Who is moving to Houston during the pandemic? Really old Hispanic dudes.
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Qale (aka Qale)
Aug 29 '22, 11:57
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Hispanic men between the ages of 70 and 74 had the largest bump in Harris County, jumping 11.4 percent from 15,458 to 17,226 residents in the first year of the pandemic.
The Hispanic population of that age group didn’t have as high of a death rate as other age groups of Hispanics during COVID-19, and they had higher access to insurance.
“Probably these Hispanic people that live with their families were more taken care of because we see in that age group, from 65 to 74, the death rate is higher for the white population – many of that population are also in elderly care facilities," according to University of Houston researcher Maria Paula Perez.
The greatest dip was among non-Hispanic Asian infants four and under. This cohort’s population declined 7.5 percent, going from 10,566 to 9,775.
That decline is likely due to the continuing trend of lower birth rates, according to Perez. She added that it’s families with kids who are more likely to move out of urban areas to the suburbs, so that could also partially account for that population decline.
She also noted that the Asian population in particular tends to be the most risk averse, which could have slowed birth rates even further during the height of the pandemic.
Harris County saw a 0.1 percent decrease in its population during the pandemic, underperforming Texas as a whole. Statewide the population actually increased 1.3 percent.
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