North
Houston Region Demographics
The North Houston Association’s geographic boundaries include portions of Harris County , Montgomery County and the City of Houston , and encompasses 1,058 square miles of the Houston Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA) land area. This represents 13.2% of the Houston CMSA’s total land area. The Houston CMSA consists of eight counties with a land area of 8,042 square miles. In land area, the Houston CMSA is the third largest metropolitan area in the country.
The North Houston Association’s service area grew at a substantial rate during the 1990’s, as did the entire eight county CMSA . In 1980, the north Houston area had a population of 473,786 and represented 15.3% of the total CMSA population. By 2000, the population had grown to 845,225. This population represented 19.1% of the total metropolitan area population. It is expected to grow to 960,285 and be 19.9% of the total Houston CMSA by 2005.
Of particular note is the fact that the North Houston Associations population growth from 2000 to 2005 is projected to account for 26.8% of the entire Houston CMSA’s projected growth.