Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX

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US Senator

N/AJohn Cornyn

Republican Party

US Senator

N/ATed Cruz

Republican Party

2023 Poverty Rate

16.1%

1.42% 1-year decrease

2023 Median Property Value

$215,100

9.35% 1-year growth

About

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None of the households in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

91.2% of the residents in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX are U.S. citizens.

In 2023, the median property value in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX was $215,100, and the homeownership rate was N/A%.

Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX borders Deep East Texas COG (West) & Walker County PUMA, TX, Orange & Hardin Counties PUMA, TX, Jefferson County (Outside Beaumont City)--Port Arthur City PUMA, TX, Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX, Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Southeast) PUMA, TX, Houston (Southeast), Pasadena (Southeast), La Porte (South) & Seabrook (East) Cities PUMA, TX, Harris County (East)--Deer Park, La Porte (North) Cities & Channelview PUMA, TX, Harris County (East)--Baytown City PUMA, TX, Harris County (Northeast)--Houston City (Far Northeast) PUMA, TX, Galveston County (Central, South & East)--Galveston, Texas City & La Marque Cities PUMA, TX, and Galveston County (Northwest)--League City & Friendswood City PUMA, TX.

United States Texas

Population & Diversity

Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX is home to a population of N/A people, from which 91.2% are citizens. As of N/A, N/A% of Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX residents were born outside of the country (N/A people).

In N/A, there were N/A times more N/A residents (N/A people) in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX than any other race or ethnicity. There were N/A N/A and N/A N/A residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

91.2%

2023 Citizenship

92.5%

2022 Citizenship

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Vietnam
2,539 ± 354
Gulf War (2001-)
2,119 ± 478
Gulf War (1990s)
1,679 ± 388

Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.2 times greater than any other conflict.

Economy

The economy of Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX employs N/A people. The largest industries in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX are Construction (8,344 people), Elementary & secondary schools (3,930 people), and Restaurants & Food Services (2,818 people), and the highest paying industries are Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals ($127,560), Resin, synthetic rubber, & fibers & filaments manufacturing ($115,788), and Electric power generation, transmission & distribution ($113,436).

Employment

Workforce Diversity

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RACE/ETHNICITY

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Women

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Men

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The workforce of Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX in 2020 was N/A people, with N/A% woman, and N/A% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX.

With the upper buttons you can see the distribution of the average salary and add a filter by race.

Occupations

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The most common job groups, by number of people living in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX, are Driver/sales workers & truck drivers (2,154 people), Construction laborers (1,610 people), and Miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors (1,238 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for false.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Texas (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

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The most common employment sectors for those who live in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX, are Construction (8,344 people), Elementary & secondary schools (3,930 people), and Restaurants & Food Services (2,818 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX, though some of these residents may live in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Employment by Industry Sector

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Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during N/A, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall N/A in employment by N/A%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in N/A.

Civics

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing the state of Texas. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Texas is currently represented by 38 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Texas

N/AJohn Cornyn

Senator from Texas

Assumed office on December 2, 2002
Phil Gramm resigned (effective November 30, 2002) a few weeks before the expiration of his term in hopes that his successor, fellow Republican John Cornyn, could gain seniority over other newly elected senators. However, Cornyn did not gain additional seniority due to a 1980 Rules Committee policy.

N/ATed Cruz

Senator from Texas

Assumed office on January 3, 2013

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing Texas.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Texas over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Texas

Texas is currently represented by 38 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Texas have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

Completions

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

Measure

In 2022, NaNk% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while NaNk% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population of Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX in 2022 were High School or Equivalent (36.7k), Some college (25.7k), and Secondary Education (20.5k).

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX was $215,100 in 2023, which is NaNk times the same as the national average of N/A. Between 2022 and 2023 the median property value increased from $196,700 to $215,100, a 9.35% increase. The homeownership rate in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX is N/A%, which is approximately the same as the national average of 65%.

Housing

Property

$215,100

Median Property Value 2023

±$8,897

$37,891

Median Property Taxes

±$1,831

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX the largest share of households pay taxes in the N/A range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Equity

Income by Location

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The following map shows all of the PUMAs in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).

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Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

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Median Household Income

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46.6k

Number of Households

± 2,075

The following chart displays the households in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

Wage Distribution

0.431

2022 Wage GINI in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX

0.437

2021 Wage GINI in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX

In 2022, the income inequality in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX was 0.431 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 1.55% decline from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

In N/A, N/A% of workers in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX N/A, followed by those who N/A (N/A%) and those who N/A (N/A%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

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Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX have a N/A commute time (N/A minutes) than the normal US worker (N/A minutes). Additionally, N/A% of the workforce in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

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Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX have N/A.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

16.1% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX (22.7k out of 141k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of N/A%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 25 - 34, followed by Females 35 - 44 and then Males 45 - 54.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX is White, followed by Hispanic and Other.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Health

N/A% of the population of Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In N/A, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in .

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

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Employer Coverage

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Medicaid

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Medicare

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Non-Group

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Military or VA

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.