Income and Poverty in Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX
The poverty rate in the Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX Metro has increased by 2.4 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 13.7 percent to 16.1 percent.
The areas median household income has declined from the values (adjusted for inflation) in 2000. The median has decreased to $46,705, which amounts to a 10.8 percent decline. The Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX MSA, when comparing total percent of decline, ranks 9 of 22 metro area in percent of decline for household income in Texas. Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land ranks 69 of 233 metro area when comparing total percent of decline in median household income in the United States.
Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 30.5 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $36,415. Hispanic households in Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX reported a median household income of $38,391, which is 26.7 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land reported an income level of $47,033, this median was 10.2 percent less than the areas median level for all households. In Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $60,283 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 15.1 percent greater than the median in 2000. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $59,455. This median income level is 13.5 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households.
When analyzed against other Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the US, the Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land metro area accounted a relatively high median household income of $52,370 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 10.8 percent higher than the median in Texas of $46,715 and the median household income is 6.2 percent higher than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.
Evaluated with other MSAs across the nation, the Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land metro area can be considered to have a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 13.7 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 22.1 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged Under 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, with 19.8 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.
While household income level experienced a decline in the last five year in the Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX metro area, the Race/Ethnicity category that saw the sharpest decline in household income was the Hispanic category. This group felt a decline of 44.3 percent from 2000 to 2005. The Asian population group was least impacted by the household income decline in Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, encountering a 57.4 percent increase in household income level, since the year 2005.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
The areas median household income has declined from the values (adjusted for inflation) in 2000. The median has decreased to $46,705, which amounts to a 10.8 percent decline. The Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX MSA, when comparing total percent of decline, ranks 9 of 22 metro area in percent of decline for household income in Texas. Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land ranks 69 of 233 metro area when comparing total percent of decline in median household income in the United States.
Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 30.5 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $36,415. Hispanic households in Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX reported a median household income of $38,391, which is 26.7 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land reported an income level of $47,033, this median was 10.2 percent less than the areas median level for all households. In Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $60,283 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 15.1 percent greater than the median in 2000. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $59,455. This median income level is 13.5 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households.
When analyzed against other Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the US, the Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land metro area accounted a relatively high median household income of $52,370 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 10.8 percent higher than the median in Texas of $46,715 and the median household income is 6.2 percent higher than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.
Evaluated with other MSAs across the nation, the Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land metro area can be considered to have a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 13.7 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 22.1 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged Under 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, with 19.8 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.
While household income level experienced a decline in the last five year in the Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX metro area, the Race/Ethnicity category that saw the sharpest decline in household income was the Hispanic category. This group felt a decline of 44.3 percent from 2000 to 2005. The Asian population group was least impacted by the household income decline in Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, encountering a 57.4 percent increase in household income level, since the year 2005.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
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