 62.59 2280827 67.07 14182154 68.01
      White alone 601851 30.81 1432264 42.12 10933313 52.43
RELATIONSHIP            
  Total population 1953631 100.00 3400578 100.00 20851820 100.00
  In households 1920375 98.30 3358444 98.76 20290711 97.31
    Householder 717945 36.75 1205516 35.45 7393354 35.46
    Spouse 310066 15.87 609446 17.92 3989741 19.13
    Child 598596 30.64 1105328 32.50 6565663 31.49
      Own child under 18 years 455640 23.32 863784 25.40 5164472 24.77
    Other relatives 183154 9.38 273111 8.03 1419208 6.81
      Under 18 years 69054 3.53 101689 2.99 601820 2.89
    Nonrelatives 110614 5.66 165043 4.85 922745 4.43
  Unmarried partner 36538 1.87 58237 1.71 327246 1.57
  In group quarters 33256 1.70 42134 1.24 561109 2.69
    Institutionalized population 18819 .96 25631 .75 374704 1.80
    Noninstitutionalized population 14437 .74 16503 .49 186405 .89
HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE            
  Total households 717945 100.00 1205516 100.00 7393354 100.00
    Family households (families) 457549 63.73 834290 69.21 5247794 70.98
      With own children under 18 years 237709 33.11 454928 37.74 2723330 36.83
      Married-couple family 310066 43.19 609446 50.55 3989741 53.96
        With own children under 18 years 159315 22.19 328872 27.28 2001628 27.07
    Female householder,no husband present 109723 15.28 165497 13.73 937589 12.68
      With own children under 18 years 63252 8.81 99504 8.25 564288 7.63
    Nonfamily households 260396 36.27 371226 30.79 2145560 29.02
    Householder living alone 212718 29.63 302192 25.07 1752141 23.70
      Householder 65 years and over 44856 6.25 64063 5.31 536286 7.25
  Households with individuals under 18 years 271105 37.76 505237 41.91 3027570 40.95
  Households with individuals 65 years and over 122037 17.00 186365 15.46 1469876 19.88
  Average household size 2.67 2.79 2.74
  Average family size 3.39 3.38 3.28
HOUSING OCCUPANCY            
  Total housing units 782009 100.00 1298130 100.00 8157575 100.00
    Occupied housing units 717945 91.81 1205516 92.87 7393354 90.63
    Vacant housing units 64064 8.19 92614 7.13 764221 9.37
      For seasonal, recreational,or occasional use 4169 .53 5796 .45 173149 2.12
  Homeowner vacancy rate (percent) 1.6 1.5 1.8
  Rental vacancy rate (percent) 8.7 8.7 8.5
HOUSING TENURE            
  Occupied housing units 717945 91.81 1205516 92.87 7393354 90.63
    Owner-occupied housing units 328741 42.04 666940 51.38 4716959 57.82
    Renter-occupied housing units 389204 49.77 538576 41.49 2676395 32.81
  Average household size of owner-occupied units 2.84 2.97 2.87
  Average household size of renter-occupied units 2.54 2.56 2.53


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Social Characteristics Comparative Analysis Profile
Census 2000 Summary File 3 data; developed using Proximity software -- http://proximityone.com/dp.htm
Area 1: Houston city, Texas
Area 2: Harris County, Texas
Area 3: Texas
  Area 1 Area 2 Area 3
    Subject matter item Value Pct Value Pct Value Pct
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT            
  Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 536832 100.00 973905 100.00 5948260 100.00
  Nursery school, preschool 34079 6.35 65574 6.73 390094 6.56
  Kindergarten 34862 6.49 61068 6.27 348203 5.85
  Elementary school (grades 1-8) 242518 45.18 452161 46.43 2707281 45.51
  High school (grades 9-12) 110148 20.52 208888 21.45 1299792 21.85
  College or graduate school 115225 21.46 186214 19.12 1202890 20.22
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT            
  Population 25 years and over 1201154 100.00 2067399 100.00 12790893 100.00
