Among the nation’s 50 most populous metros, Houston has the fourth largest Hispanic community.
| Hispanic Population | |||
| by Metro Area | |||
| Rank | Area | Percentage | Total |
| 1 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area | 45.1% | 5,959,874 |
| 2 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area | 25.0% | 4,804,046 |
| 3 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area | 46.1% | 2,842,751 |
| 4 | Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area | 38.0% | 2,685,133 |
| 5 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area | 52.1% | 2,422,979 |
| 6 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area | 29.3% | 2,218,929 |
| 7 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area | 22.6% | 2,137,478 |
| 8 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area | 31.3% | 1,548,788 |
| 9 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area | 55.7% | 1,420,885 |
| 10 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area | 34.1% | 1,138,371 |
| 11 | San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area | 21.9% | 1,036,265 |
| 12 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area | 16.3% | 1,023,754 |
| 13 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metro Area | 31.9% | 831,999 |
| 14 | Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX Metro Area | 32.6% | 726,029 |
| 15 | Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metro Area | 31.6% | 716,282 |
| 16 | Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area | 23.3% | 691,367 |
| 17 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area | 11.0% | 662,062 |
| 18 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area | 20.6% | 658,135 |
| 19 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area | 9.9% | 604,141 |
| 20 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area | 11.7% | 570,143 |
| 21 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area | 22.0% | 520,021 |
| 22 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area | 26.1% | 519,562 |
| 23 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area | 10.4% | 413,904 |
| 24 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area | 12.4% | 309,159 |
| 25 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area | 10.6% | 279,510 |
| 26 | Salt Lake City, UT Metro Area | 18.5% | 228,049 |
| 27 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | 13.6% | 220,943 |
| 28 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area | 6.0% | 218,403 |
| 29 | Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area | 9.3% | 200,421 |
| 30 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area | 4.6% | 198,703 |
| 31 | Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area | 13.8% | 194,435 |
| 32 | Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT Metro Area | 15.5% | 186,756 |
| 33 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area | 6.3% | 176,403 |
| 34 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area | 11.1% | 174,845 |
| 35 | Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area | 10.9% | 151,596 |
| 36 | Jacksonville, FL Metro Area | 9.5% | 148,154 |
| 37 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area | 7.6% | 146,973 |
| 38 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area | 7.0% | 145,357 |
| 39 | Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area | 6.2% | 127,004 |
| 40 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | 7.1% | 125,317 |
| 41 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area | 9.0% | 114,348 |
| 42 | Columbus, OH Metro Area | 4.4% | 93,380 |
| 43 | St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area | 3.1% | 86,844 |
| 44 | Richmond, VA Metro Area | 6.6% | 85,197 |
| 45 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area | 5.8% | 78,005 |
| 46 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area | 3.4% | 75,472 |
| 47 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area | 5.3% | 67,119 |
| 48 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | 5.3% | 59,783 |
| 49 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area | 4.5% | 49,070 |
| 50 | Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area | 1.9% | 44,034 |
| Note: Hispanic or Latino refers to an ethnicity, which can be of any race. | |||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2019 American Community Survey | |||
Among the nation’s 50 most populous metros, Houston has the eighth largest Black community.
