Harris County Poverty and Median Household Income
Compiled by
The County Information Program, Texas Association of Counties
The information contained in this report was obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau's
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) Program.
However, the changes since the prior year are from calculations by the County Information Program, Texas Association of Counties.
For more information, contact the CIP at (512) 478-8753.
- Recent data for this county is available from the U.S. Census Bureau's SAIPE Interactive Tool.
- Lack of a visible bar can occur when a bar is less than one pixel in height.c
- There was a change in the U.S. Census Bureau's methodolgy from 2004 to 2005. This makes comparability across those years problematic. Therefore, data shown on this webpage begins with 2006.
- Median houshold income data for this county is available from the Median Household Income History Chart.
| Data for the Harris County Income and Poverty Chart |
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| Calendar Year | Estimate of People of All Ages in Poverty | Change from Prior Year | 90% Confidence Interval Lower Bound | 90% Confidence Interval Upper Bound |
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| 2006 | 628,902 | N/A | 604,258 | 653,547 |
| 2007 | 633,112 | 0.7% | 606,754 | 659,470 |
| 2008 | 603,105 | -4.7% | 579,653 | 626,557 |
| 2009 | 686,928 | 13.9% | 660,627 | 713,230 |
| 2010 | 758,916 | 10.5% | 733,225 | 784,607 |
| 2011 | 803,895 | 5.9% | 774,484 | 833,306 |
| 2012 | 783,419 | -2.5% | 754,800 | 812,038 |
| 2013 | 788,276 | 0.6% | 761,305 | 815,247 |
| 2014 | 759,184 | -3.7% | 731,530 | 786,838 |
| 2015 | 744,712 | -1.9% | 717,547 | 771,877 |
| 2016 | 752,261 | 1.0% | 726,186 | 778,336 |
| 2017 | 733,605 | -2.5% | 705,669 | 761,541 |
| 2018 | 767,367 | 4.6% | 737,472 | 797,262 |
| 2019 | 701,075 | -8.6% | 671,091 | 731,059 |
| 2020 | 747,146 | 6.6% | 704,497 | 789,795 |
| 2021 | 767,505 | 2.7% | 737,646 | 797,364 |
| 2022 | 775,281 | 1.0% | 746,461 | 804,101 |