Race and Demography in Houston Texas

Races in Houston:

• Hispanic (37.4%)

• White Non-Hispanic (30.8%)

• Black (25.3%)

• Other race (16.5%)

• Two or more races (3.1%)

• Vietnamese (1.7%)

• Chinese (1.2%)

• Asian Indian (1.0%)

• American Indian (0.8%)

• Other Asian (0.6%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Ancestries: German (6.1%), English (5.0%), Irish (4.3%), United States (3.7%), French (1.9%), Italian (1.6%).

• High school or higher: 70.4%

• Bachelor's degree or higher: 27.0%

• Graduate or professional degree: 9.7%

• Unemployed: 7.6%

• Mean travel time to work: 27.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Houston city

• Never married: 32.2%

• Now married: 48.8%

• Separated: 3.6%

• Widowed: 5.4%

• Divorced: 10.0%

26.4% Foreign born (19.4% Latin America, 4.7% Asia).