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A direction sign in the Museum District
Museum District Red Line station
The Houston Museum District (colloquially just Museum District) is an area of Houston, Texas south of downtown. Near Rice University, the district is anchored by parks, a large zoo and many museums, including a fine arts museum and a science museum notable for its geology and entomology exhibits.
[edit] Demographics
As of the 2000 census, the population of Super Neighborhood #66 Binz Area, which includes the Museum District and some nearby areas, was 3,660.[1]
[edit] Racial Breakdown
| Race |
Binz Data[2] |
% of Area Pop. |
Houston City Data[3] |
| American Indian |
9 |
0.2% |
3,234 |
| Asian |
90 |
2.5% |
102,706 |
| Black |
1,688 |
46.1% |
487,851 |
| Hispanic |
661 |
18.1% |
730,865 |
| Native Hawaiian |
2 |
-% |
680 |
| White |
1,159 |
31.7% |
601,851 |
| Two or More |
51 |
1.4% |
23,830 |
| Other |
- |
-% |
2,614 |
[edit] Age Breakdown
| Age Group |
Binz Data[4] |
% of Area Pop. |
Houston City Data[5] |
| Under 5 Years |
210 |
5.7% |
160,797 |
| 5 - 17 Years |
436 |
11.9% |
375,861 |
| 18 - 65 Years |
2,573 |
70.3% |
1,252,908 |
| 65 and Over |
441 |
12.0% |
164,065 |
[edit] Museums
A railcar at the Museum District station
[edit] Parks and Other Institutions
[edit] Public Transportation
The district is served by the Museum District Station light rail station on the Red Line of the METRORail light rail system. The southbound and northbound platforms are separate from one another.
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