Houston
The Houston Metropolitan Area has the 7th largest Black population in the United States with 1,141,697 African Americans making up 17% of the Metropolitan total. Source: Census Bureau 2017 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimate
| Metropolitan Area Data | Black | Total Metro |
| Median household income | $48,991 | $63,802 |
| Family poverty rate | 15.6% | 11.1% |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 26.5% | 32.4% |
| Married-couple family households | 31.9% | 51.6% |
| Homeowner rate | 41.4% | 60.7% |


