City profile · Small City
La Porte, Texas
Verified Oct 19, 2026Who leads La Porte, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Rick Helton
- Role
- Mayor
- Population
- 31,880
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 19, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 19, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcelaportetx.gov/691/Mayor ↗
- Official leadership pagelaportetx.gov/691/Mayor ↗
- City websitelaportetx.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Rick Helton CurrentMayor · added Aug 1, 2026 · verified Oct 19, 2026
- Louis R. Rigby FormerMayor (Ceremonial) · added May 4, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 31,880
- Median household income
- $79,193
- Median age
- 35.9
- Land area
- 18.6 sq mi
- Population density
- 1,714 per sq mi
- County
- Harris County
- Metro area
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
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