Harris County, Texas Map & Profile
Explore Harris County, Texas with an interactive county map, FIPS code, county seat, population, household income, home value, age, poverty, land area, and population density.
Harris County facts
Boundary and land area: U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb current county geography. Demographic and housing figures: ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates.
About Harris County, Texas
Harris County is centered on Houston and forms the core of the Houston metropolitan area. Its county seat is Houston, and its five-digit county FIPS code is 48201.
This profile combines current Census county geography with consistent ACS 5-year estimates so the figures can be compared with other CountyMapPro county profiles.
Useful Harris County comparisons
For nearby regional comparisons, view Fort Bend County and Montgomery County. You can also compare Harris County directly with another county using the County Comparison Tool.
How to use this county profile
Use the map to understand the county boundary, then review the key statistics for population, income, housing, age, poverty, land area, and density. For a side-by-side comparison, open the County Comparison Tool and choose another county.
Data notes
ACS values are survey estimates and include margins of error. Income and home-value estimates are reported in the ACS release’s inflation-adjusted dollars. County geography can be updated on a different schedule from ACS demographic data.
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