  Less than 9th grade 177777 14.80 249925 12.09 1465420 11.46
  9th to 12th grade, no diploma 177668 14.79 274497 13.28 1649141 12.89
  High school graduate (includes equivalency) 245299 20.42 447295 21.64 3176743 24.84
  Some college, no degree 228985 19.06 440747 21.32 2858802 22.35
  Associate degree 47386 3.95 98048 4.74 668494 5.23
  Bachelor's degree 207787 17.30 370465 17.92 1996250 15.61
  Graduate or professional degree 116252 9.68 186422 9.02 976043 7.63
  Percent high school graduate or higher 70.4 74.6 75.7
  Percent bachelor's degree or higher 27 26.9 23.2
MARITAL STATUS            
  Population 15 years and over 1498970 100.00 2571113 100.00 15937643 100.00
  Never married 482846 32.21 739160 28.75 4076697 25.58
  Now married, except separated 731754 48.82 1383476 53.81 9006327 56.51
  Separated 53831 3.59 75827 2.95 392957 2.47
  Widowed 81354 5.43 123280 4.79 902613 5.66
    Female 66124 4.41 100562 3.91 738953 4.64
  Divorced 149185 9.95 249370 9.70 1559049 9.78
    Female 87352 4.47 146705 4.31 895265 4.29
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
  Grandparent living in household w/one or more own grandchildren under 18 yrs 57190 2.93 91017 2.68 551047 2.64
  Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 25347 1.30 39104 1.15 257074 1.23
VETERAN STATUS            
  Civilian population 18 years and over 1418965 72.59 2416847 71.07 14871550 71.32
  Civilian veterans 116575 5.96 219966 6.47 1754809 8.42
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION            
  Population 5 to 20 years 460482 23.56 847336 24.92 5183137 24.86
    With a disability 39722 2.03 66906 1.97 410150 1.97
  Population 21 to 64 years 1156749 59.17 2005947 58.99 11612066 55.69
    With a disability 254762 13.03 400956 11.79 2315414 11.10
      Percent employed 56.2 58.6 58.3
    No disability 901987 46.14 1604991 47.20 9296652 44.58
      Percent employed 71 73.2 74.7
  Population 65 years and over 158152 8.09 241638 7.11 1966272 9.43
    With a disability 70001 3.58 105163 3.09 879978 4.22
RESIDENCE IN 1995            
  Population 5 years and over 1794753 100.00 3121999 100.00 19241518 100.00
  Same house in 1995 841761 46.90 1491719 47.78 9545367 49.61
  Different house in the U.S. in 1995 821361 45.76 1448771 46.41 8970191 46.62
    Same county 613709 34.19 1076582 34.48 5204389 27.05
    Different county 207652 11.57 372189 11.92 3765802 19.57
    Same state 108271 6.03 190976 6.12 2402953 12.49
    Different state 99381 5.54 181213 5.80 1362849 7.08
    Elsewhere in 1995 131631 7.33 181509 5.81 725960 3.77
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH            
  Total population 1954848 100.00 3400578 100.00 20851820 100.00
  Native 1438743 73.60 2644030 77.75 17952178 86.09
    Born in United States 1420226 72.65 2610546 76.77 17727394 85.02
      State of residence 1044324 53.42 1861758 54.75 12970203 62.20
      Different state 375902 19.23 748788 22.02 4757191 22.81
    Born outside United States 18517 .95 33484 .98 224784 1.08
  Foreign born 516105 26.40 756548 22.25 2899642 13.91
    Entered 1990 to March 2000 269438 13.78 374541 11.01 1335524 6.40
    Naturalized citizen 136472 6.98 223609 6.58 914326 4.38
    Not a citizen 379633 19.42 532939 15.67 1985316 9.52
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN            
  Total (excluding born at sea) 516105 100.00 756548 100.00 2899640 100.00
  Europe 23294 4.51 36622 4.84 152327 5.25
  Asia 92366 17.90 147894 19.55 466218 16.08
  Africa 16988 3.29 22205 2.94 64470 2.22
  Oceania 930 .18 1532 .20 6984 .24
  Latin America 378279 73.29 540574 71.45 2172476 74.92
  Northern America 4248 .82 7721 1.02 37165 1.28
