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Houston, Texas QuickFacts

	Houston, Texas	United States
Total population	1,953,631	281,421,906
State	Texas
City	houston

Houston, Texas Population

	Houston, Texas	%, Houston, Texas	United States
Male	975,551	49.94%	49.06%
Female	978,080	50.06%	50.94%
Median age (years)	30.9		35.3

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	Houston, Texas	%, Houston, Texas	United States
18 years and over	1,416,973	72.53%	74.31%
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%

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	Houston, Texas	%, Houston, Texas	United States
White	962,610	49.27%	75.14%
Black or African American	494,496	25.31%	12.32%
Asian	103,694	5.31%	3.64%
Some other race	331,353	16.96%	5.46%
Two or more races	61,478	3.15%	2.43%

Houston, Texas Housing

	Houston, Texas	%, Houston, Texas	United States
Total households	717,945		105,480,101
Family households (families)	457,549	63.73%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	260,396	36.27%	31.94%

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	Houston, Texas	%, Houston, Texas	United States
Total housing units	782,378		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	64,064	8.19%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	717,945	91.76%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	328,741	42.02%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	389,204	49.75%	30.77%

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	Houston, Texas	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	67,518	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	122,721	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	43,858	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	22,880	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	20,210	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	11,940	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	4,909	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	1,498	0.57%
Median (dollars)	79,300	119,600

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	Houston, Texas	%, Houston, Texas	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	204,451	28.48%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	223,311	31.1%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	98,942	13.78%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	79,120	11.02%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	58,862	8.2%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	53,545	7.46%	9.65%

Houston, Texas Education

	Houston, Texas	%, Houston, Texas	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	536,832		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	34,079	6.35%	6.47%
Kindergarten	34,862	6.49%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	242,518	45.18%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	110,148	20.52%	21.38%
College or graduate school	115,225	21.46%	22.81%

Houston, Texas Economy

	Houston, Texas	%, Houston, Texas	United States
Population 16 years and over	1,472,506		217,168,077
In labor force	931,236	63.24%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	930,478	63.19%	63.39%
- - Employed	859,961	58.4%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	70,517	4.79%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	7.6		5.8
- Armed Forces	758	0.05%	0.53%
Not in labor force	541,270	36.76%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	744,436	50.56%	51.66%
In labor force	416,702	28.3%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	416,544	28.29%	29.65%
- - Employed	381,348	25.9%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	177,908	12.08%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	86,813		12,787,501

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	Houston, Texas	%, Houston, Texas	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	718,897		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	83,410	11.6%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	49,047	6.82%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	105,887	14.73%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	104,792	14.58%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	117,451	16.34%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	116,362	16.19%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	57,368	7.98%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	49,446	6.88%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	16,419	2.28%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	18,715	2.6%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	36,616		41,994

	Houston, Texas	%, Houston, Texas	United States
With earnings	613,491	41.66%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	53,217		56,604
With Social Security income	125,273	8.51%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,809		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	27,321	1.86%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,091		6,320
With public assistance income	21,363	1.45%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,294		3,032
With retirement income	69,468	4.72%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	19,003		17,376

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