A few tidbits on the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown area from data released yesterday by the American Community Survey. The ACS is an annual survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau that’s separate from — and much more detailed than — the 2010 Census. (It replaces what used to be the Census’s “long form”.)
- Total area population: 5,865,086
- Percentage of population Between 5 and 17 years old: 20.1 (that’s the largest segment)
- Percentage of households that are “nonfamily households” (includes same-sex-couple households with no relatives of the householder present): 28.9
- Average number of people per household: 2.89
- Percentage of people over 15 years of age who are currently married (and not separated): 50.1
- Percentage of population over 25 years of age with a bachelor’s, graduate, or professional degree: 27.9
- Percentage of adult population who are civilian veterans: 7.4
- Percentage of noninstitutionalized population with a disability: 9.0
- Percentage of persons who lived in the same place this year as last: 82.7
- Percentage of population born outside the U.S.: 21.8
- Percentage of workers who drive alone to work: 78.8
Who carpool: 12.1
Who take public transportation: 2.2
Who walk: 1.5
There’s more!
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The efforts of all those local volunteers rushing madly to finish a new home for the Johnson family in South Union were supposed to be featured in last night’s season premiere of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. At least that’s what ABC was saying up until the middle of this month. C’mon, you say that to all your markets, don’t you? But — surprise! — a Baltimore build completed just a couple of weeks ago was featured in the 2-hour special instead. The Houston show, featuring construction work coordinated by HHN Homes and featuring a select group of comedians, has been 
