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class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Communities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Communities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Economy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Economy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sports" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sports"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Sports</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Sports-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Sports subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Sports-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Major_professional_teams" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Major_professional_teams"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Major professional teams</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Major_professional_teams-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Minor_league_and_semipro_teams" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Minor_league_and_semipro_teams"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Minor league and semipro teams</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Minor_league_and_semipro_teams-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-College_sports_(Division_I)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#College_sports_(Division_I)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>College sports (Division I)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-College_sports_(Division_I)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Events" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Events"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Events</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Events-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Higher_education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Higher_education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Higher education</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Higher_education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Politics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Politics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Politics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Politics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Politics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Politics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-United_States_Congress" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_States_Congress"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>United States Congress</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_States_Congress-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Texas_Legislature" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Texas_Legislature"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Texas Legislature</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Texas_Legislature-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Texas_Senate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Texas_Senate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2.1</span> <span>Texas Senate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Texas_Senate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Texas_House_of_Representatives" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Texas_House_of_Representatives"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2.2</span> <span>Texas House of Representatives</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Texas_House_of_Representatives-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Culture"> <div 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class="vector-toc-numb">9.3</span> <span>Airports</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Airports-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Intercity_rail" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Intercity_rail"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.4</span> <span>Intercity rail</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Intercity_rail-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Intercity_bus" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Intercity_bus"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.5</span> <span>Intercity bus</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Intercity_bus-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" 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href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86" title="قرئیتر هوستون – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="قرئیتر هوستون" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Houston" title="Greater Houston – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Greater Houston" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolregion_Houston" title="Metropolregion Houston – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Metropolregion Houston" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Houston" title="Gran Houston – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Gran Houston" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B2%D8%B1%DA%AF" title="هیوستون بزرگ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="هیوستون بزرگ" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Houston" title="Grand Houston – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Grand Houston" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B7%B8%EB%A0%88%EC%9D%B4%ED%84%B0%ED%9C%B4%EC%8A%A4%ED%84%B4" title="그레이터휴스턴 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="그레이터휴스턴" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Houston" title="Greater Houston – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Greater Houston" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Houston" title="Greater Houston – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Greater Houston" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%BC_%E0%B4%B9%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%BA" title="ഗ്രേയ്റ്റർ ഹ്യൂസ്റ്റൺ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഗ്രേയ്റ്റർ ഹ്യൂസ്റ്റൺ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0" title="ह्युस्टन महानगरक्षेत्र – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="ह्युस्टन महानगरक्षेत्र" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%92%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3" title="グレーター・ヒューストン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="グレーター・ヒューストン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Houston" title="Greater Houston – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Greater Houston" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a 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class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#C39290; color:black; -webkit-column-break-inside: avoid;"> </span> Houston–Pasadena–The Woodlands <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Statistical_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Statistical Area">MSA</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend" style="text-align:left;"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#156000; color:white; -webkit-column-break-inside: avoid;"> </span> Huntsville <a href="/wiki/%CE%9CSA" class="mw-redirect" title="ΜSA">µSA</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend" style="text-align:left;"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#BD000A; color:white; -webkit-column-break-inside: avoid;"> </span> El Campo µSA</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend" style="text-align:left;"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0003FF; color:white; -webkit-column-break-inside: avoid;"> </span> Bay City µSA</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend" style="text-align:left;"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF9200; color:black; -webkit-column-break-inside: avoid;"> </span> Brenham µSA</div> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" 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inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Sugar_Land,_Texas" title="Sugar Land, Texas">Sugar Land</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Baytown,_Texas" title="Baytown, Texas">Baytown</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Conroe,_Texas" title="Conroe, Texas">Conroe</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Galveston,_Texas" title="Galveston, Texas">Galveston</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Texas_City,_Texas" title="Texas City, Texas">Texas City</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Spring,_Texas" title="Spring, Texas">Spring</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Missouri_City,_Texas" title="Missouri City, Texas">Missouri City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Urban<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">4,299.4 km<sup>2</sup> (1,660.0 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Metro<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">26,061 km<sup>2</sup> (10,062 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">131 m (430 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Lowest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">0 m (0 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2020)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,150.0/km<sup>2</sup> (2,978.5/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">5,853,575(<a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_urban_areas" title="List of United States urban areas">5th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Statistical_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Statistical Area">MSA</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">7,122,240 (<a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_metropolitan_statistical_areas" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States metropolitan statistical areas">5th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Combined_statistical_area" title="Combined statistical area">CSA</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">7,312,270 (<a href="/wiki/Table_of_United_States_Combined_Statistical_Areas" class="mw-redirect" title="Table of United States Combined Statistical Areas">9th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> </th><td class="infobox-data">MSA/CSA = 2020, Urban = 2010</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">GDP<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • MSA</th><td class="infobox-data">$633.2 billion (2022)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-6" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-6">UTC-6</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone_(North_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Time Zone (North America)">CST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-5" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-5">UTC-5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone_(North_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Time Zone (North America)">CDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/North_American_Numbering_Plan" title="North American Numbering Plan">Area codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_code_361" title="Area code 361">361</a>, <a href="/wiki/Area_code_409" title="Area code 409">409</a>, <a href="/wiki/Area_codes_713,_281,_832,_and_346" title="Area codes 713, 281, 832, and 346">713/281/832/346</a>, <a href="/wiki/Area_code_936" title="Area code 936">936</a>, <a href="/wiki/Area_code_979" title="Area code 979">979</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Greater Houston</b>, designated by the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Management_and_Budget" title="Office of Management and Budget">United States Office of Management and Budget</a> as <b>Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_statistical_areas" class="mw-redirect" title="List of metropolitan statistical areas">fifth-most populous</a> <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_statistical_area" title="Metropolitan statistical area">metropolitan statistical area</a> in the United States,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-www.census.gov_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-www.census.gov-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> encompassing nine counties along the Gulf Coast in <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Texas" title="Southeast Texas">Southeast Texas</a>. With a population of 7,510,253 in 2023, Greater Houston is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Texas_metropolitan_areas" title="List of Texas metropolitan areas">second-most populous</a> metropolitan area in Texas after the <a href="/wiki/Dallas%E2%80%93Fort_Worth_metroplex" title="Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex">Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-USCensus04052012_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensus04052012-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The region of approximately 10,000 square miles (26,000 square kilometers) centers on <a href="/wiki/Harris_County,_Texas" title="Harris County, Texas">Harris County</a>, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_the_most_populous_counties_in_the_United_States" title="List of the most populous counties in the United States">third-most populous</a> <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">county in the U.S.</a>, which contains the city of <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>, the economic and cultural center of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">South</a> with a population of more than 2.3 million as of 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Greater Houston is part of the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Triangle" title="Texas Triangle">Texas Triangle</a> <a href="/wiki/Megaregion" class="mw-redirect" title="Megaregion">megaregion</a> along with the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, <a href="/wiki/Greater_Austin" title="Greater Austin">Greater Austin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Greater_San_Antonio" title="Greater San Antonio">Greater San Antonio</a>. Greater Houston also serves as a major anchor and economic hub for the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="Gulf Coast of the United States">Gulf Coast</a>. Its <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Houston" title="Port of Houston">Port of Houston</a> is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_ports_in_the_United_States" title="List of ports in the United States">largest port in the United States</a> and the <a href="/wiki/List_of_busiest_ports_by_cargo_tonnage" title="List of busiest ports by cargo tonnage">16th-largest in the world</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Greater Houston has historically been among the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the United States; it was the fastest-growing in absolute terms during the 2013–2014 census year, adding 156,371 people.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The area grew 25.2%, adding over 950,000 people, between 1990 and 2000 in comparison to a 13.2% increase in the national population over the same period. Between 2000 and 2007, the area added over 910,000 people.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Greater_Houston_Partnership" title="Greater Houston Partnership">Greater Houston Partnership</a> projected the metropolitan area would add between 4.1 and 8.3 million new residents between 2010 and 2050.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Greater Houston has the seventh-highest <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._metropolitan_areas_by_GDP" class="mw-redirect" title="List of U.S. metropolitan areas by GDP">metropolitan-area gross domestic product</a> in the United States, valued at $490 billion in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A major trade center anchored by the Port of Houston, Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land has the highest trade export value of all metropolitan areas, at over $120 billion in 2018, accounting for 42% of the total exports of Texas.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2021, Greater Houston is home to the headquarters of 24 <a href="/wiki/Fortune_500" title="Fortune 500">Fortune 500</a> companies, ranking third among all metropolitan statistical areas.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Greater Houston metropolitan area was ranked the fourth-most diverse metropolitan area in the United States in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Houston&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Houston" title="Geography of Houston">Geography of Houston</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Houston_by_Sentinel-2,_2020-09-30_(small_version).