Houston is a very large city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,954,848 people and 445 constituent neighborhoods, Houston is the largest community in Texas.

Houston is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Houston is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Houston who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.98%), sales jobs (11.47%), and management occupations (8.19%).

Also of interest is that Houston has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Houston Information and Demographics

The education level of Houston citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 26.98% of adults in Houston have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Houston in 2000 was $20,101, which is upper middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $80,404 for a family of four.

Houston is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Houston home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Houston is White, followed by African-American. Houston also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 37.43% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Houston include German, English, and Irish.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Houston's cultural character, accounting for 26.40% of the city's population.

The most common language spoken in Houston is English. Some people also speak Spanish.