Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Houston city GEOCODE:48-1975 TX ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 1,595,167 100.0% 1,630,672 100.0% 35,505 2.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 1,326,140 83.1% 1,337,156 82.0% 11,016 0.8 -1.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 15,165 1.0% 23,483 1.4% 8,318 54.8 0.5 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 981,563 61.5% 860,323 52.8% -121240 -12.4 -8.8 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 439,604 27.6% 457,574 28.1% 17,970 4.1 0.5 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 35,448 2.2% 66,008 4.0% 30,560 86.2 1.8 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 3,945 0.2% 4,376 0.3% 431 10.9 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 280,691 17.6% 442,943 27.2% 162,252 57.8 9.6 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 125,545 7.9% 134,913 8.3% 9,368 7.5 0.4 5-17.................. 325,391 20.4% 300,689 18.4% -24,702 -7.6 -2.0 18-24.................. 247,404 15.5% 189,554 11.6% -57,850 -23.4 -3.9 25-44.................. 517,146 32.4% 593,777 36.4% 76,631 14.8 4.0 45-64.................. 271,060 17.0% 278,034 17.1% 6,974 2.6 0.1 65 AND OVER............ 108,621 6.8% 133,705 8.2% 25,084 23.1 1.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 450,936 28.3% 435,602 26.7% -15,334 -3.4 -1.6 40 AND OVER............ 472,207 29.6% 523,561 32.1% 51,355 10.9 2.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.7 30.4 2.8 10.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $31,554 $26,261 -5,293 -16.8 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $37,373 $30,248 -7,125 -19.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $15,018 $14,261 -757 -5.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 199,763 12.7% 332,974 20.7% 133,211 66.7 8.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 603,495 100.0% 617,195 100.0% 13,700 2.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 394,772 65.4% 391,833 63.5% -2,939 -0.7 -1.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 231,301 38.3% 220,119 35.7% -11,182 -4.8 -2.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 309,441 51.3% 275,793 44.7% -33,648 -10.9 -6.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 162,344 26.9% 137,937 22.3% -24,407 -15.0 -4.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 67,120 11.1% 89,049 14.4% 21,929 32.7 3.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 43,201 7.2% 51,511 8.3% 8,310 19.2 1.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 172,748 28.6% 189,433 30.7% 16,685 9.7 2.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.6 -0.0 -0.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 896,827 100.0% 1,005,516 100.0% 108,689 12.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 243,103 27.1% 221,046 22.0% -22,057 -9.1 -5.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 207,259 23.1% 252,320 25.1% 45,061 21.7 2.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 858,170 100.0% 858,889 100.0% 719 0.1 FEMALE................ 360,807 42.0% 381,480 44.4% 20,673 5.7 2.4 EMPLOYED.............. 827,110 96.4% 788,520 91.8% -38,590 -4.7 -4.6 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 202,783 23.6% 219,273 25.5% 16,490 8.1 1.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 91,259 10.6% 116,436 13.6% 25,177 27.6 2.9 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 677,914 100.0% 726,402 100.0% 48,488 7.2 OCCUPIED.............. 602,719 88.9% 616,849 84.9% 14,130 2.3 -4.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 287,898 47.8% 275,033 44.6% -12,865 -4.5 -3.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $95,843 $80,941 -14,902 -15.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 314,821 52.2% 341,816 55.4% 26,995 8.6 3.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $438 $390 -48 -10.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 359,579 53.0% 369,336 50.8% 9,757 2.7 -2.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 7,112 1.0% 6,280 0.9% -832 -11.7 -0.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1964.5 1969.0 4.5 0.2 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis