The Changing Face of Houston: Tracking the Economic and Demographic Transformations Through 27 Years of Houston Surveys

Abstract

The Houston region recovered from the collapse of the oil-boom in the 1980s to find itself in the midst of a restructured economy and a demographic revolution. We review the findings from 27 years of the Houston Area Survey (1982-2008) to measure these remarkable transformations and to consider their implications for the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead