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Homeless Demographics

Indicators Texas Bexar County Dallas County Harris County Tarrant County Travis County  Populations Total population 23,904,380[1] 1,594,493[2] 2,366,511[3] 4,070,989[4] 1,717,435[5] 974,365[6] Families 2,929,071[7] 182,561[8] 291,745[9] 494,009[10] 225,255[11] 114,912[12] Children 7,766,922[13] 540,892[14] 776,292[15] 1,316,633[16] 558,599[17] 266,950[18]  Households Average family size 3.41[19] 3.51[20] 3.53[21] 3.51[22] 3.35[23] 3.21[24]  Family Composition One parent (female) 23.55%[25] 28.63%[26] 25.69%[27] 24.55%[28] 24.36%[29] 23.58%[30] One parent (male) 6.84%[31] 6.48%[32] 8.12%[33] 6.87%[34] 6.69%[35] 7.90%[36] Two-parent 69.61%[37] 64.89%[38] 66.19%[39] 68.58%[40] 68.95%[41] 68.52%[42]  Income Median family income $55,742[43] $52,558[44] $51,780[45] $56,961[46] $62,490[47] $69,334[48] Mean family income $75,137[49] $70,200[50] $77,728[51] $82,305[52] $80,570[53] $93,104[54] Fair market rent two-bedroom apartment $781[55] $780[56] $871[57] $852[58] $861[59] $935[60] Income needed to afford two-bedroom apartment $31,241[61] $31,200[62] $34,840[63] $34,080[64] $34,440[65] $37,400[66]  Employment Unemployed 5.85%[67] 5.97%[68] 6.17%[69] 6.21%[70] 5.62%[71] 4.65%[72]  Families Below Poverty Level Total 18.77%[73] 18.52%[74] 20.88%[75] 18.26%[76] 14.31%[77] 14.67%[78] Children under 5 26.69%[79] 25.57%[80] 29.33%[81] 26.27%[82] 21.25%[83] 22.03%[84] Children 5-17 21.24%[85] 22.07%[86] 24.04%[87] 21.49%[88] 15.49%[89] 16.92%[90]  Education No high school diploma 20.88%[91] 18.69%[92] 25.52%[93] 22.91%[94] 16.42%[95] 15.56%[96] High school and above 79.12%[97] 81.31%[98] 74.48%[99] 76.69%[100] 83.58%[101] 84.44%[102] Bachelor’s degree and above 25.16%[103] 24.34%[104] 26.40%[105] 27.33%[106] 28.64%[107] 42.43%[108] High school dropout rate 3.60%[109] n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a  Teen Birth Rate Percent of total births to teens 13.49%[110] 14.27%[111] 13.79%[112] 11.89%[113] 11.73%[114] 10.27%[115] Birth rate ranking 47[116] 497[117] 482[118] 403[119] 391[120] 296[121]