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Houston_by_Sentinel-2%2C_2020-09-30_%28small_version%29.jpg/220px-Houston_by_Sentinel-2%2C_2020-09-30_%28small_version%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Houston_by_Sentinel-2%2C_2020-09-30_%28small_version%29.jpg/330px-Houston_by_Sentinel-2%2C_2020-09-30_%28small_version%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Houston_by_Sentinel-2%2C_2020-09-30_%28small_version%29.jpg/440px-Houston_by_Sentinel-2%2C_2020-09-30_%28small_version%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="10345" data-file-height="10683" /></a><figcaption>Satellite picture of Greater Houston</figcaption></figure> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan statistical area has a total area of 10,062 square miles (26,060 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 8,929 sq mi (23,130 km<sup>2</sup>) are land and 1,133 sq mi (2,930 km<sup>2</sup>) are covered by water. The region is slightly smaller than the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> and slightly larger than <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Management_and_Budget" title="Office of Management and Budget">U.S. Office of Management and Budget</a> combines the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolis with four <a href="/wiki/Micropolitan_statistical_area" title="Micropolitan statistical area">micropolitan statistical areas</a> (<a href="/wiki/Matagorda_County,_Texas" title="Matagorda County, Texas">Bay City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Texas" title="Washington County, Texas">Brenham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wharton_County,_Texas" title="Wharton County, Texas">El Campo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Huntsville,_Texas" title="Huntsville, Texas">Huntsville</a>) to form the Houston–The Woodlands, TX combined statistical area. </p><p>The metropolitan area is located in the Gulf Coastal Plains <a href="/wiki/Biome" title="Biome">biome</a>, and its vegetation is classified as temperate grassland. Much of the urbanized area was built on forested land, marshes, swamp, or <a href="/wiki/Prairie" title="Prairie">prairie</a>, remnants of which can still be seen in surrounding areas. Of particular note is the <a href="/wiki/Katy_Prairie_Conservancy" class="mw-redirect" title="Katy Prairie Conservancy">Katy Prairie</a> to the west, the <a href="/wiki/Big_Thicket" title="Big Thicket">Big Thicket</a> to the northeast, and the <a href="/wiki/Galveston_Bay" title="Galveston Bay">Galveston Bay</a> ecosystem to the south. Additionally, the metropolitan region is crossed by a number of creeks and <a href="/wiki/Bayou" title="Bayou">bayous</a>, which provide essential drainage during rainfall events; some of the most notable waterways include <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bayou" title="Buffalo Bayou">Buffalo Bayou</a> (upon which Houston was founded),<sup id="cite_ref-:3_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/White_Oak_Bayou" title="White Oak Bayou">White Oak Bayou</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brays_Bayou" title="Brays Bayou">Brays Bayou</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spring_Creek_(Harris_County,_Texas)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spring Creek (Harris County, Texas)">Spring Creek</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/San_Jacinto_River_(Texas)" title="San Jacinto River (Texas)">San Jacinto River</a>. The upper <a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">drainage basin</a> of Buffalo Bayou is impounded by two large <a href="/wiki/Flood_control" class="mw-redirect" title="Flood control">flood control</a> reservoirs, <a href="/wiki/Barker_Reservoir" title="Barker Reservoir">Barker Reservoir</a> and <a href="/wiki/Addicks_Reservoir" title="Addicks Reservoir">Addicks Reservoir</a>, which provide a combined 400,000 <a href="/wiki/Acre-foot" title="Acre-foot">acre-feet</a> (490 million <a href="/wiki/Cubic_metre" title="Cubic metre">cubic meters</a>) of storage during large rainfall events and cover a total land area of 26,100 acres (106 km<sup>2</sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Greater Houston's flat topography, susceptibility to high-intensity rainfall events, high level of <a href="/wiki/Impervious_surface" title="Impervious surface">impervious surface</a>, and inadequately-sized natural drainage channels make it particularly susceptible to catastrophic flooding events.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Geology">Geology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Houston&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Underpinning Greater Houston's land surface are unconsolidated <a href="/wiki/Clay" title="Clay">clays</a>, clay <a href="/wiki/Shale" title="Shale">shales</a>, and poorly cemented <a href="/wiki/Sand" title="Sand">sands</a> up to several miles deep. The region's geology developed from stream deposits formed from the erosion of the <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mountains" title="Rocky Mountains">Rocky Mountains</a>. These <a href="/wiki/Sediment" title="Sediment">sediments</a> consist of a series of sands and clays deposited on decaying organic matter that, over time, transformed into oil and natural gas. Beneath these tiers is a water-deposited layer of <a href="/wiki/Halite" title="Halite">halite</a>, a rock salt. The porous layers were compressed over time and forced upward. As it pushed upward, the salt dragged surrounding sediments into dome shapes, often trapping oil and gas that seeped from the surrounding porous sands. This thick, rich soil also provides a good environment for rice farming in suburban outskirts into which the city of Houston continues to grow near <a href="/wiki/Katy,_Texas" title="Katy, Texas">Katy</a>. Evidence of past rice farming is even still evident in developed areas as an abundance of rich, dark, loamy topsoil exists.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Greater Houston region is generally earthquake-free. While the city of Houston contains over 150 to 300 active surface <a href="/wiki/Geologic_fault" class="mw-redirect" title="Geologic fault">faults</a> with an aggregate length of up to 310 miles (500 km),<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the clay below the surface precludes the buildup of friction that produces ground-shaking in earthquakes. These faults generally move at a smooth rate in what is termed "fault creep". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Houston&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Houston" title="Climate of Houston">Climate of Houston</a></div><p>Greater Houston has a <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a> typical of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">Southern United States</a>. It is rainy most of the year. Prevailing winds come from the south and southeast during most of the year, which bring heat and moisture from the nearby Gulf of Mexico and <a href="/wiki/Galveston_Bay_Area" title="Galveston Bay Area">Galveston Bay area</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="List_of_hurricanes">List of hurricanes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Houston&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: List of hurricanes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A number of <a href="/wiki/Tropical_storms" class="mw-redirect" title="Tropical storms">tropical storms</a> and hurricanes have hit the metropolitan area, including: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1900_Galveston_Hurricane" class="mw-redirect" title="1900 Galveston Hurricane">1900 Galveston Hurricane</a>, which devastated Galveston and was the deadliest natural disaster in United States history, killing between 8,000 and 12,000.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Carla" title="Hurricane Carla">Hurricane Carla</a> (1961), which was the most recent Category 4 hurricane to strike Texas until Harvey in 2017.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Alicia" title="Hurricane Alicia">Hurricane Alicia</a> (1983), which struck the area as a Category 3, and was at the time, the costliest Atlantic hurricane.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Allison" title="Tropical Storm Allison">Tropical Storm Allison</a> (2001), until Harvey, which brought the worst flooding in Houston history and was the first tropical storm to be retired.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Rita" title="Hurricane Rita">Hurricane Rita</a> (2005), which triggered one of the largest evacuations in United States history in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Ike" title="Hurricane Ike">Hurricane Ike</a> (2008), which brought devastating storm surge to the coast and wind damage into the city.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Harvey" title="Hurricane Harvey">Hurricane Harvey</a> (2017), which brought devastating flooding that resulted in excess of $100 billion in damages to <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Texas" title="Southeast Texas">Southeast Texas</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Imelda" title="Tropical Storm Imelda">Tropical Storm Imelda</a> (2019) caused widespread flooding around Houston and surrounding areas.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Nicholas" title="Hurricane Nicholas">Hurricane Nicholas</a> (2021), did moderate damage, and brought wind and rain to the area.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Beryl" title="Hurricane Beryl">Hurricane Beryl</a> (2024), brought strong winds and significant rainfall, causing devastating damage in Houston.</li></ul> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Houston (<a href="/wiki/George_Bush_Intercontinental_Airport" title="George Bush Intercontinental Airport">Intercontinental Airport</a>), 1991–2020 normals,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> extremes 1888–present<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85<br />(29) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">96<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95<br />(35) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">99<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #F80000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">107<br />(42) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">105<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">109<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">109<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">99<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89<br />(32) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85<br />(29) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">109<br />(43) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.9<br />(26.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.2<br />(27.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.4<br />(29.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88.6<br />(31.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93.8<br />(34.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF2100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">97.8<br />(36.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF1C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">99.1<br />(37.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF1500; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">101.2<br />(38.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF2300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">97.3<br />(36.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF3700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92.2<br />(33.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84.9<br />(29.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.7<br />(27.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">102.1<br />(38.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFA449; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.8<br />(17.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF942A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.8<br />(19.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.0<br />(23.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.1<br />(26.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86.9<br />(30.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF3700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92.3<br />(33.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF2E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94.5<br />(34.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF2D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94.9<br />(34.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90.4<br />(32.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.8<br />(28.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8205; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.6<br />(22.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9E3E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.3<br />(18.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6400; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">80.5<br />(26.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFCA96; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.8<br />(12.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB77; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.7<br />(14.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFA449; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.8<br />(17.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.0<br />(21.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.4<br />(25.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.0<br />(28.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.1<br />(29.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.2<br />(29.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.5<br />(26.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF850C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.8<br />(22.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA56; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.0<br />(16.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.4<br />(13.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8A16; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">70.5<br />(21.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFF1E3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.7<br />(6.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.6<br />(8.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.6<br />(12.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFB368; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.8<br />(15.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF942A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.8<br />(19.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.7<br />(23.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.7<br />(24.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.4<br />(24.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8A16; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.6<br />(21.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.9<br />(16.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD3A8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.5<br />(10.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFE9D4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.6<br />(7.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">60.5<br />(15.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #D9D9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.5<br />(−2.5) </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.6<br />(−0.2) </td> <td style="background: #EFEFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.0<br />(1.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFF2E6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.4<br />(6.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFCA96; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.8<br />(12.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9934; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.5<br />(19.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8A16; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.5<br />(21.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.0<br />(21.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB973; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.3<br />(14.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFE0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.1<br />(6.7) </td> <td style="background: #EDEDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.2<br />(1.2) </td> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.0<br />(−1.1) </td> <td style="background: #D4D4FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">26.0<br />(−3.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #9595FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5<br />(−15) </td> <td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6<br />(−14) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21<br />(−6) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31<br />(−1) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42<br />(6) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52<br />(11) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62<br />(17) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54<br />(12) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45<br />(7) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29<br />(−2) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19<br />(−7) </td> <td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7<br />(−14) </td> <td style="background: #9595FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">5<br />(−15) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #6FFF6F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.76<br />(96) </td> <td style="background: #84FF84; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.97<br />(75) </td> <td style="background: #7BFF7B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.47<br />(88) </td> <td style="background: #65FF65; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.95<br />(100) </td> <td style="background: #41FF41; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.01<br />(127) </td> <td style="background: #14FF14; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.00<br />(152) </td> <td style="background: #6FFF6F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.77<br />(96) </td> <td style="background: #47FF47; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.84<br />(123) </td> <td style="background: #46FF46; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.71<br />(120) </td> <td style="background: #2FFF2F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.46<br />(139) </td> <td style="background: #68FF68; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.87<br />(98) </td> <td style="background: #67FF67; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.03<br />(102) </td> <td style="background: #58FF58; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">51.84<br />(1,317) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall inches (cm) </th> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1<br />(0.25) </td> <td style="background: #FEFEFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">0.1<br />(0.25) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0 </td> <td style="background: #8787FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8 </td> <td style="background: #9292FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8 </td> <td style="background: #A1A1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.3 </td> <td style="background: #9494FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.6 </td> <td style="background: #7F7FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0 </td> <td style="background: #8E8EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1 </td> <td style="background: #9696FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5 </td> <td style="background: #9393FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4 </td> <td style="background: #9F9FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.7 </td> <td style="background: #9E9EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.6 </td> <td style="background: #8888FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.6 </td> <td style="background: #9191FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">104.4 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.1 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #FEFEFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">0.1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000E0; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74.7 </td> <td style="background: #0000E5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73.4 </td> <td style="background: #0000E7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">72.7 </td> <td style="background: #0000E6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000DF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000E0; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74.6 </td> <td style="background: #0000E1; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74.4 </td> <td style="background: #0000DE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000D8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">76.8 </td> <td style="background: #0000DD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75.4 </td> <td style="background: #0000DB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">76.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000DD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75.5 </td> <td style="background: #0000E0; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">74.7 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Dew_point" title="Dew point">dew point</a> °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFF9F3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41.5<br />(5.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFDF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.2<br />(6.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4A9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.3<br />(10.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB77; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.7<br />(14.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.1<br />(18.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B17; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.3<br />(21.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8409; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.1<br />(22.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF850B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.0<br />(22.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9225; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.5<br />(20.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFB46A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.5<br />(15.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD3A8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.4<br />(10.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.8<br />(7.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB973; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">58.2<br />(14.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #C1C11F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">143.4 </td> <td style="background: #CDCD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">155.0 </td> <td style="background: #D5D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">192.5 </td> <td style="background: #DBDB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">209.8 </td> <td style="background: #E2E200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">249.2 </td> <td style="background: #ECEC06; color:#000000;" class="notheme">281.3 </td> <td style="background: #EDED08; color:#000000;" class="notheme">293.9 </td> <td style="background: #E7E700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">270.5 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">236.5 </td> <td style="background: #DEDE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">228.8 </td> <td style="background: #CECE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">168.3 </td> <td style="background: #C3C311; color:#000000;" class="notheme">148.7 </td> <td style="background: #DBDB00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,577.9 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Percent <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">possible sunshine</a> </th> <td style="background: #F4F41A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF43; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF57; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF78; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF74; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF6C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF6C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53 </td> <td style="background: #F9F926; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF53; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">58 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Ultraviolet_index" title="Ultraviolet index">ultraviolet index</a> </th> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.5 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.0 </td> <td style="background: #F18B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1 </td> <td style="background: #E53210; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">8.6 </td> <td style="background: #E53210; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">9.6 </td> <td style="background: #E53210; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">10.3 </td> <td style="background: #E53210; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">9.9 </td> <td style="background: #E53210; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">9.5 </td> <td style="background: #E53210; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">8.1 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.9 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.2 </td> <td style="background: #F18B00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">7.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: NOAA (relative humidity and dew point 1969–1990, sun 1961–1990)<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_txt_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA_txt-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-noaasun_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-noaasun-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: UV Index Today (1995 to 2022)<sup id="cite_ref-UVIT_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UVIT-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Houston (<a href="/wiki/William_P._Hobby_Airport" title="William P. Hobby Airport">William P. Hobby Airport</a>), 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1941–present </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85<br />(29) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87<br />(31) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">96<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">100<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">105<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #FF0A00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">104<br />(40) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">106<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #F80000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">108<br />(42) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">96<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90<br />(32) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84<br />(29) </td> <td style="background: #F80000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">108<br />(42) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFA74F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.0<br />(17.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B38; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.0<br />(18.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8308; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.4<br />(22.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.8<br />(26.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.4<br />(29.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF3F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90.1<br />(32.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF3700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92.1<br />(33.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92.6<br />(33.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88.4<br />(31.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.2<br />(27.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8308; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.4<br />(22.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.5<br />(18.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">78.9<br />(26.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFEBD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.1<br />(7.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFDEBE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.5<br />(9.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFC892; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.3<br />(12.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.9<br />(16.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9123; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.7<br />(20.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.9<br />(23.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.5<br />(24.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.7<br />(24.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF850C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.7<br />(22.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.1<br />(17.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFC994; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.9<br />(12.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFE5CC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.7<br />(8.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFAC5A; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">61.5<br />(16.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10<br />(−12) </td> <td style="background: #B0B0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14<br />(−10) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22<br />(−6) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36<br />(2) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44<br />(7) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56<br />(13) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64<br />(18) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66<br />(19) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50<br />(10) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33<br />(1) </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25<br />(−4) </td> <td style="background: #A0A0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9<br />(−13) </td> <td style="background: #A0A0FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">9<br />(−13) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #6CFF6C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.87<br />(98) </td> <td style="background: #78FF78; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.21<br />(82) </td> <td style="background: #86FF86; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.20<br />(81) </td> <td style="background: #7FFF7F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.25<br />(83) </td> <td style="background: #4AFF4A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.75<br />(121) </td> <td style="background: #00E800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.10<br />(180) </td> <td style="background: #4FFF4F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.66<br />(118) </td> <td style="background: #3EFF3E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.06<br />(129) </td> <td style="background: #33FF33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.21<br />(132) </td> <td style="background: #1CFF1C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.99<br />(152) </td> <td style="background: #55FF55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.32<br />(110) </td> <td style="background: #67FF67; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.03<br />(102) </td> <td style="background: #4FFF4F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">54.65<br />(1,388) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #8D8DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.2 </td> <td style="background: #8585FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.0 </td> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0 </td> <td style="background: #A4A4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1 </td> <td style="background: #A4A4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.3 </td> <td style="background: #8080FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9 </td> <td style="background: #8E8EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1 </td> <td style="background: #8686FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8 </td> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1 </td> <td style="background: #A1A1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.6 </td> <td style="background: #9292FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5 </td> <td style="background: #8E8EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1 </td> <td style="background: #9292FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">103.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: NOAA<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Metropolitan_communities">Metropolitan communities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Houston&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Metropolitan communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USstcou2010_HOUSTON.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/USstcou2010_HOUSTON.png/220px-USstcou2010_HOUSTON.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/USstcou2010_HOUSTON.png/330px-USstcou2010_HOUSTON.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/USstcou2010_HOUSTON.png/440px-USstcou2010_HOUSTON.png 2x" data-file-width="5996" data-file-height="4455" /></a><figcaption>Location in the U.S. (red)</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Counties">Counties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Houston&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As defined by the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Management_and_Budget" title="Office of Management and Budget">U.S. Office of Management and Budget</a>, the metropolitan area of Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land encompasses nine counties in Southeast Texas. They are listed below: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austin_County,_Texas" title="Austin County, Texas">Austin County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazoria_County,_Texas" title="Brazoria County, Texas">Brazoria County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chambers_County,_Texas" title="Chambers County, Texas">Chambers County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Bend_County,_Texas" title="Fort Bend County, Texas">Fort Bend County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galveston_County,_Texas" title="Galveston County, Texas">Galveston County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harris_County,_Texas" title="Harris County, Texas">Harris County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty_County,_Texas" title="Liberty County, Texas">Liberty County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Texas" title="Montgomery County, Texas">Montgomery County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waller_County,_Texas" title="Waller County, Texas">Waller County</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Communities">Communities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Houston&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Greater_Houston" title="List of cities and towns in Greater Houston">List of cities and towns in Greater Houston</a></div> <p>Eight principal communities are designated within the Greater Houston metropolitan area. The Woodlands is a <a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">census-designated place</a>; the rest are cities. They are listed below: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a> (2,325,502)<sup id="cite_ref-Bureau_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bureau-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Woodlands,_Texas" title="The Woodlands, Texas">The Woodlands</a> (116,278)<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_Land,_Texas" title="Sugar Land, Texas">Sugar Land</a> (118,600)<sup id="cite_ref-Bureau_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bureau-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pasadena,_Texas" title="Pasadena, Texas">Pasadena</a> (154,193)<sup id="cite_ref-Bureau_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bureau-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baytown,_Texas" title="Baytown, Texas">Baytown</a> (77,024)<sup id="cite_ref-Bureau_35-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bureau-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conroe,_Texas" title="Conroe, Texas">Conroe</a> (98,081)<sup id="cite_ref-Bureau_35-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bureau-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galveston,_Texas" title="Galveston, Texas">Galveston</a> (50,457)<sup id="cite_ref-Bureau_35-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bureau-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_City,_Texas" title="Texas City, Texas">Texas City</a> (55,667)</li></ul></div> <p>Other communities: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pearland,_Texas" title="Pearland, Texas">Pearland</a> (122,149)<sup id="cite_ref-Bureau_35-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bureau-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/League_City,_Texas" title="League City, Texas">League City</a> (106,244)<sup id="cite_ref-Bureau_35-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bureau-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spring,_Texas" title="Spring, Texas">Spring</a> (CDP) (62,569)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missouri_City,_Texas" title="Missouri City, Texas">Missouri City</a> (76,500)</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Houston&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical populations Greater Houston</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>63,786</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>115,693</td><td></td><td>81.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>186,667</td><td></td><td>61.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>359,328</td><td></td><td>92.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>528,961</td><td></td><td>47.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>806,701</td><td></td><td>52.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>1,243,158</td><td></td><td>54.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>1,985,031</td><td></td><td>59.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>2,905,353</td><td></td><td>46.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>3,301,937</td><td></td><td>13.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>4,177,646</td><td></td><td>26.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>5,920,416</td><td></td><td>41.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>7,122,240</td><td></td><td>20.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2023 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">7,510,253</td><td></td><td>5.4%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html">U.S. Decennial Census</a><br /><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2011/tables/SUB-EST2011-03-40.csv">2011 estimate</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Texas" title="List of counties in Texas">County</a> </th> <th>2020 census </th> <th>2010 census </th> <th>Change </th> <th>Area </th> <th>Density </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Austin_County,_Texas" title="Austin County, Texas">Austin County</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">30,167 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">28,417 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7000616000000000000♠"></span><span style="color:green">+6.16%</span> </td> <td>646.51 sq mi (1,674.5 km<sup>2</sup>) </td> <td><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7001466613045428531♠"></span>47/sq mi (18/km<sup>2</sup>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Brazoria_County,_Texas" title="Brazoria County, Texas">Brazoria County</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">372,031 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">313,166 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7001188000000000000♠"></span><span style="color:green">+18.80%</span> </td> <td>1,357.70 sq mi (3,516.4 km<sup>2</sup>) </td> <td><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7002274015614642409♠"></span>274/sq mi (106/km<sup>2</sup>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chambers_County,_Texas" title="Chambers County, Texas">Chambers County</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">46,571 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">35,096 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7001327000000000000♠"></span><span style="color:green">+32.70%</span> </td> <td>597.14 sq mi (1,546.6 km<sup>2</sup>) </td> <td><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7001779900860769668♠"></span>78/sq mi (30/km<sup>2</sup>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fort_Bend_County,_Texas" title="Fort Bend County, Texas">Fort Bend County</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">822,779 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">585,375 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7001405600000000000♠"></span><span style="color:green">+40.56%</span> </td> <td>861.48 sq mi (2,231.2 km<sup>2</sup>) </td> <td><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7002955076148024330♠"></span>955/sq mi (369/km<sup>2</sup>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Galveston_County,_Texas" title="Galveston County, Texas">Galveston County</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">350,682 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">291,309 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7001203800000000000♠"></span><span style="color:green">+20.38%</span> </td> <td>378.36 sq mi (979.9 km<sup>2</sup>) </td> <td><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7002926847446875991♠"></span>927/sq mi (358/km<sup>2</sup>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Harris_County,_Texas" title="Harris County, Texas">Harris County</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4,731,145 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4,092,459 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7001156100000000000♠"></span><span style="color:green">+15.61%</span> </td> <td>1,703.48 sq mi (4,412.0 km<sup>2</sup>) </td> <td><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7003277734109000399♠"></span>2,777/sq mi (1,072/km<sup>2</sup>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberty_County,_Texas" title="Liberty County, Texas">Liberty County</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">91,628 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">75,643 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7001211300000000000♠"></span><span style="color:green">+21.13%</span> </td> <td>1,158.42 sq mi (3,000.3 km<sup>2</sup>) </td> <td><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7001790973912743219♠"></span>79/sq mi (31/km<sup>2</sup>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Texas" title="Montgomery County, Texas">Montgomery County</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">620,443 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">455,746 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7001361400000000000♠"></span><span style="color:green">+36.14%</span> </td> <td>1,041.73 sq mi (2,698.1 km<sup>2</sup>) </td> <td><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7002595589068184654♠"></span>596/sq mi (230/km<sup>2</sup>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Waller_County,_Texas" title="Waller County, Texas">Waller County</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">56,794 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">43,205 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7001314500000000000♠"></span><span style="color:green">+31.45%</span> </td> <td>513.43 sq mi (1,329.8 km<sup>2</sup>) </td> <td><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7002110616831895292♠"></span>111/sq mi (43/km<sup>2</sup>) </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="background:#fbfbbb"> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;background-color:#fbfbbb;">7,122,240 </td> <td style="text-align:right;background-color:#fbfbbb;">5,920,416 </td> <td style="text-align:right;background-color:#fbfbbb;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7001203000000000000♠"></span><span style="color:green">+20.30%</span> </td> <td>8,258.25 sq mi (21,388.8 km<sup>2</sup>) </td> <td><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7002862439378803015♠"></span>862/sq mi (333/km<sup>2</sup>) </td></tr></tbody></table><p>Numerically, Greater Houston is the second fastest growing metropolitan area in the U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were a total of 7,122,240 residents within the Greater Houston metropolitan area as of 2020, according to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010, Greater Houston had 5,920,416 residents and in 2000, it had a population of 4,177,646. Another 2010 estimate determined the population increased to 5,920,487.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of the population an estimated 575,000 were undocumented immigrants according to 2014 estimates.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2020, Greater Houston's racial makeup was 41% <a href="/wiki/White_Americans" title="White Americans">White</a> (<a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_White" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic White">non-Hispanic white</a> 34%), 20% <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">Black and African American</a>, 8% <a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> and 3% from <a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">two or more races</a>; additionally, 37% of the metropolitan population were <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic and Latino Americans</a> of any race.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among its metropolitan population, roughly 23.4% were foreign-born. The largest foreign-born population came from <a href="/wiki/Latin_America" title="Latin America">Latin America</a>, followed by Asia, Africa, Europe and other parts of North America. The metropolitan statistical area was classified as one of the largest regions where the three largest minority groups were highly represented.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, its racial makeup had an estimated 35.5% <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Americans" title="Anglo-Americans">Anglo American</a>, 20% Black and African American, 7.6% Asian American and 2.1% other races; approximately 37.6% were Hispanic or Latino American of any race.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nearly one in four Greater Houstonians were foreign-born in 2018 and a quarter of all refugees settled in Texas lived in the region. </p><p>According to the 2019 <a href="/wiki/American_Community_Survey" title="American Community Survey">American Community Survey</a>, the median household income was $69,193 and the per capita income was $35,190. Roughly 13% of the metropolis lived at or below the poverty line.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2011, Greater Houston has four of Texas's 10 wealthiest communities, which include the wealthiest community, <a href="/wiki/Hunters_Creek_Village,_Texas" title="Hunters Creek Village, Texas">Hunters Creek Village</a>, the fourth-wealthiest community, <a href="/wiki/Bunker_Hill_Village,_Texas" title="Bunker Hill Village, Texas">Bunker Hill Village</a>, the fifth-wealthiest community, <a href="/wiki/West_University_Place,_Texas" title="West University Place, Texas">West University Place</a>, and the sixth-wealthiest community, <a href="/wiki/Piney_Point_Village,_Texas" title="Piney Point Village, Texas">Piney Point Village</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St._Mary%27s_Cathedral_Basilica_-_Galveston_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/St._Mary%27s_Cathedral_Basilica_-_Galveston_03.jpg/178px-St._Mary%27s_Cathedral_Basilica_-_Galveston_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="178" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/St._Mary%27s_Cathedral_Basilica_-_Galveston_03.jpg/267px-St._Mary%27s_Cathedral_Basilica_-_Galveston_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/St._Mary%27s_Cathedral_Basilica_-_Galveston_03.jpg/356px-St._Mary%27s_Cathedral_Basilica_-_Galveston_03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3730" data-file-height="4529" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/St._Mary_Cathedral_Basilica_(Galveston,_Texas)" title="St. Mary Cathedral Basilica (Galveston, Texas)">St. Mary's Cathedral (Galveston)</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Greater Houston's religious community is predominantly <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> and the second-largest metropolitan area that identifies with the religion in Texas after Dallas–Fort Worth (73%).<sup id="cite_ref-:2_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, the city of Houston proper ranked the ninth most religious city in the U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Antioch_Missionary_Baptist_Church_Downtown_Houston_(HDR).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Antioch_Missionary_Baptist_Church_Downtown_Houston_%28HDR%29.jpg/220px-Antioch_Missionary_Baptist_Church_Downtown_Houston_%28HDR%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Antioch_Missionary_Baptist_Church_Downtown_Houston_%28HDR%29.jpg/330px-Antioch_Missionary_Baptist_Church_Downtown_Houston_%28HDR%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Antioch_Missionary_Baptist_Church_Downtown_Houston_%28HDR%29.jpg/440px-Antioch_Missionary_Baptist_Church_Downtown_Houston_%28HDR%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6048" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Antioch_Missionary_Baptist_Church" title="Antioch Missionary Baptist Church">Antioch Missionary Baptist Church (Houston)</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Within the Greater Houston metropolitan area, the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> is the largest single Christian denomination as of a 2014 study by the <a href="/wiki/Pew_Research_Center" title="Pew Research Center">Pew Research Center</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Catholics in Houston are primarily served by the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Galveston%E2%80%93Houston" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston–Houston">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston–Houston</a>. Following, the body of <a href="/wiki/Evangelicalism" title="Evangelicalism">Evangelical Protestantism</a> was the second largest according to this study; <a href="/wiki/Baptists" title="Baptists">Baptists</a> dominated the Evangelical Protestant demographic. <a href="/wiki/Mainline_Protestant" title="Mainline Protestant">Mainline Protestantism</a>, led by <a href="/wiki/Methodism" title="Methodism">Methodists</a>, was the third largest Christian group. </p><p>In a separate study by the <a href="/wiki/Association_of_Religion_Data_Archives" title="Association of Religion Data Archives">Association of Religion Data Archives</a> in 2020, the Catholic Church numbered 1,299,901 for the metropolitan area; by 2020, the second-largest single Christian denomination (<a href="/wiki/Southern_Baptists" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Baptists">Southern Baptists</a>) numbered 800,688; following, <a href="/wiki/Nondenominational_Christianity" class="mw-redirect" title="Nondenominational Christianity">non-denominational Protestant churches</a> represented the third-largest Christian cohort at 666,548.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Altogether, however, Baptists of the Southern Baptist Convention, the <a href="/wiki/American_Baptist_Association" title="American Baptist Association">American Baptist Association</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_Baptist_Churches_USA" title="American Baptist Churches USA">American Baptist Churches USA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Full_Gospel_Baptist_Church_Fellowship" title="Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship">Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Baptist_Convention,_USA,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.">National Baptist Convention USA</a> and <a href="/wiki/National_Baptist_Convention_of_America_International,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="National Baptist Convention of America International, Inc.">National Baptist Convention of America</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/National_Missionary_Baptist_Convention_of_America" title="National Missionary Baptist Convention of America">National Missionary Baptist Convention</a> numbered 926,554. Non-denominational Protestants, the <a href="/wiki/Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)" title="Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)">Disciples of Christ</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christian_churches_and_churches_of_Christ" title="Christian churches and churches of Christ">Christian Churches and Churches of Christ</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Churches_of_Christ" title="Churches of Christ">Churches of Christ</a> numbered 723,603 altogether according to the 2020 study. </p><p>Within the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Christianity" title="Eastern Christianity">Eastern Christian</a> tradition, there were 3,617 <a href="/wiki/Coptic_Orthodox_Christian" class="mw-redirect" title="Coptic Orthodox Christian">Coptic Orthodox Christians</a>, 1,746 <a href="/wiki/Eritrean_Orthodox_Tewahedo_Church" title="Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church">Eritrean Orthodox</a> and 850 <a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Orthodox_Tewahedo_Church" title="Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church">Ethiopian Orthodox</a>, 6,209 <a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Archdiocese_of_America" title="Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America">Greek Orthodox</a>, 2,405 <a href="/wiki/Malankara_Orthodox_Syrian_Church" title="Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church">Malankara Orthodox Syrians</a>, 641 <a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Church_in_America" title="Orthodox Church in America">American Orthodox</a>, and 1,058 <a href="/wiki/Serbian_Orthodox_Church_in_North_and_South_America" title="Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America">Serbian Orthodox</a> in the metropolis.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the Pew Research Center's 2014 study, non-Christian religions collectively made up 7% of the religious metropolitan population. The largest non-Christian religion was <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a>. According to the study, 20% of Greater Houston was <a href="/wiki/Irreligion" title="Irreligion">irreligious</a> and 2% were <a href="/wiki/Atheism" title="Atheism">atheist</a>. The Association of Religion Data Archives 2020 study determined there were 7,061 <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Jews" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative Jews">Conservative Jews</a> and 3,050 <a href="/wiki/Orthodox_jews" class="mw-redirect" title="Orthodox jews">Orthodox Jews</a>; there were 11,481 <a href="/wiki/Reform_Jews" class="mw-redirect" title="Reform Jews">Reform Jews</a> throughout the area. There were an estimated 123,256 Muslims, 51,567 <a href="/wiki/Hindus" title="Hindus">Hindus</a> and Yoga practitioners, and 20,281 <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhists</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_47-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Houston&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_in_Houston" title="List of companies in Houston">List of companies in Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land MSA</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Texas_and_USCGC_Manowar,_in_the_Houston_Ship_Channel_-_160803-G-CZ043-121.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/USS_Texas_and_USCGC_Manowar%2C_in_the_Houston_Ship_Channel_-_160803-G-CZ043-121.jpg/220px-USS_Texas_and_USCGC_Manowar%2C_in_the_Houston_Ship_Channel_-_160803-G-CZ043-121.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/USS_Texas_and_USCGC_Manowar%2C_in_the_Houston_Ship_Channel_-_160803-G-CZ043-121.jpg/330px-USS_Texas_and_USCGC_Manowar%2C_in_the_Houston_Ship_Channel_-_160803-G-CZ043-121.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/USS_Texas_and_USCGC_Manowar%2C_in_the_Houston_Ship_Channel_-_160803-G-CZ043-121.jpg/440px-USS_Texas_and_USCGC_Manowar%2C_in_the_Houston_Ship_Channel_-_160803-G-CZ043-121.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2669" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Houston_Ship_Channel" title="Houston Ship Channel">Houston Ship Channel</a>, 2016</figcaption></figure> <p>Among the 10 most populous <a href="/wiki/United_States_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="United States metropolitan area">metropolitan areas</a> in the U.S., Greater Houston ranked first in employment growth rate and second in nominal employment growth.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2006, the Greater Houston metropolitan area ranked first in Texas and third in the U.S. within the category of "Best Places for Business and Careers" by <i><a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Houston–The Woodlands-Sugar Land area's <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._metropolitan_areas_by_GDP" class="mw-redirect" title="List of U.S. metropolitan areas by GDP">gross metropolitan product</a> (GMP) in 2005 was $308.7 billion, up 5.4% from 2004 in constant dollars—slightly larger than Austria's gross domestic product. By 2012, the GMP had risen to $449 billion, the fourth-largest of any metropolitan area in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Only 26 countries other than the United States had a GDP exceeding Greater Houston's GAP.<sup id="cite_ref-imf2011gdp-world-eu_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imf2011gdp-world-eu-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mining, which in the area is almost entirely oil and gas exploration and production, accounted for 11% of Greater Houston's GAP—down from 21% as recently as 1985. The reduced role of oil and gas in Houston's GAP reflects the rapid growth of other sectors—such as engineering services, health services, retail, and <a href="/wiki/Manufacturing" title="Manufacturing">manufacturing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-houston.org_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-houston.org-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The area's economic activity is centered in the <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">city of Houston</a>, the county seat of <a href="/wiki/Harris_County,_Texas" title="Harris County, Texas">Harris County</a>. Houston is second to New York City in <i><a href="/wiki/Fortune_500" title="Fortune 500">Fortune 500</a></i> headquarters. The city has attempted to build a <a href="/wiki/Bank" title="Bank">banking industry</a>, but the companies originally started in Houston have since merged with other companies nationwide. Banking, however, is still vital to the metropolitan region.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Galveston Bay and the Buffalo Bayou together form one of the most important shipping hubs in the world. The <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Houston" title="Port of Houston">Port of Houston</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Texas_City" title="Port of Texas City">Port of Texas City</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Galveston" title="Port of Galveston">Port of Galveston</a> are all major <a href="/wiki/Seaport" class="mw-redirect" title="Seaport">seaports</a> located in this Greater Houston area.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The area is also one of the leading centers of the energy industry, particularly petroleum processing, and many companies have large operations in this region.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The metropolitan area also comprises the largest <a href="/wiki/Petrochemical" title="Petrochemical">petrochemical</a> manufacturing area in the world, including for <a href="/wiki/Synthetic_rubber" title="Synthetic rubber">synthetic rubber</a>, <a href="/wiki/Insecticide" title="Insecticide">insecticides</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Fertilizer" title="Fertilizer">fertilizers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The area is also the world's leading center for building <a href="/wiki/Oilfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Oilfield">oilfield</a> equipment. Greater Houston is also a major center of <a href="/wiki/Biomedical" class="mw-redirect" title="Biomedical">biomedical</a> research, aeronautics, and high technology.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FortBend_379.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/FortBend_379.JPG/220px-FortBend_379.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/FortBend_379.JPG/330px-FortBend_379.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/FortBend_379.JPG/440px-FortBend_379.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a><figcaption>Imperial Sugar offices in Sugar Land, Texas</figcaption></figure> <p>Much of the metro area's success as a petrochemical complex is enabled by its busy man-made <a href="/wiki/Houston_Ship_Channel" title="Houston Ship Channel">Houston Ship Channel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of these economic trades, many residents have moved to the Houston area from other U.S. states, as well as hundreds of countries worldwide. Unlike most places, where high fuel prices are seen as harmful to the economy, they are generally seen as beneficial for Houston, as many are employed in the energy industry. <a href="/wiki/Baytown,_Texas" title="Baytown, Texas">Baytown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pasadena,_Texas" title="Pasadena, Texas">Pasadena</a>, <a href="/wiki/La_Porte,_Texas" title="La Porte, Texas">La Porte</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Texas_City,_Texas" title="Texas City, Texas">Texas City</a> have some of the area's largest petroleum/petrochemical plants, though major operations can be found in Houston, <a href="/wiki/Anahuac,_Texas" title="Anahuac, Texas">Anahuac</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clute,_Texas" title="Clute, Texas">Clute</a>, and other communities. Galveston has the largest cruise-ship terminal in Texas (and the 12th-largest in the world). The island, as well the <a href="/wiki/Clear_Lake_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Clear Lake Area">Clear Lake area</a>, are major recreation and tourism areas in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Houston is home to the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Medical_Center" title="Texas Medical Center">Texas Medical Center</a>—the largest medical center in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Galveston is home to one of only two national biocontainment laboratories in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston_System" title="University of Houston System">University of Houston System</a>'s annual impact on the Houston-area's economy equates to that of a major corporation: $1.1 billion in new funds attracted annually to the Houston area, $3.13 billion in total economic benefit, and 24,000 local jobs generated.<sup id="cite_ref-Economic_Impact_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Economic_Impact-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UH_System_Economic_Impact_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UH_System_Economic_Impact-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is in addition to the 12,500 new graduates the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston_System" title="University of Houston System">UH System</a> produces every year who enter the workforce in Houston and throughout Texas. These degree-holders tend to stay in Houston; after five years, 80.5% of graduates are still living and working in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-UH_System_Economic_Impact_64-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UH_System_Economic_Impact-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sugar Land is home to the second-largest economic activities and fifth-largest city in the metropolitan area. It has the most important economic center in Fort Bend County. The city holds the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Sugar" title="Imperial Sugar">Imperial Sugar</a> (its namesake), Nalco Champion, and Western Airways headquarters. Engineering firms and other related industries have managed to take the place as an economic engine.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Houston&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_professional_teams">Major professional teams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Houston&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Major professional teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Club </th> <th>Sport </th> <th>Founded </th> <th>League </th> <th>Venue </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Mallee_and_Jose_Altuve_May_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/John_Mallee_and_Jose_Altuve_May_2014.jpg/120px-John_Mallee_and_Jose_Altuve_May_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/John_Mallee_and_Jose_Altuve_May_2014.jpg/180px-John_Mallee_and_Jose_Altuve_May_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/John_Mallee_and_Jose_Altuve_May_2014.jpg/240px-John_Mallee_and_Jose_Altuve_May_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3849" data-file-height="2566" /></a></span> <br /><a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a> </td> <td>Baseball </td> <td>1962 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">MLB</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minute_Maid_Park" title="Minute Maid Park">Minute Maid Park</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Harden_(30735342912).