| Black Population | |||
| by Metro Area | |||
| Rank | Area | Percentage | Total |
| 1 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area | 15.7% | 3,016,941 |
| 2 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area | 34.2% | 2,058,410 |
| 3 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area | 24.9% | 1,563,894 |
| 4 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area | 16.1% | 1,522,717 |
| 5 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area | 20.3% | 1,238,794 |
| 6 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area | 20.0% | 1,233,298 |
| 7 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area | 15.9% | 1,204,129 |
| 8 | Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area | 16.8% | 1,187,112 |
| 9 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area | 21.9% | 945,999 |
| 10 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area | 6.3% | 832,532 |
| 11 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area | 29.3% | 820,416 |
| 12 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area | 47.4% | 637,487 |
| 13 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area | 22.7% | 598,572 |
| 14 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | 30.1% | 531,274 |
| 15 | St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area | 18.0% | 504,256 |
| 16 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area | 34.8% | 442,144 |
| 17 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metro Area | 15.5% | 404,263 |
| 18 | Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area | 19.4% | 397,399 |
| 19 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area | 7.8% | 380,095 |
| 20 | Richmond, VA Metro Area | 29.3% | 378,224 |
| 21 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area | 11.6% | 370,600 |
| 22 | San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area | 7.2% | 340,690 |
| 23 | Columbus, OH Metro Area | 15.8% | 335,319 |
| 24 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area | 30.6% | 333,673 |
| 25 | Jacksonville, FL Metro Area | 21.2% | 330,617 |
| 26 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area | 6.9% | 320,894 |
| 27 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area | 15.3% | 317,709 |
| 28 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area | 8.6% | 313,044 |
| 29 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area | 15.1% | 292,013 |
| 30 | Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area | 19.7% | 273,985 |
| 31 | Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metro Area | 11.9% | 269,739 |
| 32 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area | 5.4% | 267,203 |
| 33 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area | 12.0% | 266,370 |
| 34 | Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area | 12.2% | 262,918 |
| 35 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area | 16.2% | 255,179 |
| 36 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area | 5.9% | 234,811 |
| 37 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area | 15.0% | 189,958 |
| 38 | Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area | 8.1% | 187,726 |
| 39 | Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area | 5.5% | 163,198 |
| 40 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area | 6.3% | 160,710 |
| 41 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area | 6.7% | 158,370 |
| 42 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area | 4.7% | 156,902 |
| 43 | Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX Metro Area | 6.9% | 153,669 |
| 44 | Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area | 10.2% | 143,713 |
| 45 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | 11.9% | 134,230 |
| 46 | Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT Metro Area | 10.5% | 126,512 |
| 47 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | 5.4% | 87,727 |
| 48 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area | 2.8% | 69,810 |
| 49 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area | 2.3% | 45,785 |
| 50 | Salt Lake City, UT Metro Area | 1.8% | 22,189 |
| Note: Hispanic or Latino refers to an ethnicity, which can be of any race. | |||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2019 American Community Survey | |||
Among the nation’s 50 most populous metros, Houston has the ninth largest Asian community.
| Asian Population | |||
| by Metro Area | |||
| Rank | Area | Percentage | Total |
| 1 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area | 11.4% | 2,190,645 |
| 2 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area | 16.1% | 2,127,583 |
| 3 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area | 24.9% | 1,563,894 |
| 4 | San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area | 26.8% | 1,268,123 |
| 5 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area | 36.5% | 726,591 |
| 6 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area | 6.8% | 643,135 |
| 7 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area | 14.5% | 577,078 |
| 8 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area | 7.3% | 552,839 |
| 9 | Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area | 7.8% | 551,159 |
| 10 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area | 8.2% | 399,588 |
| 11 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area | 11.8% | 393,923 |
| 12 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area | 6.1% | 372,248 |
| 13 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area | 6.1% | 367,143 |
| 14 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area | 13.6% | 321,467 |
| 15 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area | 6.9% | 320,894 |
| 16 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area | 6.9% | 251,163 |
| 17 | Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metro Area | 9.8% | 222,138 |
| 18 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area | 4.8% | 207,342 |
| 19 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area | 3.9% | 192,980 |
| 20 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area | 6.9% | 172,032 |
| 21 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area | 5.7% | 159,603 |
| 22 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area | 2.5% | 154,162 |
| 23 | Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX Metro Area | 6.0% | 133,625 |
| 24 | Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area | 4.2% | 124,624 |
| 25 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metro Area | 4.4% | 114,758 |
| 26 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area | 3.4% | 108,624 |
| 27 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area | 3.8% | 100,202 |
| 28 | Columbus, OH Metro Area | 4.5% | 95,502 |
| 29 | Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area | 6.2% | 86,229 |
| 30 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area | 3.7% | 76,832 |
| 31 | St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area | 2.7% | 75,638 |
| 32 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | 3.9% | 68,836 |
| 33 | Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT Metro Area | 5.3% | 63,858 |
| 34 | Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area | 2.9% | 62,497 |
| 35 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area | 2.8% | 62,153 |
| 36 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area | 2.4% | 61,223 |
| 37 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area | 3.8% | 59,857 |
| 38 | Jacksonville, FL Metro Area | 3.7% | 57,702 |
| 39 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area | 2.9% | 56,082 |
| 40 | Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area | 2.4% | 55,622 |
| 41 | Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area | 2.5% | 51,211 |
| 42 | Richmond, VA Metro Area | 3.9% | 50,344 |
| 43 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | 3.0% | 48,737 |
| 44 | Salt Lake City, UT Metro Area | 3.9% | 48,075 |
| 45 | Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area | 3.3% | 46,495 |
| 46 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | 3.3% | 37,223 |
| 47 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area | 2.9% | 36,845 |
| 48 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area | 2.2% | 29,588 |
| 49 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area | 2.2% | 27,861 |
| 50 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area | 1.5% | 16,357 |
| Note: Hispanic or Latino refers to an ethnicity, which can be of any race. | |||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2019 American Community Survey | |||
Among the nation’s 50 most populous metros, Houston has the 12th largest Anglo population.
