Editing Harris County, Texas (section)

===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>