FIGURE 12: THE DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSFORMATIONS OF HARRIS COUNTY (1960-2008) 4.5 4.0
6.7%
Anglos
Blacks
Hispanics
Asians/Others 6.7%
Population, in Millions
3.5 3.0
39.3%
4.1% 32.9%
2.1%
2.5
22.7% 15.5%
2.0
0.8% 9.9%
1.5 6.0% 19.8%
62.7%
0.5
19.1%
18.2%
54.0%
42.1%
17.9%
20.1%
0.3%
1.0
19.7%
73.9%
36.0%
69.2%
0.0
1960 (1,243,258)
1970 (1,741,912)
1980 (2,409,547)
1990 (2,818,199)
2000 (3,400,578)
2008, est.* (3,984,349)
Source: U.S. Census (www.census.gov); classifications based on Texas State Data Center conventions; total populations are given in parentheses; *from the 2008 Official Population Estimates.