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Harris County

county in Texas, United States
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Summary

Harris County is a county of Texas[1]. It ranks in the top 0.39% of county of texas entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,631 views/month, #1 of 258).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: GovAI Coalition[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Texas[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Capital: Houston[6]
  • Shares border with: Galveston County[7], Montgomery County[8], Fort Bend County[9], Brazoria County[10], Chambers County[11], Liberty County[12], Waller County[13]
  • Named after: John Richardson Harris[14]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Harris County Precinct 1[15], Harris County Precinct 2[16], Harris County Precinct 3[17], Harris County Precinct 4[18]
  • Child organization or unit: Harris County Toll Road Authority[19]
  • Commons category: Harris County, Texas[20]
  • Inception: 1836[21]
  • Coordinate location: 29.86, -95.39[22]
  • Official website: http://www.co.harris.tx.us[23], https://www.harriscountytx.gov/[24]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Harris County, Texas[25]
  • Population: 4,092,459[26], 4,109,067[27], 4,176,674[28], 4,253,963[29], 4,336,853[30], 4,538,028[31], 4,731,145[32]
  • Topic has template: Template:Harris County, Texas[33]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Harris County, Texas[34]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Harris County, Texas[35]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Harris County, Texas[36]
  • Number of households: 1,842,683[37], 1,598,698[38], 1,635,749[39]
  • Native label: Harris County[40]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C110311[41]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Harris County, Texas[42]
  • Different from: Harris County[43]
  • Area: 4604[44]
  • Water as percent of area: 4.2[45]

Why It Matters

Harris County has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Harris County, Texa
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Harris County, Texas.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidential "
  2. 6w ago · DontCallMeLateForDinner · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Handbook of texas id → hch07, hch91
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Handbook of texas id: hch91, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/61874830|HARRISBURG COUNTY (#61874830)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/1896|Handbook of Texa"
  3. 6w ago · GregMcCollum · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fast id → 1213346
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Fast id: 1213346, add P2163 claim: 1213346"
  4. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → harris-county, harris-county-tex
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: harris-county, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289935440|harris county (#289935440)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  5. 20w ago · Mxn · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → GovAI Coalition
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Member of: GovAI Coalition, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258464|batch #258464]]"
  6. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Obo gazetteer id → 00009746
    Umls cui → C3815553
    Taxonomicon id → 1807897
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
  7. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people who died here → Category:Deaths in Harris County, Texas
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Texas
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Harris County, Texas
    Different from → Harris County
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C110311, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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