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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 ]
The Texas Freeman was founded in 1893 and later merged to become The Houston Informer and Texas Freeman. [55] KCOH 1430 AM was a black-owned radio stationed started in 1953. [69] It was a focal point for the Houston black community located at the iconic "looking-glass" studios on 5011 Almeda in Midtown Houston.
A large majority of Black Texans live in the Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth and San Antonio metropolitan areas. [6] The 2020 U.S. Census identified the Black population alone, non-Hispanic population at 3,444,712, [1] making Texas' Black population the largest of all states and territories in the United States. [7]
Those figures could vary slightly, as the Census Bureau reported last week that 3.3% of the Black population was undercounted in the 2020 census, a rate higher than in 2010.
The majority of the Black and African American population of Texas lives in the Greater Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio metropolitan areas. [39] Native Americans are a smaller minority in the state. Native Americans made up 0.5 percent of Texas's population and number over 118,000 individuals as of 2015. [40]
Among U.S. metro areas, Houston added the most Hispanic residents, and Dallas the most Asian and Black residents, according to population estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday ...
Between 1990 and 2000 the Hispanic population of Third Ward increased by between 5 and 10 percent as Hispanics in the Houston area moved into majority black neighborhoods. [16] In the same period the black population of the area declined by 1,272 as majority African-American neighborhoods in Houston had declines in their black populations. [11]
Rank City Metropolitan Area Population 2020 United States Census [2] African-American Population Size, 100,000 or more (2020 United States Census) [3]African-American Population Size (2010 Census) [4]