Editing Harris County, Texas (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1850= 4668
|1860= 9070
|1870= 17375
|1880= 27985
|1890= 37249
|1900= 63786
|1910= 115693
|1920= 186667
|1930= 359328
|1940= 528961
|1950= 806701
|1960= 1243158
|1970= 1741912
|1980= 2409547
|1990= 2818199
|2000= 3400578
|2010= 4092459
|2020= 4731145
|estyear=2024
|estimate=5009302
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2024">{{cite web|title=County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2024 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html |access-date=April 2, 2025}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. Decennial Census |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=July 20, 2014}}</ref><br>1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|title=Historical Census Browser |url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu |publisher=University of Virginia Library |url-status=live |date=2007 |access-date=July 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212224028/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/ |archive-date=December 12, 2009}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|last=Forstall |first=Richard L. |title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/tx190090.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |url-status=live |date=March 27, 1995 |access-date=July 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990219135447/http://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/tx190090.txt |archive-date=February 19, 1999}}</ref><br>1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |url-status=live |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=July 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010}}</ref> 2010–2020<ref name="QF">{{Cite web|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Harris County, Texas |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/harriscountytexas/PST045224 |access-date=April 2, 2025 |website=www.census.gov |language=en}}</ref>
}}

As of the third quarter of 2024, the median home value in Harris County was $295,790.<ref>{{Cite web|title=County Median Home Price|url=https://www.nar.realtor/research-and-statistics/housing-statistics/county-median-home-prices-and-monthly-mortgage-payment|publisher=[[National Association of Realtors]]|access-date=April 2, 2025}}</ref>

As of the 2023 [[American Community Survey]], there are 1,728,103 estimated households in Harris County with an average of 2.73 persons per household. The county has a median household income of $73,104. Approximately 16.0% of the county's population lives at or below the [[Poverty in the United States|poverty line]]. Harris County has an estimated 67.3% employment rate, with 33.7% of the population holding a bachelor's degree or higher and 82.5% holding a high school diploma.<ref name="QF">{{Cite web|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Harris County, Texas |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/harriscountytexas/PST045224 |access-date=April 2, 2025 |website=www.census.gov |language=en}}</ref>

The top five reported ancestries (people were allowed to report up to two ancestries, thus the figures will generally add to more than 100%) were English (54.7%), Spanish (35.5%), Indo-European (3.1%), Asian and Pacific Islander (4.8%), and Other (1.8%).

The median age in the county was 34.8 years.

'''Harris County, Texas – racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Race / ethnicity <small>(''NH = non-Hispanic'')</small>
! Pop. 1980<ref name=1980CensusScope>{{Cite web|title=Harris County, Texas — Population by Race |url=https://censusscope.org/us/s48/c201/chart_race.html |publisher=CensusScope |access-date=April 2, 2025}}</ref> !! Pop. 1990<ref name=1990CensusScope>{{Cite web|title=Harris County, Texas — Population by Race |url=https://censusscope.org/us/s48/c201/chart_race.html |publisher=CensusScope |access-date=April 2, 2025}}</ref> !! Pop. 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Harris County, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALSF12000.P004?g=050XX00US48201 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=April 2, 2025}}</ref> !! Pop. 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Harris County, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US48201&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=April 2, 2025}}</ref> !! {{partial|Pop. 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Harris County, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US48201&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=April 2, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
| 1,509,430<br>(62.64%) || 1,528,113<br>(54.22%) || 1,432,264<br>(42.12%) || 1,349,646<br>(32.98%) || style='background: #ffffe6; |1,309,593<br>(27.68%)
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
| 469,290<br>(19.48%) || 527,964<br>(18.73%) || 619,694<br>(18.22%) || 754,258<br>(18.43%) || style='background: #ffffe6; |885,517<br>(18.72%)
|-
| [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
| 5,346<br>(0.22%) || 6,143<br>(0.22%) || 7,103<br>(0.21%) || 8,150<br>(0.20%) || style='background: #ffffe6; |8,432<br>(0.18%)
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
| 46,355<br>(1.92%) || 106,327<br>(3.77%) || 173,026<br>(5.09%) || 249,853<br>(6.11%) || style='background: #ffffe6; |344,762<br>(7.29%)
|-
| [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
| — || — || 1,392<br>(0.04%) || 2,260<br>(0.06%) || style='background: #ffffe6; |3,199<br>(0.07%)
|-
| [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
| 10,049<br>(0.42%) || 4,717<br>(0.17%) || 4,499<br>(0.13%) || 7,914<br>(0.19%) || style='background: #ffffe6; |23,262<br>(0.49%)
|-
| [[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or multiracial]] (NH)
| — || — || 42,849<br>(1.26%) || 48,838<br>(1.19%) || style='background: #ffffe6; |121,671<br>(2.57%)
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
| 369,077<br>(15.32%) || 644,935<br>(22.88%) || 1,119,751<br>(32.93%) || 1,671,512<br>(40.84%) || style='background: #ffffe6; |2,034,709<br>(43.01%)
|-
| '''Total'''
| '''2,409,547<br>(100.00%)''' || '''2,818,199<br>(100.00%)''' || '''3,400,578<br>(100.00%)''' || '''4,092,459<br>(100.00%)''' || style='background: #ffffe6; |'''4,731,145<br>(100.00%)'''
|}

