Houston Population
Research Center

The Houston Population Research Center collects and disseminates data to understand social and demographic change in Houston, Texas — the nation’s fourth-largest city and one of its most diverse.

The center provides analytic and methodological support to the Kinder Institute's other research activities to identify solutions to the city’s most pressing problems around housing, health, education, and economic mobility.

Additionally, the population center facilitates the collection and sharing of data to support other research efforts at Rice University focused on socioeconomic disparities and population change.

Initiatives

Kinder Houston Area Survey

Greater Houston Community Panel

Election 2023 Survey

Asian American Community Study

Population Health

Coffee & Quality

Research

Election 2023: Priorities and Concerns of Houston Residents

This report identifies the city's current challenges and opportunities and what issues residents would like to see the next mayor address.

REPORT: September 5, 2023 ELECTIONS AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, GOVERNANCE

Kinder Houston Area Survey: 2023 Results

The 42nd Kinder Houston Area Survey provides a glimpse into how Houstonians are thinking about the economy, affordable housing, inequality, and other critical challenges and issues facing their communities.

REPORT: May 15, 2023 DEMOGRAPHICS, HOUSING, PLACEMAKING

Kinder Houston Area Survey: 2022 Results

The 41st Kinder Houston Area Survey shares Houstonians’ views on the economy, crime, the pandemic and other issues related to the city’s demographic transformations.

REPORT: May 17, 2022 DEMOGRAPHICS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION

Kinder Houston Area Survey: 2021 Results

For the past four decades, Rice University’s Kinder Houston Area Survey (KHAS) has been tracking the changing attitudes and beliefs of Harris County residents. The 2021 survey summarizes the most consequential changes and their implications for public policy initiatives going forward.