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/James_Harden_%2830735342912%29.jpg/120px-James_Harden_%2830735342912%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/James_Harden_%2830735342912%29.jpg/180px-James_Harden_%2830735342912%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/James_Harden_%2830735342912%29.jpg/240px-James_Harden_%2830735342912%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1694" data-file-height="2599" /></a></span> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a> </td> <td>Basketball </td> <td>1967 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toyota_Center_(Houston)" class="mw-redirect" title="Toyota Center (Houston)">Toyota Center</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Andre_Johnson_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Andre_Johnson_2010.jpg/120px-Andre_Johnson_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Andre_Johnson_2010.jpg/180px-Andre_Johnson_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Andre_Johnson_2010.jpg/240px-Andre_Johnson_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2111" data-file-height="2772" /></a></span> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Houston_Texans" title="Houston Texans">Houston Texans</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Football" class="mw-redirect" title="American Football">Football</a> </td> <td>2002 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NRG_Stadium" title="NRG Stadium">NRG Stadium</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Minnesota_United_-_Houston_Dynamo_-_TCF_Bank_Stadium_-_Minneapolis_-_MLS_(39977875910).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Minnesota_United_-_Houston_Dynamo_-_TCF_Bank_Stadium_-_Minneapolis_-_MLS_%2839977875910%29.jpg/120px-Minnesota_United_-_Houston_Dynamo_-_TCF_Bank_Stadium_-_Minneapolis_-_MLS_%2839977875910%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Minnesota_United_-_Houston_Dynamo_-_TCF_Bank_Stadium_-_Minneapolis_-_MLS_%2839977875910%29.jpg/180px-Minnesota_United_-_Houston_Dynamo_-_TCF_Bank_Stadium_-_Minneapolis_-_MLS_%2839977875910%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Minnesota_United_-_Houston_Dynamo_-_TCF_Bank_Stadium_-_Minneapolis_-_MLS_%2839977875910%29.jpg/240px-Minnesota_United_-_Houston_Dynamo_-_TCF_Bank_Stadium_-_Minneapolis_-_MLS_%2839977875910%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3960" data-file-height="2640" /></a></span> <br /><a href="/wiki/Houston_Dynamo" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston Dynamo">Houston Dynamo</a> </td> <td>Men's soccer </td> <td>2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">MLS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBVA_Compass_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="BBVA Compass Stadium">BBVA Compass Stadium</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Allysha_Chapman_-_Defender,_Houston_Dash_(21055004615).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Allysha_Chapman_-_Defender%2C_Houston_Dash_%2821055004615%29.jpg/120px-Allysha_Chapman_-_Defender%2C_Houston_Dash_%2821055004615%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Allysha_Chapman_-_Defender%2C_Houston_Dash_%2821055004615%29.jpg/180px-Allysha_Chapman_-_Defender%2C_Houston_Dash_%2821055004615%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Allysha_Chapman_-_Defender%2C_Houston_Dash_%2821055004615%29.jpg/240px-Allysha_Chapman_-_Defender%2C_Houston_Dash_%2821055004615%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="999" /></a></span> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Houston_Dash" title="Houston Dash">Houston Dash</a> </td> <td>Women's soccer </td> <td>2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Women%27s_Soccer_League" title="National Women's Soccer League">NWSL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBVA_Compass_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="BBVA Compass Stadium">BBVA Compass Stadium</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_SaberCats" title="Houston SaberCats">Houston SaberCats</a> </td> <td>Rugby Union </td> <td>2018 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Rugby" title="Major League Rugby">MLR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aveva_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Aveva Stadium">Aveva Stadium</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minor_league_and_semipro_teams">Minor league and semipro teams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Houston&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Minor league and semipro teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Club </th> <th>Sport </th> <th>Founded </th> <th>League </th> <th>Venue </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Energy" title="Houston Energy">Houston Energy</a> </td> <td>Football </td> <td>2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Professional_Football_League" title="Women's Professional Football League">WPFL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pearland_High_School" title="Pearland High School">The Rig</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Roughnecks_(2020)" title="Houston Roughnecks (2020)">Houston Roughnecks</a> </td> <td>Football </td> <td>2018 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/XFL_(2020)" class="mw-redirect" title="XFL (2020)">XFL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/TDECU_Stadium" title="TDECU Stadium">TDECU Stadium</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Red_Storm" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston Red Storm">Houston Red Storm</a> </td> <td>Basketball </td> <td>2006 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_Association_(2000%E2%80%93present)" title="American Basketball Association (2000–present)">ABA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_H._Reagan_High_School_(Houston,_Texas)" class="mw-redirect" title="John H. Reagan High School (Houston, Texas)">John H. Reagan HS</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sugar_Land_Space_Cowboys" title="Sugar Land Space Cowboys">Sugar Land Space Cowboys</a> </td> <td>Baseball </td> <td>2022 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League" title="Pacific Coast League">Pacific Coast League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Constellation_Field" title="Constellation Field">Constellation Field</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Dutch_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston Dutch Lions">Houston Dutch Lions</a> </td> <td>Soccer </td> <td>2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/USL_Premier_Development_League" class="mw-redirect" title="USL Premier Development League">PDL</a> </td> <td>HDLFC Soccer Complex </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Aces" title="Houston Aces">Houston Aces</a> </td> <td>Women's soccer </td> <td>2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Women%27s_Soccer" title="United Women's Soccer">UWS</a> </td> <td>Carl Lewis Stadium </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Hotshots" title="Houston Hotshots">Houston Hotshots</a> </td> <td>Indoor soccer </td> <td>2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Premier_Arena_Soccer_League" title="Premier Arena Soccer League">PASL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/To_be_determined" class="mw-redirect" title="To be determined">TBD</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Houston Havoc </td> <td>Ultimate </td> <td>2023 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Ultimate_Disc_League" class="mw-redirect" title="American Ultimate Disc League">AUDL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aveva_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Aveva Stadium">Aveva Stadium</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="College_sports_(Division_I)"><span id="College_sports_.28Division_I.29"></span>College sports (Division I)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Houston&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: College sports (Division I)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Greater Houston is home to five <a href="/wiki/Division_I_(NCAA)" class="mw-redirect" title="Division I (NCAA)">NCAA Division I</a> programs, with four located within Houston proper. The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston" title="University of Houston">University of Houston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rice_University" title="Rice University">Rice University</a> play in Division I-A (FBS).<sup id="cite_ref-Deseret_News_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Deseret_News-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The University of Houston plays in the <a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12 Conference</a>, while Rice belongs to the <a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">American Athletic Conference</a>. Both schools were once part of the <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Conference" title="Southwest Conference">Southwest Conference</a>. <a href="/wiki/Texas_Southern_University" title="Texas Southern University">Texas Southern University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Prairie_View_A%26M_University" title="Prairie View A&M University">Prairie View A&M University</a>, which are members of the <a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Athletic_Conference" title="Southwestern Athletic Conference">Southwestern Athletic Conference</a>, plays in Division I-AA (FCS).<sup id="cite_ref-Deseret_News_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Deseret_News-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Houston_Christian_University" title="Houston Christian University">Houston Christian University</a> (formerly Houston Baptist University) currently plays in Division I (FCS), mainly in the <a href="/wiki/Southland_Conference" title="Southland Conference">Southland Conference</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rice and Houston Christian are widely noted for their student-athlete graduation rates, which number at 91% for Rice (tied for highest in the nation according to a 2002 <i><a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a></i> issue on best college sports programs) and 80% for HBU. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>School </th> <th>Founded </th> <th>Nickname </th> <th>Conference </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2019_State_Fair_Classic_32_(Prairie_View_on_offense).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/2019_State_Fair_Classic_32_%28Prairie_View_on_offense%29.jpg/120px-2019_State_Fair_Classic_32_%28Prairie_View_on_offense%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/2019_State_Fair_Classic_32_%28Prairie_View_on_offense%29.jpg/180px-2019_State_Fair_Classic_32_%28Prairie_View_on_offense%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/2019_State_Fair_Classic_32_%28Prairie_View_on_offense%29.jpg/240px-2019_State_Fair_Classic_32_%28Prairie_View_on_offense%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Prairie_View_A%26M_University" title="Prairie View A&M University">Prairie View A&M University</a> </td> <td>1876 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Prairie_View_A%26M_Panthers" class="mw-redirect" title="Prairie View A&M Panthers">Prairie View A&M Panthers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Athletic_Conference" title="Southwestern Athletic Conference">Southwestern Athletic Conference</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:College_football_-_Rice_Owls_vs_Texas_Longhorns.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/College_football_-_Rice_Owls_vs_Texas_Longhorns.jpg/120px-College_football_-_Rice_Owls_vs_Texas_Longhorns.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/College_football_-_Rice_Owls_vs_Texas_Longhorns.jpg/180px-College_football_-_Rice_Owls_vs_Texas_Longhorns.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/College_football_-_Rice_Owls_vs_Texas_Longhorns.jpg/240px-College_football_-_Rice_Owls_vs_Texas_Longhorns.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span> <br /><a href="/wiki/Rice_University" title="Rice University">Rice University</a> </td> <td>1912 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rice_Owls" title="Rice Owls">Rice Owls</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">Conference USA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SouthernvsTSU101919-29_(48969534107).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/SouthernvsTSU101919-29_%2848969534107%29.jpg/120px-SouthernvsTSU101919-29_%2848969534107%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/SouthernvsTSU101919-29_%2848969534107%29.jpg/180px-SouthernvsTSU101919-29_%2848969534107%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/SouthernvsTSU101919-29_%2848969534107%29.jpg/240px-SouthernvsTSU101919-29_%2848969534107%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3984" data-file-height="2656" /></a></span> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Texas_Southern_University" title="Texas Southern University">Texas Southern University</a> </td> <td>1927 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Texas_Southern_Tigers" title="Texas Southern Tigers">Texas Southern Tigers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Athletic_Conference" title="Southwestern Athletic Conference">Southwestern Athletic Conference</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Grant_Stuard_-_Houston_Cougars_football_vs._Cincinnati_Bearcats.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Grant_Stuard_-_Houston_Cougars_football_vs._Cincinnati_Bearcats.jpg/120px-Grant_Stuard_-_Houston_Cougars_football_vs._Cincinnati_Bearcats.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Grant_Stuard_-_Houston_Cougars_football_vs._Cincinnati_Bearcats.jpg/180px-Grant_Stuard_-_Houston_Cougars_football_vs._Cincinnati_Bearcats.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Grant_Stuard_-_Houston_Cougars_football_vs._Cincinnati_Bearcats.jpg/240px-Grant_Stuard_-_Houston_Cougars_football_vs._Cincinnati_Bearcats.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4262" data-file-height="3407" /></a></span> <br /> <a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston" title="University of Houston">University of Houston</a> </td> <td>1927 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Cougars" title="Houston Cougars">Houston Cougars</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12 Conference</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HBU_Basketball_CIMG8372.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/HBU_Basketball_CIMG8372.JPG/120px-HBU_Basketball_CIMG8372.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/HBU_Basketball_CIMG8372.JPG/180px-HBU_Basketball_CIMG8372.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/HBU_Basketball_CIMG8372.JPG/240px-HBU_Basketball_CIMG8372.