===2020 census===
As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], there were 4,731,145 people, 1,692,730 households, and 1,156,059 families residing in the county.<ref>{{Cite web|title=US Census Bureau, Table P16: Household Type |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Harris%20County,%20Texas%20p16&y=2020 |access-date=April 2, 2025 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> The [[population density]] was {{convert|2771.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 1,842,683 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1079.5|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the county was 36.36% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 19.17% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.16% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 7.38% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.09% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 18.92% from some other races and 16.91% from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] people of any race were 43.01% of the population.<ref>{{Cite web|title=How many people live in Harris County, Texas |url=https://data.usatoday.com/census/total-population/total-population-change/harris-county-texas/050-48201/ |access-date=April 2, 2025 |publisher=USA Today}}</ref>

[[File:Ethnic Origins in Harris County, TX.png|thumb|330x330px|Ethnic origins in Harris County]]

With a poverty rate of 15.6% as of 2020,<ref>{{Cite web |title=2020 ACS Poverty Status |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Harris%20County,%20Texas%20poverty |access-date=July 3, 2022 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> [[Children At Risk]]—a local nonprofit research organization—estimated 21% of the Harris County children lived in poverty, 6.5 per 1,000 die before age one, and 38% drop out of high school as of 2007.<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Houston Chronicle]] |date=February 22, 2007 |title=Raise the alarm; Two surveys point to the abysmal and deteriorating state of American children's well-being |page=B10|url=https://www.chron.com/opinion/editorials/article/Raise-the-alarm-Two-surveys-point-to-the-abysmal-1638233.php}}</ref>

As of 2023, Harris County had the second largest population of Black Americans in the United States, behind only [[Cook County, Illinois]]. Harris also has the second largest Hispanic population in the nation, behind only [[Los Angeles County, California]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blankley |first=Bethany |date=June 28, 2023 |title=Census: Texas, Harris County have largest black population in U.S. |url=https://dentonrc.com/news/state/census-texas-harris-county-have-largest-black-population-in-u-s/article_6f16bbc4-b2a3-557b-9ea9-1ed4b317ccc9.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701184416/https://dentonrc.com/news/state/census-texas-harris-county-have-largest-black-population-in-u-s/article_6f16bbc4-b2a3-557b-9ea9-1ed4b317ccc9.html |archive-date=July 1, 2023 |website=dentonrc.com}}</ref>

===Language===
In 2000, 1,961,993 residents of Harris County spoke English only. The five most spoken foreign languages in the county were Spanish or [[Spanish Creole]] (1,106,883 speakers), [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] (53,311), [[Chinese language|Chinese]] (33,003), French including [[Cajun French|Louisiana French]] and [[Patois]] (33,003), and [[Urdu language|Urdu]] (14,595). Among these groups, 46% of Spanish speakers, 37% of Vietnamese speakers, 50% of Chinese speakers, 85% of French speakers, and 72% of Urdu speakers said that they spoke English at least "very well".<ref name="RodriguezImm">{{cite news |last=Rodriguez |first=Lori |title=Immigrants confront barriers to English fluency |work=Houston Chronicle |date=September 18, 2006 |page=A1 |url=https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Immigrants-confront-barriers-to-English-fluency-1888688.php |url-status=live |archive-date=May 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512104002/http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Immigrants-confront-barriers-to-English-fluency-1888688.php |access-date=February 26, 2018}}</ref>

In 2020, 55.6% of the county aged five and older spoke English only, while 44.4% spoke another language at home, alone or together with English; Spanish remained the second most spoken language (35%).<ref>{{Cite web |title=2020 Language Statistics |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Harris%20County,%20Texas%20language |access-date=July 3, 2022 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>

===Religion===
[[File:St Mary's Cathedral Basilica, Galveston.jpg|thumb|[[St. Mary Cathedral Basilica (Galveston, Texas)|Saint Mary Cathedral Basilica]], seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston–Houston]]
In 2010 statistics, the largest religious group in Harris County was the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston–Houston]], with 1,947,223 Catholics worshiping at 109 parishes, followed by 579,759 [[Southern Baptist Convention|Southern Baptists]] with 811 congregations, 348,461 [[Nondenominational Christianity|non-denominational Christian]] adherents with 577 congregations, 182,624 [[United Methodist Church|United Methodists]] with 124 congregations, an estimated 117,148 [[Islam in the United States|Muslims]] with 47 congregations, 44,472 [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS]] Mormons with 77 congregations, 39,041 [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopalians]] with 43 congregations, 34,957 [[Presbyterian Church in the United States of America|PC-USA]] Presbyterians with 49 congregations, 33,525 [[Churches of Christ]] Christians with 124 congregations, and 30,521 [[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod|LCMS]] Lutherans with 46 congregations. Altogether, 58.4% of the population was claimed as members by religious congregations, although members of historically African-American denominations were underrepresented due to incomplete information.<ref>{{cite web | title = County Membership Report Harris County (Texas) | url = http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/rcms2010A.asp?U=48201&T=county&Y=2010&S=Name | website = The [[Association of Religion Data Archives]] | date = 2010 | access-date = January 1, 2020 | archive-date = August 1, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200801161006/http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/rcms2010A.asp?U=48201&T=county&Y=2010&S=Name | url-status = dead }}</ref> In 2014, the county had 1,607 religious organizations, the third most out of all U.S. counties.<ref>{{cite web | title = Social Capital Variables Spreadsheet for 2014 | url = https://aese.psu.edu/nercrd/community/social-capital-resources/social-capital-variables-for-2014/social-capital-variables-spreadsheet-for-2014 | website = PennState College of Agricultural Sciences, Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development | date = December 8, 2017 | access-date = December 30, 2019 | archive-date = December 31, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191231001016/https://aese.psu.edu/nercrd/community/social-capital-resources/social-capital-variables-for-2014/social-capital-variables-spreadsheet-for-2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref>