Houston, Texas Population Profile

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Houston, Texas Population

	Houston, Texas	%, Houston, Texas	United States
SEX AND AGE
Male	975,551	49.94%	49.06%
Female	978,080	50.06%	50.94%
Under 5 years	160,797	8.23%	6.81%
5 to 9 years	154,638	7.92%	7.3%
10 to 14 years	139,691	7.15%	7.29%
15 to 19 years	138,762	7.1%	7.18%
20 to 24 years	161,754	8.28%	6.74%
25 to 34 years	354,444	18.14%	14.18%
35 to 44 years	305,738	15.65%	16.04%
45 to 54 years	235,249	12.04%	13.39%
55 to 59 years	79,055	4.05%	4.79%
60 to 64 years	59,438	3.04%	3.84%
65 to 74 years	93,086	4.76%	6.54%
75 to 84 years	53,439	2.74%	4.39%
85 years and over	17,540	0.9%	1.51%
Median age (years)	30.9		35.3
18 years and over	1,416,973	72.53%	74.31%
- Male	700,510	35.86%	35.89%
- Female	716,463	36.67%	38.42%
21 years and over	1,329,344	68.04%	69.97%
62 years and over	197,956	10.13%	14.66%
65 years and over	164,065	8.4%	12.43%
- Male	66,747	3.42%	5.12%
- Female	97,318	4.98%	7.31%
RACE
One race	1,892,153	96.85%	97.57%
- White	962,610	49.27%	75.14%
- Black or African American	494,496	25.31%	12.32%
- American Indian and Alaska Native	8,568	0.44%	0.88%
- Asian	103,694	5.31%	3.64%
- - Asian Indian	20,149	1.03%	0.6%
- - Chinese	24,001	1.23%	0.86%
- - Filipino	7,890	0.4%	0.66%
- - Japanese	2,519	0.13%	0.28%
- - Korean	5,544	0.28%	0.38%
- - Vietnamese	32,261	1.65%	0.4%
- - Other Asian 1	11,330	0.58%	0.46%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,182	0.06%	0.14%
- - Native Hawaiian	227	0.01%	0.05%
- - Guamanian or Chamorro	309	0.02%	0.02%
- - Samoan	220	0.01%	0.03%
- - Other Pacific Islander 2	426	0.02%	0.04%
- Some other race	331,353	16.96%	5.46%
Two or more races	61,478	3.15%	2.43%
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races
White	1,012,413	51.82%	77.08%
Black or African American	505,101	25.85%	12.94%
American Indian and Alaska Native	15,743	0.81%	1.46%
Asian	114,140	5.84%	4.23%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2,877	0.15%	0.31%
Some other race	367,423	18.81%	6.58%

	Houston, Texas	%, Houston, Texas	United States
HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	1,953,631		281,421,906
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	730,865	37.41%	12.55%
- Mexican	527,442	27.0%	7.33%
- Puerto Rican	6,906	0.35%	1.21%
- Cuban	4,970	0.25%	0.44%
- Other Hispanic or Latino	191,547	9.8%	3.56%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,222,766	62.59%	87.45%
- White alone	601,851	30.81%	69.13%
RELATIONSHIP
Total population	1,953,631		281,421,906
In households	1,920,375	98.3%	97.24%
- Householder	717,945	36.75%	37.48%
- Spouse	310,066	15.87%	19.36%
- Child	598,596	30.64%	29.63%
- - Own child under 18 years	455,640	23.32%	22.92%
- Other relatives	183,154	9.38%	5.57%
- - Under 18 years	69,054	3.53%	2.15%
- Nonrelatives	110,614	5.66%	5.19%
- - Unmarried partner	36,538	1.87%	1.95%
In group quarters	33,256	1.7%	2.76%
- Institutionalized population	18,819	0.96%	1.44%
- Noninstitutionalized population	14,437	0.74%	1.32%

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