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Population (year 2000): 1,953,631. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,016,582 (+3.2% change)
Males: 975,551 (49.9%), Females: 978,080 (50.1%)
Harris County
Zip codes:
77002,
77003,
77004,
77005,
77006,
77007,
77008,
77009,
77010,
77011,
77012,
77013,
77014,
77015,
77016,
77017,
77018,
77019,
77020,
77021,
77022,
77023,
77024,
77025,
77026,
77027,
77028,
77029,
77030,
77031,
77032,
77033,
77034,
77035,
77036,
77037,
77038,
77039,
77040,
77041,
77042,
77043,
77044,
77045,
77046,
77047,
77048,
77049,
77050,
77051,
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77054,
77055,
77056,
77057,
77058,
77059,
77060,
77061,
77062,
77063,
77064,
77065,
77066,
77067,
77068,
77069,
77070,
77071,
77072,
77073,
77074,
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77078,
77079,
77080,
77081,
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77083,
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77087,
77088,
77089,
77090,
77091,
77092,
77093,
77094,
77095,
77096,
77098,
77099.
Median resident age: 30.9 years
Median household income: $36,616 (year 2000)
Median house value: $79,300 (year 2000)
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%).
Land area: 579.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Houston
- 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).
Population change in the 1990s: +246,383
(+14.4%).
Hospitals/medical centers in Houston:
- BAYOU CITY MEDICAL CENTER (6700 BELLAIRE)
- BEACON HEALTH WESTCHASE (2929 WOODLAND PARK
DRIVE)
- BELLAIRE MEDICAL CENTER (5314 DASHWOOD)
- CHRISTUS ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL (1919 LABRANCH)
- COLUMBIA E HOUSTON MED CTR E LOOP CAMP (13111
EAST FREEWAY)
- COLUMBIA SPRING BRANCH MEDICAL CENTER (8850
LONG POINT ROAD PO BOX 55227)
- CYPRESS CREEK HOSPITAL INC (17750 CALI DRIVE)
- CYPRESS FAIRBANKS MED CTR HOSPITAL (10655
STEEPLETOP DRIVE)
- DOCTORS HOSPITAL TIDWELL (510 W TIDWELL)
- DUBUIS HOSPITAL OF HOUSTON (1919 LABRANCH)
- HARRIS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT (1504 TAUB
LOOP)
- HARRIS CTY PSYCHIATRIC CTR (2800 MACGREGOR
WAY)
- HEALTHSOUTH HOSP FOR SPECIALIZED SURGE (5445
LABRANCH STREET)
- HEALTHSOUTH REHABILITATION INSTITUTE (17506
RED OAK DRIVE)
- HERMANN HOSPITAL (6411 FANNIN)
- HOUSTON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (2807 LITTLE YORK
RD)
- HOUSTON NORTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER (710 FM 1960
WEST)
- IHS HOSP AT HOUSTON (6160 S LOOP EAST)
- INSTUTUTE FOR REHAB & RESEARCH,THE (1333
MOURSUND AVE)
- INTRACARE MEDICAL CTR (7601 FANNIN)
- INTRACARE NORTH HOSPITAL (1120 CYPRESS
STATION DR)
- KINDRED HOSPITAL-HOUSTON (6441 MAIN ST)
- MEMORIAL HERMANN CONTINUING CARE HOSPI (3034
N GESSNER)
- MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MEMORIAL CITY (920
FROSTWOOD DR)
- MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SYSTEM (7737 SOUTHWEST
FREEWAY SUITE 200)
- METHODIST HOSPITAL,THE (6565 FANNIN)
- METHODIST WILLOWBROOK HOSPITAL (18220 TOMBALL
PARKWAY)
- PARK PLAZA HOSPITAL (1313 HERMANN DR)
- PLAZA SPECIALTY HOSP (1300 BINZ)
- RIVERSIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL (3204 ENNIS ST)
- SCCI HOSPITAL HOUSTON CENTRAL (105 DREW)
- SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL-HOUSTON HEIG (1917
ASHLAND)
- SPECIALTY HOSPITAL OF HOUSTON (5556 GASMER)
- ST LUKES EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL (6720 BERTNER)
- TEXAS CHILDRENS HOSP (6621 FANNIN STREET)
- TEXAS ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL (7401 SOUTH MAIN
STREET)
- TOPS SURGICAL SPECIALTY HOSPITAL (17080 RED
OAK DR BOX 73409)
- TRIUMPH HOSPITAL OF NORTH HOUSTON (233 WEST
PARKER ROAD)
- UNIV OF TX M D ANDERSON CANCER CTR,THE (1515
HOLCOMBE BLVD)
- VENCOR HOSPITAL HOUSTON NORTHWEST (11297
FALLBROOK)
- WEST HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER (12141 RICHMOND
AVE)
- WEST OAKS HOSPITAL INC (6500 HORNWOOD)
- WOMANS HOSPITAL OF TEXAS,THE (7600 FANNIN)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Houston:
- WILLIAM P HOBBY (about 13 miles; HOUSTON, TX; ID:
HOU)
- GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL ARPT/HOUSTON (about 15
miles; HOUSTON, TX; ID: IAH)
- ELLINGTON FIELD (about 20 miles; HOUSTON, TX; ID:
EFD)
Other public-use airports nearest to Houston:
- SKYWAY MANOR (about 16 miles; PEARLAND, TX; ID: T79)
- FLYIN' B (about 16 miles; HOUSTON, TX; ID: 39R)
- HOUSTON-SOUTHWEST (about 19 miles; HOUSTON, TX; ID:
AXH)
Amtrak station:
HOUSTON (902 WASHINGTON AVE.). Services: ticket office,
fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public
restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, free
short-term parking, free long-term parking, taxi stand,
public transit connection.
Biggest Colleges/Universities in Houston:
- UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON-UNIVERSITY PARK
(Full-time enrollment: 25,479; Location: 4800 CALHOUN;
Public; Website: www.uh.edu; Offers Doctor's degree)
- HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (FT
enrollment: 21,140; Location: 3100 Main Street P.O. Box
667517; Public; Website: www.hccs.cc.tx.us)
- NORTH HARRIS MONTGOMERY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
DISTRICT (FT enrollment: 13,933; Location: 250 N SAM
HOUSTON PKY E STE 300; Public; Website: www.nhmccd.edu)
- UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON-DOWNTOWN (FT
enrollment: 6,236; Location: 1 MAIN ST; Public; Website:
www.uhd.edu; Offers Master's degree)
- TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY (FT enrollment:
5,808; Location: 3100 CLEBURNE ST; Public; Website:
www.tsu.edu; Offers Doctor's degree)
- UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON-CLEAR LAKE (FT
enrollment: 4,735; Location: 2700 BAY AREA BLVD; Public;
Website: www.cl.uh.edu/; Offers Master's degree)
- RICE UNIVERSITY (FT enrollment: 4,158;
Location: 6100 S MAIN; Private, not-for-profit; Website:
www.rice.edu; Offers Doctor's degree)
- SAN JACINTO COLLEGE-SOUTH CAMPUS (FT
enrollment: 3,513; Location: 13735 BEAMER RD; Public;
Website: www.sjcd.cc.tx.us)
- SAN JACINTO COLLEGE-NORTH CAMPUS (FT
enrollment: 2,819; Location: 5800 UVALDE; Public;
Website: www.sjcd.cc.tx.us)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
(FT enrollment: 2,595; Location: PO BOX 20036; Public;
Website: www.uth.tmc.edu/; Offers Doctor's degree)
- UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS (FT enrollment:
2,541; Location: 3800 MONTROSE BLVD; Private,
not-for-profit; Website: www.stthom.edu; Offers Doctor's
degree)
- HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY (FT enrollment:
2,273; Location: 7502 FONDREN RD; Private,
not-for-profit; Website: www.hbu.edu; Offers Master's
degree)
- UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC (FT
enrollment: 1,625; Location: 721 LOCKHAVEN DR; Private,
for-profit; Website: uticorp.com)
- BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE (FT enrollment:
1,192; Location: ONE BAYLOR PLAZA; Private,
not-for-profit; Website: www.bcm.tmc.edu; Offers
Doctor's degree)
- SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW (FT enrollment:
1,062; Location: 1303 SAN JACINTO ST; Private,
not-for-profit; Website: WWW.STCL.EDU)
- ART INSTITUTE OF HOUSTON (FT enrollment: 551;
Location: 1900 YORKTOWN; Private, for-profit; Website:
www.aih.aii.edu)
- ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE (FT enrollment: 538;
Location: 2950 S GESSNER; Private, for-profit; Website:
www.itt-tech.edu)
- ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE (FT enrollment: 457;
Location: 15621 BLUE ASH DR STE 160; Private,
for-profit; Website: www.itt-tech.edu)
- TEXAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS-SOUTHWEST INC (FT
enrollment: 453; Location: 6363 RICHMOND STE 300;
Private, for-profit; Website: www.tsb.edu)
- ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC SCHOOL (FT enrollment:
429; Location: 10500 Forum Place Dr. , Suite 200;
Private, for-profit; Website: WWW.UDSEDUCATION.COM)
Biggest public high schools in Houston:
- WESTFIELD H S (Students: 4,112; Location:
16713 ELLA BLVD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- ELSIK H S (Students: 4,079; Location: 12601
HIGH STAR; Grades: 09 - 12)
- HASTINGS H S (Students: 4,068; Location: 4410
COOK RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- CLEAR LAKE H S (Students: 3,474; Location:
2929 BAY AREA BLVD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- MAYDE CREEK H S (Students: 3,397; Location:
19202 GROSCHKE RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- LAMAR H S (Students: 3,292; Location: 3325
WESTHEIMER RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- KLEIN FOREST H S (Students: 3,234; Location:
11400 MISTY VLY; Grades: 09 - 12)
- LANGHAM CREEK H S (Students: 3,189; Location:
17610 FM 529; Grades: 09 - 12)
- CYPRESS FALLS H S (Students: 3,166; Location:
9811 HUFFMEISTER RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- JERSEY VILLAGE H S (Students: 3,072;
Location: 7600 SOLOMON ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
Biggest private high schools in Houston:
- KINKAID (Students: 1,289; Location: 201
KINKAID SCHOOL DR; Grades: PK - 12)
- THE AWTY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (Students: 956;
Location: 7455 AWTY SCHOOL LANE; Grades: PK - 12)
- NORTHLAND CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 825;
Location: 4363 SYLVANFEILD; Grades: PK - 12)
- STRAKE JESUIT COLLEGE PREP (Students: 742;
Location: 8900 BELLAIRE BLVD; Grades: 9 - 12; Boys only)
- ST AGNES ACADEMY SCHOOL (Students: 732;
Location: 9000 BELLAIRE BLVD; Grades: 9 - 12; Girls
only)
- ST THOMAS' EPISCOPAL SCHOOL (Students: 717;
Location: PO BOX 35096; Grades: KG - 12)
- ST PIUS X HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 670;
Location: 811 DONOVAN STREET; Grades: 9 - 12)
- SWEETWATER CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 645;
Location: 8600 SWEETWATER; Grades: KG - 12)
- DUCHESNE ACADEMY (Students: 636; Location:
10202 MEMORIAL DR; Grades: PK - 12; Girls only)
- HOUSTON SCHOOL FOR ACCELERATED (Students:
618; Location: 7055 BEECHNUT; Grades: 5 - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Houston:
- NORTH SHORE H S (Students: 2,123; Location:
13501 HOLLY PARK; Grades: 09 - 11)
- PERSHING MIDDLE (Students: 1,691; Location:
7000 BRAES BLVD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- YOUNG LEARNERS (Students: 1,611; Location:
3333 BERING DR,STE 200; Grades: PK - PK)
- DOWLING MIDDLE (Students: 1,589; Location:
14000 STANCLIFF ST; Grades: 06 - 08)
- ENERGIZED FOR EXCELLENCE ACADEMY (Students:
1,570; Location: 6201 BISSONNET; Grades: PK - 05)
- ARAGON MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 1,552;
Location: 16823 WEST RD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- LONG MIDDLE (Students: 1,539; Location: 6501
BELLAIRE BLVD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- HARTMAN MIDDLE (Students: 1,495; Location:
7111 WESTOVER; Grades: 06 - 08)
- WATKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 1,482;
Location: 4800 CAIRNVILLAGE ST; Grades: 06 - 08)
- COOK MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 1,446;
Location: 9111 WHEATLAND DR; Grades: 06 - 08)
Biggest private primary/middle schools in Houston:
- THE VILLAGE SCHOOL (Students: 752; Location:
13077 WESTELLA; Grades: PK - 8)
- RIVER OAKS BAPTIST SCHOOL (Students: 734;
Location: 2300 WILLOWICK RD; Grades: PK - 8)
- GRACE SCHOOL (Students: 713; Location: 10219
ELLA LEE; Grades: PK - 8)
- ST FRANCIS EPISCOPAL DAY SCH (Students: 706;
Location: 335 PINEY POINT RD; Grades: PK - 8)
- ST THOMAS MORE PARISH SCHOOL (Students: 648;
Location: 5927 WIGTON; Grades: PK - 8)
- ANNUNCIATION ORTHODOX SCHOOL (Students: 634;
Location: 3600 YOAKUM; Grades: PK - 8)
- JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC SCHOOL (Students: 616;
Location: 1400 PARKWAY PLAZA DR; Grades: PK - 8)
- ST MARK LUTHERAN SCHOOL (Students: 565;
Location: 1515 HILLENDAHL BLVD; Grades: PK - 8)
- ST FRANCIS DE SALES SCHOOL (Students: 514;
Location: 8100 ROOS ROAD; Grades: PK - 8)
- ST. MICHAEL CATHOLIC SCHOOL (Students: 501;
Location: 1833 SAGE ROAD; Grades: PK - 8)
Libraries in Houston:
- HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$36,806,321; Location: 500 MCKINNEY ST; 2,615,959 books;
163,310 audio materials; 84,543 video materials; 15,677
serial subscriptions)
- HARRIS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $14,552,466; Location: 8080 EL RIO ST; 1,240,577
books; 36,918 audio materials; 34,794 video materials;
2,994 serial subscriptions)
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