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Harris, Texas county QuickFacts

	Harris, Texas	United States
Total population	3,400,578	281,421,906
State	Texas
County	HARRIS

Harris, Texas county Population

	Harris, Texas	%, Harris, Texas	United States
Male	1,693,882	49.81%	49.06%
Female	1,706,696	50.19%	50.94%
Median age (years)	31.2		35.3

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	Harris, Texas	%, Harris, Texas	United States
18 years and over	2,416,022	71.05%	74.31%
21 years and over	2,267,881	66.69%	69.97%
62 years and over	308,823	9.08%	14.66%
65 years and over	252,895	7.44%	12.43%

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	Harris, Texas	%, Harris, Texas	United States
White	1,997,123	58.73%	75.14%
Black or African American	628,619	18.49%	12.32%
Asian	174,626	5.14%	3.64%
Some other race	499,558	14.69%	5.46%
Two or more races	100,652	2.96%	2.43%

Harris, Texas county Housing

	Harris, Texas	%, Harris, Texas	United States
Total households	1,205,516		105,480,101
Family households (families)	834,290	69.21%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	371,226	30.79%	31.94%

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	Harris, Texas	%, Harris, Texas	United States
Total housing units	1,298,130		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	92,614	7.13%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	1,205,516	92.87%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	666,940	51.38%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	538,576	41.49%	30.77%

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	Harris, Texas	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	95,589	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	263,167	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	115,014	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	55,013	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	36,703	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	21,128	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	9,859	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	2,735	0.57%
Median (dollars)	87,000	119,600

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	Harris, Texas	%, Harris, Texas	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	321,631	26.68%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	381,089	31.61%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	182,668	15.15%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	152,532	12.65%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	95,803	7.95%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	71,793	5.96%	9.65%

Harris, Texas county Education

	Harris, Texas	%, Harris, Texas	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	973,905		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	65,574	6.73%	6.47%
Kindergarten	61,068	6.27%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	452,161	46.43%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	208,888	21.45%	21.38%
College or graduate school	186,214	19.12%	22.81%

Harris, Texas county Economy

	Harris, Texas	%, Harris, Texas	United States
Population 16 years and over	2,519,937		217,168,077
In labor force	1,653,892	65.63%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	1,652,301	65.57%	63.39%
- - Employed	1,545,933	61.35%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	106,368	4.22%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	6.4		5.8
- Armed Forces	1,591	0.06%	0.53%
Not in labor force	866,045	34.37%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	1,278,921	50.75%	51.66%
In labor force	736,580	29.23%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	736,308	29.22%	29.65%
- - Employed	684,048	27.15%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	314,631	12.49%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	159,087		12,787,501

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	Harris, Texas	%, Harris, Texas	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	1,206,423		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	111,132	9.21%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	68,905	5.71%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	151,968	12.6%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	159,654	13.23%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	194,801	16.15%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	222,091	18.41%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	124,688	10.34%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	106,367	8.82%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	32,487	2.69%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	34,330	2.85%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	42,598		41,994

	Harris, Texas	%, Harris, Texas	United States
With earnings	1,053,968	41.83%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	59,015		56,604
With Social Security income	194,049	7.7%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,086		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	38,523	1.53%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,158		6,320
With public assistance income	30,506	1.21%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,447		3,032
With retirement income	116,082	4.61%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	18,800		17,376

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