Current HIV/AIDS Statistics
- Number of People Living with HIV
- US – Estimated 1.140,400 (2016 CDC)
- Nationwide 1 in 7 who are HIV+ do not know it (2019 CDC)
- Houston – Estimated 25,831 People Living with HIV
- There were 1,133 new HIV diagnoses in Houston in 2017
- Texas ranks: 15th among all U.S. states for number of cases (10.7 cases per 100,000 population)
- Individuals Living with HIV in Houston:
- 75.8% Male, 24.2% Female | 48.2% Black, 34.8% Hispanic/Latinx, 12.9% White
- 49.7% Black | 28.5% Hispanic/Latinx | 17.8% White
- 12 are Transgender Female to Male | 252 are Transgender Male to Female
- Percentage of those who progress to AIDS diagnoses with 3 months of HIV diagnosis: 17.2% (2017)
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