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Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Houston

Industry Description	Number of Establishments	Average Age of Business
Health and medical	46,480	26 years
Corporate management	21,570	24 years
Lawyers legal	21,510	28 years
Real estate	21,150	27 years
Restaurants	18,970	28 years
Physicians and surgeons	14,679	30 years
Shopping	14,570	29 years
Construction of buildings	11,668	27 years
Car repair	10,432	26 years
Dentists	9,779	28 years
Electronics stores	9,756	25 years
Financial services	9,336	27 years
Finance other	8,008	45 years
Shopping other	7,316	29 years
Religion	7,068	35 years
Hairdressers	7,042	24 years

Houston Facts

Area	629.7 mi²
Population	2,660,778
Male Population	1,336,142 (50.2%)
Female Population	1,324,636 (49.8%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+168.6%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+52.2%
Median Age	32.2 years (Male: 31.6, Female: 33)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$64,382 (2022)
Area Codes	210, 214, 281, 512
Neighborhoods	Southwest Houston, Westside, Northwest Houston, Texas Medical Center, Central Business District
Local Time
Timezone	Central Daylight Time
Lat & Lng	29.76328, -95.36327
Zip Codes	77001, 77002, 77003, 77004, 77005, More

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Houston Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	990,539	1,384,198	1,748,495	2,293,030	2,660,778	2,792,669	2,868,882
Population Density	1,573 / mi²	2,198.2 / mi²	2,776.7 / mi²	3,641.4 / mi²	4,225.4 / mi²	4,434.9 / mi²	4,555.9 / mi²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Houston Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 52.2% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Houston	+168.6%	+92.2%	+52.2%
Texas	—	—	—
United States	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Houston Median Age

Median Age: 32.2 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Houston	32.2 yrs	33 yrs	31.6 yrs
Texas	33.8 yrs	34.8 yrs	32.8 yrs
United States	37.4 yrs	38.7 yrs	36.1 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Houston Population Density

Population Density: 4,225 / mi²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Houston	2.7 million	629.7 sq mi	4,225 / mi²
Texas	27.5 million	268,596.2 sq mi	103 / mi²
United States	321.6 million	3,796,740.8 sq mi	84.7 / mi²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Houston Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1880 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Neighborhoods in Houston

Percentage of businesses by neighborhood in Houston

Area Codes

Percentage Area Codes used by businesses in Houston

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Houston

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Houston Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$52,765	$55,727	$63,010	$66,772	$69,329	$69,190	$65,986	$64,382
Total GDP	$78.7B	$93.4B	$118B	$138.2B	$158.2B	$173.8B	$187.3B	$184.4B

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Houston CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Houston	41,226,661 tn	15.49 tn	65,469.5 tons/mi²
Texas	488,896,034 tn	17.76 tn	1,820.2 tons/mi²
United States	5,664,619,810 tn	17.62 tn	1,492 tons/mi²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Houston CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	41,226,661 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	15.49 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/mi²/year)	65,469.5 tons/mi²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	Low (2.3)
Flood	High (9)
Cyclone	Medium (7)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development - The World Bank, and United Nations Environment Programme Global Resource Information Database Geneva - UNEP/GRID-Geneva. 2005. Global Cyclone Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4CZ353K.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.

Houston

Houston (/ˈhjuːstən/ HYOO-stən) is the most populous city in Texas and the fourth most populous city in the United States. With a census-estimated 2014 population of 2.239 million people, within a land area of 599.6 square miles (1,553 km2), it also ..

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