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME            
  Population 5 years and over 1794753 100.00 3121999 100.00 19241518 100.00
  English only 1053207 58.68 1992143 63.81 13230765 68.76
  Language other than English 741546 41.32 1129856 36.19 6010753 31.24
    Speak English less than "very well" 395054 22.01 569799 18.25 2669603 13.87
  Spanish 597000 33.26 898885 28.79 5195182 27.00
    Speak English less than "very well" 334461 18.64 475797 15.24 2369036 12.31
  Other Indo-European languages 54020 3.01 87470 2.80 358019 1.86
    Speak English less than "very well" 15945 .89 24665 .79 92380 .48
  Asian and Pacific Island languages 70718 3.94 116285 3.72 374330 1.95
    Speak English less than "very well" 39795 2.22 63026 2.02 186504 .97
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)            
  Total population 1954848 100.00 3400578 100.00 20851820 100.00
  Total ancestries reported 1856301 94.96 3287250 96.67 19485505 93.45
    Arab 11322 .58 18043 .53 63733 .31
    Czech 11693 .60 28024 .82 187729 .90
    Danish 2804 .14 6408 .19 43719 .21
    Dutch 9822 .50 24961 .73 202566 .97
    English 98067 5.02 212681 6.25 1462984 7.02
    French (except Basque) 36983 1.89 82578 2.43 466815 2.24
    French Canadian 6301 .32 15150 .45 88964 .43
    German 118564 6.07 289691 8.52 2068981 9.92
    Greek 3980 .20 7650 .22 32319 .15
    Hungarian 3161 .16 6348 .19 30234 .14
    Irish 83888 4.29 204468 6.01 1507845 7.23
    Italian 31899 1.63 71374 2.10 363354 1.74
    Lithuanian 1202 .6 2485 .7 12586 .6
    Norwegian 7367 .38 16564 .49 118968 .57
    Polish 19297 .99 44974 1.32 228309 1.09
    Portuguese 1466 .7 2967 .9 16552 .8
    Russian 8423 .43 13321 .39 56465 .27
    Scotch-Irish 21553 1.10 46504 1.37 337630 1.62
    Scottish 20171 1.03 43191 1.27 289827 1.39
    Slovak 922 .5 2409 .7 10341 .5
    Subsaharan African 27841 1.42 37914 1.11 132754 .64
    Swedish 8798 .45 18644 .55 127871 .61
    Swiss 2226 .11 5087 .15 28774 .14
    Ukrainian 1693 .9 3357 .10 15574 .7
    United States or American 71531 3.66 176504 5.19 1554012 7.45
    Welsh 5325 .27 11910 .35 81113 .39
    West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 6543 .33 11823 .35 40345 .19
    Other ancestries 1233459 63.10 1882220 55.35 9915141 47.55


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Economic Characteristics Comparative Analysis Profile
Census 2000 Summary File 3 data; developed using Proximity software -- http://proximityone.com/dp.htm
Area 1: Houston city, Texas
Area 2: Harris County, Texas
Area 3: Texas
  Area 1 Area 2 Area 3
    Subject matter item Value Pct Value Pct Value Pct
EMPLOYMENT STATUS            
  Population 16 years and over 1472506 100.00 2519937 100.00 15617373 100.00
  In labor force 931236 63.24 1653892 65.63 9937150 63.63
    Civilian labor force 930478 63.19 1652301 65.57 9830559 62.95
      Employed 859961 58.40 1545933 61.35 9234372 59.13
      Unemployed 70517 4.79 106368 4.22 596187 3.82
      Percent of civilian labor force 7.6 6.4 6.1
    Armed Forces 758 .5 1591 .6 106591 .68
    Not in labor force 541270 36.76 866045 34.37 5680223 36.37
  Females 16 years and over 744436 50.56 1278921 50.75 7960900 50.97
    In labor force 416702 28.30 736580 29.23 4473242 28.64
      Civilian labor force 416544 28.29 736308 29.22 4454434 28.52
        Employed 381348 25.90 684048 27.15 4165686 26.67
  Own children under 6 years 177908 12.08 314631 12.49 1827869 11.70
  All parents in family in labor force 86813 5.90 159087 6.31 974015 6.24
COMMUTING TO WORK            
  Workers 16 years and over 841686 100.00 1515593 100.00 9157875 100.00
  Car, truck, or van - drove alone 604686 71.84 1147906 75.74 7115590 77.70