| Demographics of Houston | |
|---|---|
 Population pyramid of Houston in 2021 | |
| Population | 2,304,580 (2020) |
In the U.S. state of Texas, Houston is the largest city by both population and area. With a 1850 United States census population of 2,396—and 596,163 a century later, in 1950—Houston's population has experienced positive growth trends.[1] In 2000, the city had a population of 1,953,631 people in 717,945 households and 457,330 families,[2] increasing to 2,304,580 at the 2020 census.[3]
In common with most U.S. communities leading up to the 20th and 21st centuries, Houston was a predominantly non-Hispanic white city. Since the New Great Migration and immigration from Latin America, Africa, and Asia during the latter half of the 20th century, the city has become a majority-minority city with Hispanic and Latino Americans, and African Americans constituting the largest non-Anglo American share of the population. According to Los Angeles Times and NPR in 2017 and 2013, Houston has been described as the most diverse place in the United States.[4][5]
- ^ Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990 Archived March 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Campbell Gibson, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau. Published June 1998. Last accessed January 11, 2007.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "QuickFacts: Houston city, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
- ^ "How Houston has become the most diverse place in America". Los Angeles Times. May 9, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
- ^ "In Houston, America's Diverse Future Has Already Arrived". NPR. July 1, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2023.