{
  "publisher": "ZipNumbers",
  "city": "Houston",
  "state": "TX",
  "state_name": "Texas",
  "county": "Harris County",
  "combined_rate": 8.25,
  "components": [
    {
      "level": "state",
      "name": "Texas state",
      "rate": 6.25
    },
    {
      "level": "city",
      "name": "City of Houston",
      "rate": 1
    },
    {
      "level": "district",
      "name": "Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County",
      "rate": 1
    }
  ],
  "effective_date": "2026-01-01",
  "confidence": "verified",
  "population": 2314157,
  "median_household_income": 62894,
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    "77004",
    "77006",
    "77008",
    "77009",
    "77019",
    "77024",
    "77027",
    "77036",
    "77056",
    "77077",
    "77098"
  ],
  "note": "Texas caps combined local rates at 2%, and Houston uses all of it — 1% city plus 1% METRO — so no additional district can be layered on.",
  "source": "Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts",
  "source_url": "https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/sales/",
  "page_url": "https://zipnumbers.com/sales-tax/texas/houston"
}