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.

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Bar chart showing county income and poverty by year.
  1. Recent data for this county is available from the U.S. Census Bureau's SAIPE Interactive Tool.
  2. Lack of a visible bar can occur when a bar is less than one pixel in height.c
  3. 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.
  4. 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
Calendar YearEstimate of People of All Ages in PovertyChange from Prior Year90% Confidence Interval Lower Bound90% Confidence Interval Upper Bound
2006628,902N/A604,258653,547
2007633,1120.7%606,754659,470
2008603,105-4.7%579,653626,557
2009686,92813.9%660,627713,230
2010758,91610.5%733,225784,607
2011803,8955.9%774,484833,306
2012783,419-2.5%754,800812,038
2013788,2760.6%761,305815,247
2014759,184-3.7%731,530786,838
2015744,712-1.9%717,547771,877
2016752,2611.0%726,186778,336
2017733,605-2.5%705,669761,541
2018767,3674.6%737,472797,262
2019701,075-8.6%671,091731,059
2020747,1466.6%704,497789,795
2021767,5052.7%737,646797,364
2022775,2811.0%746,461804,101