Harris County

County Population : 3,400,578
County Houses : 1,298,130
Land area : 1728.8 sq. mi.
Water area : 48.9 sq. mi.
Industries providing employment : Educational,health and social services (17.0%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (12.5%), Manufacturing (11.8%), Retail trade (11.0%).
Races in Harris County :
- White Non-Hispanic (42.1%)
- Hispanic (32.9%)
- Black (18.5%)
- Other race (14.2%)
- Two or more races (3.0%)
- Vietnamese (1.6%)
- Asian Indian (1.1%)
- Chinese (1.0%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
- Other Asian (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)