Demographics of Houston city, Texas

Houston city, Texas had 2,397,315 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +99,020 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Houston city, in four figures

2,397,315
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 2,328,253 ±196.; +4.3%
Change since July 2020: +99,020 people.; 34.4 ±0.2
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $64,813 ±$822
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Houston city, Texas's population grew 4.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Houston city, Texas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Houston city, Texas's population grew 4.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Houston city, Texas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	2,298,295	100.0	100.0
2021	2,291,811	99.7	100.2
2022	2,316,816	100.8	100.7
2023	2,345,418	102.1	101.6
2024	2,385,800	103.8	102.5
2025	2,397,315	104.3	103.1

Population of Houston city, Texas on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	2,298,295	—
2021	2,291,811	−6,484
2022	2,316,816	+25,005
2023	2,345,418	+28,602
2024	2,385,800	+40,382
2025	2,397,315	+11,515

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 34.4 ±0.2: for men 34.1 ±0.2 and for women 34.6 ±0.2. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Houston city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Texas	United States
Under 5	156,181 ±3,288	6.7% ±0.1	6.4% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	389,136 ±5,798	16.7% ±0.2	18.6% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	232,039 ±4,202	10.0% ±0.2	9.7% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	750,277 ±7,232	32.2% ±0.3	28.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	513,869 ±5,888	22.1% ±0.3	23.3% ±<0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	286,751 ±4,370	12.3% ±0.2	13.4% ±<0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $64,813 ±$822, and income per person $42,430 ±$513, in 2024 dollars. The median is $78,476 ±$263 in Texas and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Houston city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Texas	United States
Under $25,000	174,922 ±4,081	18.8% ±0.4	14.6% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	190,959 ±4,481	20.5% ±0.5	17.3% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	159,736 ±4,397	17.2% ±0.5	16.1% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	108,861 ±3,483	11.7% ±0.4	12.8% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	122,930 ±3,488	13.2% ±0.4	17.3% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	62,944 ±2,340	6.8% ±0.3	9.5% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	110,052 ±2,589	11.8% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Houston city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Texas	United States
All ages	455,988 ±10,035	19.9% ±0.4	13.8% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	161,878 ±4,709	30.1% ±0.8	18.7% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	228,259 ±6,453	16.8% ±0.5	12.2% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	65,851 ±2,565	16.5% ±0.6	12.0% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Houston city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Houston city	Texas	United States
Housing units	1,040,576 ±3,254	12,128,515 ±1,574	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	89.4% ±0.2	90.6% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	10.6% ±0.2	9.4% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	42.1% ±0.5	62.6% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	57.9% ±0.5	37.4% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$277,800 ±$3,403	$283,800 ±$738	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,361 ±$8	$1,403 ±$4	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1982 ±1	1992 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Houston city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Texas	United States
Hispanic or Latino	1,030,112 ±9,159	44.2% ±0.4	39.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	540,342 ±7,661	23.2% ±0.3	39.1% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	519,857 ±8,544	22.3% ±0.4	11.9% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	160,136 ±4,476	6.9% ±0.2	5.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	2,541 ±463	0.1% ±<0.1	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	1,330 ±320	0.1% ±<0.1	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	9,786 ±1,537	0.4% ±0.1	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	64,149 ±3,460	2.8% ±0.1	3.1% ±<0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Houston city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Texas	United States
Born in the state	1,179,597 ±10,286	50.7% ±0.4	58.3% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	427,243 ±8,294	18.4% ±0.4	22.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	38,309 ±2,456	1.6% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	683,104 ±8,718	29.3% ±0.4	17.6% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	225,450 ±5,389	9.7% ±0.2	7.4% ±<0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	457,654 ±7,470	19.7% ±0.3	10.2% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Houston city among the places of Texas

1st of 428 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Texas page.

Places of Texas near Houston city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Houston city	2,328,253 ±196
San Antonio city	1,479,835 ±251
Dallas city	1,307,930 ±153
Austin city	979,539 ±484
Fort Worth city	963,194 ±475
El Paso city	680,130 ±130

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Houston city, Texas

Rankings this appears in

No. 12 Places in Texas by foreign-born share
No. 36 Places in Texas by poverty rate
No. 93 Places in Texas by per capita income
No. 113 Places in Texas by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 132 Places in Texas by median rent
No. 155 Places in Texas by median age

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026