| Anglo Population | |||
| by Metro Area | |||
| Rank | Area | Percentage | Total |
| 1 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area | 45.1% | 8,666,498 |
| 2 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area | 52.3% | 4,946,464 |
| 3 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area | 29.2% | 3,858,721 |
| 4 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area | 61.0% | 3,722,485 |
| 5 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area | 44.9% | 3,400,338 |
| 6 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area | 69.2% | 3,372,129 |
| 7 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area | 65.9% | 2,846,636 |
| 8 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area | 44.7% | 2,807,472 |
| 9 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area | 45.9% | 2,762,603 |
| 10 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area | 74.6% | 2,715,472 |
| 11 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area | 54.5% | 2,696,771 |
| 12 | Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area | 35.1% | 2,480,215 |
| 13 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area | 61.7% | 2,455,564 |
| 14 | St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area | 73.4% | 2,056,244 |
| 15 | Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area | 84.9% | 1,967,642 |
| 16 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area | 61.4% | 1,961,626 |
| 17 | Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area | 63.5% | 1,884,197 |
| 18 | San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area | 38.6% | 1,826,476 |
| 19 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area | 29.5% | 1,819,114 |
| 20 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area | 72.3% | 1,802,599 |
| 21 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area | 78.9% | 1,751,383 |
| 22 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area | 59.9% | 1,579,493 |
| 23 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area | 55.5% | 1,554,029 |
| 24 | Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area | 72.0% | 1,551,649 |
| 25 | Columbus, OH Metro Area | 71.8% | 1,523,791 |
| 26 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area | 44.8% | 1,495,572 |
| 27 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area | 71.3% | 1,480,567 |
| 28 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area | 30.7% | 1,427,744 |
| 29 | Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area | 69.3% | 1,419,575 |
| 30 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area | 71.4% | 1,380,776 |
| 31 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area | 51.3% | 1,212,593 |
| 32 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | 74.1% | 1,203,812 |
| 33 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metro Area | 45.2% | 1,178,882 |
| 34 | Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX Metro Area | 51.6% | 1,149,175 |
| 35 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area | 65.9% | 1,038,043 |
| 36 | Jacksonville, FL Metro Area | 62.1% | 968,458 |
| 37 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | 54.6% | 963,707 |
| 38 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area | 75.1% | 951,058 |
| 39 | Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metro Area | 41.3% | 936,153 |
| 40 | Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area | 63.6% | 896,092 |
| 41 | Salt Lake City, UT Metro Area | 70.8% | 872,749 |
| 42 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | 76.7% | 865,163 |
| 43 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area | 33.2% | 846,919 |
| 44 | Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area | 60.7% | 844,206 |
| 45 | Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT Metro Area | 65.7% | 791,604 |
| 46 | Richmond, VA Metro Area | 57.0% | 735,794 |
| 47 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area | 61.6% | 671,708 |
| 48 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area | 51.0% | 647,970 |
| 49 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area | 30.5% | 607,151 |
| 50 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area | 42.7% | 574,277 |
| Note: Hispanic or Latino refers to an ethnicity, which can be of any race. Anglo refers to race, White alone, not Hispanic or Latino. | |||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2019 American Community Survey | |||
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