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People QuickFacts | Harris County | Texas
Population, 2012 estimate | 4,253,700 | 26,059,203
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 4,092,448 | 25,145,561
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 3.9% | 3.6%
Population, 2010 | 4,092,459 | 25,145,561
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 8.2% | 7.6%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 27.9% | 27.1%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 8.4% | 10.5%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 50.2% | 50.4%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 71.4% | 80.9%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 19.3% | 12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.1% | 1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 6.4% | 4.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.6% | 1.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 41.4% | 38.1%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 32.7% | 44.8%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 81.7% | 82.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 25.0% | 16.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 42.1% | 34.4%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 77.9% | 80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 27.9% | 26.1%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 187,717 | 1,618,413
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 27.3 | 24.8
Housing units, 2011 | 1,612,088 | 10,098,750
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 57.6% | 64.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 35.9% | 24.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $132,300 | $126,400
Households, 2007-2011 | 1,391,103 | 8,667,807
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.87 | 2.79
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $27,570 | $25,548
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $52,675 | $50,920
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 17.3% | 17.0%
Business QuickFacts | Harris County | Texas
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 91,528 | 522,146
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 1,754,182 | 8,785,238
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | 6.9 | 9.5
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 348,876 | 1,934,472
Total number of firms, 2007 | 370,841 | 2,164,852
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 12.7% | 7.1%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.9% | 0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 9.9% | 5.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.1% | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 23.0% | 20.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 29.2% | 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 169,275,136 | 593,541,502
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 205,478,751 | 424,238,194
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 51,899,053 | 311,334,781
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $13,276 | $13,061
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 7,874,724 | 42,054,592
Building permits, 2011 | 17,338 | 97,450
Geography QuickFacts | Harris County | Texas
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 1,703.48 | 261,231.71
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 2,402.4 | 96.3
FIPS Code | 201 | 48
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX Metro Area
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts