People QuickFacts Harris County Texas Population, 2012 estimate 4,253,700 26,059,203 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 4,092,448 25,145,561 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 3.9% 3.6% Population, 2010 4,092,459 25,145,561 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 8.2% 7.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 27.9% 27.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 8.4% 10.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.2% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 71.4% 80.9% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 19.3% 12.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.1% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 6.4% 4.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.6% 1.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 41.4% 38.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 32.7% 44.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 81.7% 82.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 25.0% 16.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 42.1% 34.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 77.9% 80.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 27.9% 26.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 187,717 1,618,413 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 27.3 24.8  Housing units, 2011 1,612,088 10,098,750 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 57.6% 64.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 35.9% 24.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $132,300 $126,400 Households, 2007-2011 1,391,103 8,667,807 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.87 2.79 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $27,570 $25,548 Median household income, 2007-2011 $52,675 $50,920 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 17.3% 17.0%     Business QuickFacts Harris County Texas Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 91,528 522,146 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 1,754,182 8,785,238 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 6.9 9.5 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 348,876 1,934,472  Total number of firms, 2007 370,841 2,164,852 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 12.7% 7.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.9% 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 9.9% 5.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.1% 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 23.0% 20.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 29.2% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 169,275,136 593,541,502 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 205,478,751 424,238,194 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 51,899,053 311,334,781 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $13,276 $13,061 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 7,874,724 42,054,592 Building permits, 2011 17,338 97,450     Geography QuickFacts Harris County Texas Land area in square miles, 2010 1,703.48 261,231.71 Persons per square mile, 2010 2,402.4 96.3 FIPS Code 201 48 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX Metro Area   (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts