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Harris County Texas. Living In Harris County TX

Harris County Texas. Living In Harris County TX

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Harris County is a county located within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. As of 2000 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 3,400,578 (though a 2007 estimate placed the population at 3,935,855), making it the most populous county in Texas and the third most populous county in the United States. Its county seat is Houston.

Harris County is named for John Richardson Harris, an early settler of the area.

As of the census of 2000, there were 3,400,578 people, 1,205,516 households, and 834,217 families residing in the county, making it the largest county by population in Texas. The population density was 1,967 people per square mile (759/km²). There were 1,298,130 housing units at an average density of 751 per square mile (290/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 58.73% White, 18.49% Black or African American, 0.45% Native American, 5.14% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 14.18% from other races, and 2.96% from two or more races. 32.93% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 7.2% were of German, 6.2% American and 5.3% English ancestry according to Census 2000. 63.8% spoke English, 28.8% Spanish and 1.6% Vietnamese as their first language.

In 2006 Harris County had 3,886,207 residents. This represented 14.3% growth since 2000.

2005 saw Harris county with 37.5% of its population Latino. This represented an increase of over 120,000 in the number of Latinos in the county. 5.5% of the population was Asian. South Asians especially Indian Americans making up one of the fastest-growing immigrant groups in Harris County, with 35,971 counted in the 2000 Census;.[3]. African Americans constituted 18.4% of the county's population, representing a slight decline in percentage. It however meant the total number of African-Americans in the county had risen.

In 2000 There were 1,205,516 households out of which 37.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.60% were married couples living together, 13.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.80% were non-families. 25.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.38.

In the county, the population was spread out with 29.00% under the age of 18, 10.30% from 18 to 24, 33.40% from 25 to 44, 19.80% from 45 to 64, and 7.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 99.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $42,598, and the median income for a family was $49,004. Males had a median income of $37,361 versus $28,941 for females. The per capita income for the county was $21,435. About 12.10% of families and 14.97% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.60% of those under age 18 and 12.20% of those age 65 or over.

Various companies are headquartered in incorporated and unincorporated areas throughout Harris County.

Academy Sports and Outdoors, a sporting goods retailer, has its corporate offices and product distribution center in unincorporated western Harris County.

Hewlett-Packard operates its United States region office in a complex northwest unincorporated Harris County; the complex formerly belonged to Compaq prior to Compaq's merger with HP.

As Houston mostly resides in Harris County, much of the county's economy is related to Houston.

Harrison County Communities
Cities
Baytown (Partly in Chambers County)
Bellaire
Bunker Hill Village
Deer Park
El Lago
Friendswood (Mostly in Galveston County)
Galena Park
Hedwig Village
Hilshire Village
Houston (Portions are in adjacent counties)
Humble
Hunters Creek Village
Jacinto City
Jersey Village
Katy (Portions are in adjacent counties)
La Porte
League City (Portions are in adjacent counties)
Missouri City (Mostly in Fort Bend County)
Morgan's Point
Nassau Bay
Pasadena
Pearland (Portions are in adjacent counties)
Piney Point Village
Seabrook
Shoreacres
South Houston
Southside Place
Spring Valley Village
Stafford (Mostly in Fort Bend County)
Taylor Lake Village
Tomball
Waller
Webster
West University Place

Harrison CountyUnincorporated areas
Aldine
Atascocita
Barrett
Channelview
Cinco Ranch (partly in Fort Bend County)
Cloverleaf
Crosby
Highlands
Mission Bend (partly in Fort Bend County)
Sheldon
Spring

Harrison County Other areas
Bammel
Barker
Beaumont Place
Bridgeland
Cedar Bayou
Champions Forest
Coady
Cypress
Dyersdale
Hockley
Hufsmith
Kinwood
Klein
Kleinbrook
Kohrville
Louetta
Lynchburg
Northcliffe Manor
Northcliffe
North Houston
Northgate Forest
Remington Ranch
Rose Hill
Satsuma
Westfield
The Woodlands

Source:Wikipedia

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