Regional Demographics
Foreign Born Population Profile - Greater Houston
2013 Houston Metro Area - 1.4 Million Foreign Born
From 2000 through 2013, Houston's immigrant population grew 59%
- nearly twice the national rate.(Migration Policy Institute 2015)
2013 Foreign Born Population
| Harris County | 1,064,000 | |
| Fort Bend County | 163,000 | |
| US Census | ||
| FOREIGN BORN | Harris County | |
| (2010 -2013) | 25% of 4,336,853 | |
| (2008-2012) | 1,084,214 | |
| FOREIGN BORN | Fort Bend County | |
| (2010-2013) | 25% of 632,365 | |
| (2008-2012) | 158,092 |
Spanish Language Immigrant/Refugee Population
2013 Houston Metro Area 865,100
Asian Language Immigrant/Refugee Population
2014 Houston Metro Area 452,764 *
Asian Language Population Demographics - 2010 Census
Harris & Fort Bend Combined TOTALS LANGUAGES
| Asian Indian | 90,113 | Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu |
| Bangladeshi | 2,707 | Bengali |
| Bhutanese | 792 | Dzongkha |
| Burmese | 1,707 | Burmese |
| Cambodian | 4,033 | Khmer |
| Chinese | 67,069 | Cantonese, Mandarin |
| Filipino | 39,492 | Tagalog |
| Hmong | 59 | Mong |
| Indonesian | 2,031 | Indonesian |
| Japanese | 7,001 | Japanese |
| Korean | 16,086 | Korean |
| Laotian | 2,249 | Lao |
| Malaysian | 763 | Malay |
| Nepalese | 1,385 | Nepali, Tamang |
| Pakistani | 30,527 | Urdu |
| Sri Lankan | 760 | Sinhala, Tamil, Malay |
| Taiwanese | 6,754 | Taiwanese |
| Thai | 3,549 | Thai |
| Vietnamese | 102,129 | Vietnamese |
| 2010 | 379,647 | |
| 2013 | 51,117 | + Population Growth Increase |
| TOTAL | 430,764 | * Asian Immigrant Population |
Refugee Populations - Greater Houston
2005-2014REFUGEE ARRIVALS 22,000 *
* (Secondary US migration not calculated)
2014 TOTAL
Asian Immigrant & Refugee 452,764 *
* (Assumed Census Undercount not calculated)
REFUGEE LANGUAGES
Greater Houston Region
| Afghanis | Pashto, Dari |
| Azerbaijanis | Azeri |
| Azerbaijanis | Bantu Maay, Somali, Af-Maay, Zigua, Swahili |
| Bosnian & Serbian | Bosnian, Serbo-Croatian |
| Burundi | Kirundi, Kinyarwanda |
| Congolese | Swahili, Lingala, Kirundi, Kinyardwandan |
| Eritreans | Tigrinya, Kunama, Afar |
| Ethiopians | Oromo, Tigrinya |
| Hmong | Mong |
| Kosovar Albanians | Albanian |
| Kyrgyzstan | Russian, Kyrgyz |
| Malawi | Malawian |
| Mali | French, Bambara, Arabic |
| Mauritanian | Arabic |
| Nepali | Nepali, Tamang |
| Polish | Polish |
| Romanian | Romanian |
| Rwandan | Kinyarwanda Somali |
| Sri Lankan | Sinhala, Tamil, Malay |
| Sudanese | Fur, Massalit, Zaghawa |
| Sudanese | Dinka, Nuer, Zande, Arabic, Bare |
| Syrian | Arabic, French |
| Ugandan | Swahili |
| Zambian Bantu, English |
Houston Airport System
2015 International Travelers: 10.6 Million
- Includes Internationals from global language groups
DATA: US Census, Texas HHS, COH HAS, Alliance Services
COMPILED BY: Houston Language Bank Copyright 2014
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