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2024 Annual Community Guide
Houston, Harris County snapshot
Houston
Population continues to grow in both the city of Houston and Harris County, according to new data released Dec. 7 by the U.S. Census Bureau. However, growth has slowed down compared to ve-year trends in 2021. Harris County is growing at a faster rate than Houston, seeing 4.4% population growth between 2017 and 2022, compared to 1.3% growth in Houston. When data was released for 2021, the ve-year growth rates for Harris County and Houston were 5.9% and 2.4%, respectively.
Harris County
SOURCES: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU 2022 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5 YEAR ESTIMATESCOMMUNITY IMPACT
Age analysis
Population change
Texas
27.6% 26% 26% 16.3%
28.2% 21.5% 26.1% 19.1%
29.6% 23.3% 26.9% 16.5% 3.7% 34.1
0-19
2,267,336
2017 4,525,519
2017
20-34
2022 2,296,253
2022 4,726,177
35-54
55-74
5-year population change
5.1% 35.2
4.1% 33.8
75+
+1.3%
+4.4%
Median age
Houston ISD's boundaries: +1.6%
Texas: +6.7%
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