People QuickFacts	Houston	Texas
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	2,160,821	26,059,203
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	2,097,217	25,145,561
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	3.0%	3.6%
 	Population, 2010    	2,099,451	25,145,561
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	8.1%	7.7%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	25.9%	27.3%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	9.0%	10.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	49.8%	50.4% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	50.5%	70.4%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	23.7%	11.8%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.7%	0.7%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	6.0%	3.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	3.3%	2.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	43.8%	37.6%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	25.6%	45.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	79.4%	82.1%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	28.4%	16.2%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	45.8%	34.4%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	74.4%	80.4%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	28.4%	26.1%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	89,771	1,618,413
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	25.8	24.8 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	892,646	9,977,436
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	46.6%	64.5%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	48.1%	24.0%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$124,400	$126,400
 	Households, 2007-2011    	769,867	8,667,807
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.67	2.79
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$26,849	$25,548
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$44,124	$50,920
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	21.5%	17.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Houston	Texas
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	219,324	2,164,852
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	15.1%	7.1%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.9%	0.9%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	10.4%	5.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.1%	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	23.3%	20.7%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	28.9%	28.2% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	49,121,973	593,541,502
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	189,998,400	424,238,194
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	36,570,164	311,334,781
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$16,573	$13,061
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	6,263,910	42,054,592

   	Geography QuickFacts	Houston	Texas
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	599.59	261,231.71
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	3,501.5	96.3
 	FIPS Code    	35000	48
 	Counties    	Fort Bend County
 Harris County
 Montgomery County
 	

(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