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span> <br /><a href="/wiki/Houston_Christian_University" title="Houston Christian University">Houston Christian University</a> </td> <td>1960 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Christian_Huskies" title="Houston Christian Huskies">Houston Christian Huskies</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southland_Conference" title="Southland Conference">Southland Conference</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Events">Events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Houston&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Houston is or has been home to various nationally known sporting events. The most notable is the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Livestock_Show_and_Rodeo" title="Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo">Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo</a>, which is the world's largest <a href="/wiki/Livestock" title="Livestock">livestock exhibition</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rodeo" title="Rodeo">rodeo</a> event. Other events of importance on greater Houston include the <a href="/wiki/Shell_Houston_Open" class="mw-redirect" title="Shell Houston Open">Shell Houston Open</a> (a <a href="/wiki/PGA_Tour" title="PGA Tour">PGA Tour</a> event), the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Men%27s_Clay_Court_Championships" title="U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships">U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships</a> (<a href="/wiki/ATP_tour" class="mw-redirect" title="ATP tour">ATP tour</a>), the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Marathon" title="Houston Marathon">Houston Marathon</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Bowl" title="Texas Bowl">Texas Bowl</a> college football bowl game. From 1959 to 1987, Houston hosted the <a href="/wiki/Bluebonnet_Bowl" title="Bluebonnet Bowl">Bluebonnet Bowl</a>. Houston has also played host to three <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowls</a> (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_VIII" title="Super Bowl VIII">VIII</a>, <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXVIII" title="Super Bowl XXXVIII">XXXVIII</a>, <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_LI" title="Super Bowl LI">LI</a>), the 1968, 1986, and <a href="/wiki/2004_MLB_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 MLB All-Star Game">2004 MLB All-Star Games</a>, the 2022, 2021, 2019, 2017, 2005 World Series, and the 1989, 2006, 2013 <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Game" title="NBA All-Star Game">NBA All-Star Games</a>. Houston has also played host to various high school and college sporting events, including the <a href="/wiki/Big_12_Football_Championship_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="Big 12 Football Championship Game">Big 12 Championship Game</a> and hosted the <a href="/wiki/2011_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament">2011 NCAA Men's Final Four</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament">2010 NCAA Men's Regional Finals</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2010_MLS_All-Star_Game" title="2010 MLS All-Star Game">2010 MLS All-Star Game</a>. Houston has held two <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania" title="WrestleMania">WrestleMania</a> events, <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_X-Seven" title="WrestleMania X-Seven">WrestleMania X-Seven</a> and <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_XXV" class="mw-redirect" title="WrestleMania XXV">WrestleMania XXV</a>, which is considered the biggest pro-wrestling event of the year, seen as the Super Bowl of pro-wrestling. Houston was also considered a candidate for the <a href="/wiki/2012_Olympic_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Olympic Games">2012</a> and <a href="/wiki/2016_Olympic_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 Olympic Games">2016 Olympic Games</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Higher_education">Higher education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Houston&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Higher education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Houston" title="List of colleges and universities in Houston">List of colleges and universities in Houston</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ezekiel_W._Cullen_Building,_University_of_Houston_in_2012.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Ezekiel_W._Cullen_Building%2C_University_of_Houston_in_2012.JPG/220px-Ezekiel_W._Cullen_Building%2C_University_of_Houston_in_2012.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Ezekiel_W._Cullen_Building%2C_University_of_Houston_in_2012.JPG/330px-Ezekiel_W._Cullen_Building%2C_University_of_Houston_in_2012.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Ezekiel_W._Cullen_Building%2C_University_of_Houston_in_2012.JPG/440px-Ezekiel_W._Cullen_Building%2C_University_of_Houston_in_2012.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston" title="University of Houston">University of Houston</a></figcaption></figure><p>Five separate and distinct state universities are located within the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston" title="University of Houston">University of Houston</a> is a nationally recognized Tier One research university, and is the flagship institution of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston_System" title="University of Houston System">University of Houston System</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Tier_One_Research_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tier_One_Research-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tier_One_Research_2_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tier_One_Research_2-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tier_One_Research_3_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tier_One_Research_3-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The third-largest university in Texas, the University of Houston has nearly 43,000 students on its 667-acre campus in southeast Houston.<sup id="cite_ref-State_of_the_University:_Fall_2011_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-State_of_the_University:_Fall_2011-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston%E2%80%93Clear_Lake" title="University of Houston–Clear Lake">University of Houston–Clear Lake</a> and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston%E2%80%93Downtown" title="University of Houston–Downtown">University of Houston–Downtown</a> are standalone universities; they are not branch campuses of the University of Houston. The metropolitan area is home to the two largest historically black institutions in the state: <a href="/wiki/Texas_Southern_University" title="Texas Southern University">Texas Southern University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Prairie_View_A%26M_University" title="Prairie View A&M University">Prairie View A&M University</a>. The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_Medical_Branch" title="University of Texas Medical Branch">University of Texas Medical Branch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_University_at_Galveston" title="Texas A&M University at Galveston">Texas A&M University at Galveston</a>, a branch campus of <a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_University" title="Texas A&M University">Texas A&M University</a>, are located in Galveston. </p><p>Several private institutions of higher learning—ranging from liberal arts colleges to a nationally recognized Tier One research university—are located within the metropolitan area. The <a href="/wiki/University_of_St._Thomas_(Texas)" title="University of St. Thomas (Texas)">University of St. Thomas</a> is the only Catholic institution of <a href="/wiki/Higher_education" class="mw-redirect" title="Higher education">higher education</a> in Houston. <a href="/wiki/Houston_Christian_University" title="Houston Christian University">Houston Christian University</a>, located in the Sharpstown area, was founded in 1960. <a href="/wiki/Rice_University" title="Rice University">Rice University</a> is one of the leading teaching and research universities of the United States and consistently ranks among the nation's top 20 universities by <i>U.S. News & World Report</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Three community college districts exist with campuses in and around Houston. The <a href="/wiki/Houston_Community_College_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston Community College System">Houston Community College System</a> serves most of Houston. The northwestern through northeastern parts of the metropolitan area are served by various campuses of the <a href="/wiki/Lone_Star_College_System" title="Lone Star College System">Lone Star College System</a>, while the southeastern portion of the city and some surrounding areas are served by <a href="/wiki/San_Jacinto_College" title="San Jacinto College">San Jacinto College</a>. </p><p>Eastern portions of the area and small sections of the city are served by <a href="/wiki/Lee_College" title="Lee College">Lee College</a>. Portions of Fort Bend County are served by <a href="/wiki/Wharton_County_Junior_College" title="Wharton County Junior College">Wharton County Junior College</a>. Portions of Galveston County are served by <a href="/wiki/College_of_the_Mainland" title="College of the Mainland">College of the Mainland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Galveston_College" title="Galveston College">Galveston College</a>. Portions of Brazoria County are served by <a href="/wiki/Alvin_Community_College" title="Alvin Community College">Alvin Community College</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brazosport_College" title="Brazosport College">Brazosport College</a>. <a href="/wiki/Blinn_College" title="Blinn College">Blinn College</a> serves portions of Austin County. The Houston Community College and Lone Star College systems are within the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_colleges_and_universities_by_enrollment#US_Department_of_Education_Ranking" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States colleges and universities by enrollment">10 largest institutions of higher learning</a> in the United States. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Houston&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2021</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Politically, the Greater Houston area has historically been divided between areas of strength of the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> and <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> parties.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Democrats are also stronger in the more liberal <a href="/wiki/Neartown_Houston" title="Neartown Houston">Neartown</a> area, which is home to a large artist and <a href="/wiki/LGBT" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT">LGBT</a> community, and <a href="/wiki/Alief,_Houston" title="Alief, Houston">Alief</a>, which houses a sizable Asian American population. In 2008, almost every county in the region voted for Republican <a href="/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain">John McCain</a>; only <a href="/wiki/Harris_County,_Texas" title="Harris County, Texas">Harris County</a> was won by Democratic candidate <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>, by a small margin (51%–49%).<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Galveston has long been a staunch Democratic stronghold, with the most active Democratic county establishment in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States_Congress">United States Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Houston&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: United States Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Senators</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Name</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Party</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>First elected</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Level</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>Senate Class 1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ted_Cruz" title="Ted Cruz">Ted Cruz</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2012 </td> <td>Junior Senator </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>Senate Class 2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Cornyn" title="John Cornyn">John Cornyn</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2002 </td> <td>Senior Senator </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Representatives</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Name</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Party</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>First elected</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Area(s) of Greater Houston represented</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>District 2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dan_Crenshaw" title="Dan Crenshaw">Dan Crenshaw</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2018 </td> <td>Kingwood portion of Houston, Spring, northeast Harris County (including Baytown, Humble and La Porte), western and southern Liberty County </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>District 7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lizzie_Pannill_Fletcher" class="mw-redirect" title="Lizzie Pannill Fletcher">Lizzie Pannill Fletcher</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>2018 </td> <td>West Houston, Memorial Villages, Bellaire, West University Place, west and northwest Harris County </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>District 8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Luttrell" title="Morgan Luttrell">Morgan Luttrell</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2022 </td> <td>Polk and San Jacinto counties; northern Montgomery County; southern Walker County; western Harris County </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>District 9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Al_Green_(politician)" title="Al Green (politician)">Al Green</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>2004 </td> <td>Alief, Southwest Houston, Houston's Southside, portions of Fort Bend County (Mission Bend, eastern portion of Stafford, northern and eastern portions of Missouri City, county's entire share of Houston) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>District 10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_McCaul" title="Michael McCaul">Michael McCaul</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2004 </td> <td>Northwest Harris County; Austin and Waller counties; most of the Greater Katy area </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>District 18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Jackson_Lee" title="Sheila Jackson Lee">Sheila Jackson Lee</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>1994 </td> <td>Downtown Houston, Bush IAH, northwest and northeast Houston, inner portions of Houston's Southside </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>District 22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Troy_Nehls" title="Troy Nehls">Troy Nehls</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2020 </td> <td>most of Fort Bend County (Sugar Land, Rosenberg, the southern portion of Greater Katy, plus western and southern portions of Missouri City), northern Brazoria County (including Pearland), portions of Galveston County (La Marque), southern and central Pasadena, Deer Park, parts of Clear Lake City </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>District 29 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Garcia" title="Sylvia Garcia">Sylvia Garcia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>2018 </td> <td>East Houston, northern Pasadena, Galena Park, Channelview (all Harris County) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>District 36 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Babin" title="Brian Babin">Brian Babin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2014 </td> <td>Southeastern and eastern parts of Harris County (including the <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson_Space_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center">Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Texas_Legislature">Texas Legislature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Houston&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Texas Legislature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Texas_Senate">Texas Senate</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Houston&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Texas Senate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>District</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Name</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Party</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>First elected</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Area(s) of Greater Houston represented</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Nichols_(Texas_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Nichols (Texas politician)">Robert Nichols</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2006 </td> <td>Northern and western Montgomery County (including Conroe), San Jacinto County </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Creighton" title="Brandon Creighton">Brandon Creighton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2014 </td> <td>Southern Montgomery County (including The Woodlands), Kingwood, Liberty County, Chambers County, far eastern portions of Baytown </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carol_Alvarado" title="Carol Alvarado">Carol Alvarado</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>2018 </td> <td>Houston Ship Channel, eastern portions of Houston, Jacinto City, Galena Park, northern Pasadena, western portion of Baytown </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Bettencourt" title="Paul Bettencourt">Paul Bettencourt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2015 </td> <td>Memorial Villages, Memorial/Spring Branch area, Addicks Reservoir, Northwest Harris County </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Larry_Taylor_(politician)" title="Larry Taylor (politician)">Larry Taylor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2013 </td> <td>Northern and central Brazoria County, southeastern portions of Houston and Harris County, the Galveston County mainland, and all areas roughly north of <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_87" title="Texas State Highway 87">SH 87</a> on Galveston Island. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>13 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Borris_Miles" title="Borris Miles">Borris Miles</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>2017 </td> <td>Downtown Houston, Texas Medical Center, southwest and northeast Houston, Houston's Southside, northern portions of Missouri City, Stafford </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>15 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Whitmire" title="John Whitmire">John Whitmire</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>1983 </td> <td>Northwest Houston, Bush IAH, southern portion of Humble, eastern Harris County </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>17 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joan_Huffman" title="Joan Huffman">Joan Huffman</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2008 </td> <td>Meyerland, Bellaire, West University Place, much of Katy area, far west Houston, Barker Reservoir, portions of Fort Bend County (Sugar Land and southern Missouri City) southern Brazoria County, the area of Galveston Island south of <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_87" title="Texas State Highway 87">SH 87</a>, entire Bolivar Peninsula, and Port Arthur. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lois_Kolkhorst" title="Lois Kolkhorst">Lois Kolkhorst</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2015 </td> <td>Austin, Waller and Wharton counties; western Fort Bend County </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Texas_House_of_Representatives">Texas House of Representatives</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Houston&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Texas House of Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>District</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Name</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Party</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>First elected</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Area(s) of Greater Houston represented</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cecil_Bell_Jr." title="Cecil Bell Jr.">Cecil Bell Jr.</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2013 </td> <td>Waller County, Montgomery County </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>13 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leighton_Schubert&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leighton Schubert (page does not exist)">Leighton Schubert</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2015 </td> <td>Austin County </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>15 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Keough" title="Mark Keough">Mark Keough</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2014 </td> <td>The Woodlands, southern Montgomery County </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>16 </td> <td>Will Metcalf </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2015 </td> <td>Northern and central Montgomery County (including Conroe) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Bailes" title="Ernest Bailes">Ernest Bailes</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2017 </td> <td>San Jacinto County, Liberty County, Walker County </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>23 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Faircloth" title="Wayne Faircloth">Wayne Faircloth</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2015 </td> <td>Galveston, Texas City, Bolivar Peninsula, Chambers County </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>24 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greg_Bonnen" title="Greg Bonnen">Greg Bonnen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2013 </td> <td>Hitchcock, La Marque, Santa Fe, Dickinson, League City, Friendswood (all in Galveston County) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>25 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Bonnen" title="Dennis Bonnen">Dennis Bonnen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>1996 </td> <td>Southern Brazoria County (Lake Jackson, Angleton, Freeport) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>26 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rick_Miller_(Texas_politician)" title="Rick Miller (Texas politician)">Rick Miller</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2013 </td> <td>Sugar Land </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>126 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Roberts_(politician)" title="Kevin Roberts (politician)">Kevin Roberts</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2017 </td> <td>Champions/FM 1960 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>127 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dan_Huberty" title="Dan Huberty">Dan Huberty</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2011 </td> <td>Kingwood, Lake Houston, Crosby, Wallisville </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>128 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Briscoe_Cain" title="Briscoe Cain">Briscoe Cain</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2017 </td> <td>East Harris County (Baytown, Deer Park, La Porte) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>129 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Paul" title="Dennis Paul">Dennis Paul</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2015 </td> <td>Southeast Harris County (Clear Lake City Area, NASA Johnson Space Center) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>130 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Oliverson" title="Tom Oliverson">Tom Oliverson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2017 </td> <td>Northwest Harris County (including Tomball and Cypress-Fairbanks areas) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>131 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alma_A._Allen" class="mw-redirect" title="Alma A. Allen">Alma Allen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>2004 </td> <td>Outer portions of Houston's Southside </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>132 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Schofield" title="Mike Schofield">Mike Schofield</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2015 </td> <td>West Harris County (including county's share of Katy and unincorporated western parts of the Katy area) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>133 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Murphy_(Texas_politician)" title="Jim Murphy (Texas politician)">Jim Murphy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2006 </td> <td>West Houston, western portion of Memorial/Spring Branch, part of the Energy Corridor </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>134 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ann_Johnson_(politician)" title="Ann Johnson (politician)">Ann Johnson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>2020 </td> <td>Inner western portions of Houston (including Meyerland, River Oaks and Memorial Park), Texas Medical Center, West University Place, Bellaire, Southside Place </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>135 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gary_Elkins_(politician)" title="Gary Elkins (politician)">Gary Elkins</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>1994 </td> <td>Parts of northwest Harris County (including Jersey Village) and southeastern segments of the Champions/FM 1960 area </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>136 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Beverly_Woolley" title="Beverly Woolley">Beverly Woolley</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>1994 </td> <td>Memorial Villages and surrounding areas </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>137 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gene_Wu" title="Gene Wu">Gene Wu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>2013 </td> <td>Southwest Houston (including Sharpstown, Westwood and Fondren Southwest) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>138 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dwayne_Bohac" title="Dwayne Bohac">Dwayne Bohac</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2002 </td> <td>Northwest Houston and parts of the Memorial/Spring Branch area north of I-10, Addicks Reservoir </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>139 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jarvis_Johnson" title="Jarvis Johnson">Jarvis Johnson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>2016 </td> <td>North Houston and Aldine west of I-45 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>140 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Armando_Walle" title="Armando Walle">Armando Walle</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>2008 </td> <td>North Houston and Aldine east of I-45 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>141 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Senfronia_Thompson" title="Senfronia Thompson">Senfronia Thompson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>1972 </td> <td>Northeast Houston, Bush IAH, Greenspoint, southern portion of Humble </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>143 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ana_Hernandez" title="Ana Hernandez">Ana Hernandez</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>2005 (special election filling the unexpired term of Joe Moreno) </td> <td>East Houston within Loop 610, Houston Ship Channel, Galena Park, Jacinto City, northern Pasadena </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;"> ; </td> <td>144 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mary_Ann_Perez" title="Mary Ann Perez">Mary Ann Perez</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>2017 </td> <td>Southern Pasadena, far southeast Houston </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>145 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carol_Alvarado" title="Carol Alvarado">Carol Alvarado</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>2009 </td> <td>Inner southeastern portions of Houston (mainly east of I-45), South Houston (not part of the city of Houston) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>146 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shawn_Thierry" title="Shawn Thierry">Shawn Thierry</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>2017 </td> <td>Inner portions of Houston's Southside </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>147 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Garnet_Coleman" title="Garnet Coleman">Garnet Coleman</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>1991 (special election filling the unexpired term of Larry Evans) </td> <td>Downtown Houston, inner southeastern portions of Houston (mainly west of I-45) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>148 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Farrar" title="Jessica Farrar">Jessica Farrar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>1994 </td> <td>Northwest Houston mainly within Loop 610 (including Houston Heights) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>149 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hubert_Vo" title="Hubert Vo">Hubert Vo</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>2004 </td> <td>Far west Houston, Alief, unincorporated portions of Katy area east of Fry Rd, Barker Reservoir </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>150 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Valoree_Swanson" title="Valoree Swanson">Valoree Swanson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2017 </td> <td>Northern Harris County (Spring, Klein, northern Humble) </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;"> <caption><b>Presidential election results</b> </caption> <tbody><tr style="background:lightgrey;"> <th>Year </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">DEM</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">GOP</a> </th> <th>Others </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_2020" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 2020">2020</a></b> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>49.8%</b> <i>1,330,116</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">48.8% <i>1,302,436</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE">1.4% <i>36,931</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_2016" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 2016">2016</a></b> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">47.4% <i>991,171</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>48.4%</b> <i>1,012,507</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE">4.3% <i>89,327</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_2012" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 2012">2012</a></b> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">43.6% <i>811,798</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>55.2%</b> <i>1,027,708</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE">1.3% <i>23,530</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 2008">2008</a></b> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">45.6% <i>823,491</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>53.6%</b> <i>967,233</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE">0.7% <i>13,508</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_2004" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 2004">2004</a></b> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">41.0% <i>664,498</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>58.4%</b> <i>947,144</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE">0.7% <i>10,635</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_2000" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 2000">2000</a></b> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">40.0% <i>571,677</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>57.4%</b> <i>818,742</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE">2.6% <i>37,095</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 1996">1996</a></b> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">43.2% <i>524,035</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>50.6%</b> <i>614,174</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE">6.2% <i>75,696</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1992" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 1992">1992</a></b> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.9% <i>485,614</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>43.1%</b> <i>566,917</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE">19.9% <i>261,767</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1988" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 1988">1988</a></b> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">41.9% <i>464,661</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>57.2%</b> <i>633,685</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE">0.9% <i>10,405</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1984" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 1984">1984</a></b> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">37.5% <i>435,551</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>62.2%</b> <i>721,871</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE">0.3% <i>3,141</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1980" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 1980">1980</a></b> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">38.5% <i>361,817</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>57.6%</b> <i>541,762</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE">3.9% <i>37,116</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1976" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 1976">1976</a></b> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">48.1% <i>421,617</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>51.0%</b> <i>446,420</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE">0.9% <i>7,603</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1972" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 1972">1972</a></b> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.6% <i>265,828</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>62.9%</b> <i>457,043</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE">0.5% <i>3,466</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1968" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 1968">1968</a></b> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">39.4% <i>236,209</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>40.8%</b> <i>244,601</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE">19.8% <i>118,699</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1964" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 1964">1964</a></b> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>61.1%</b> <i>297,393</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">38.7% <i>188,335</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE">0.2% <i>1,099</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1960" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 1960">1960</a></b> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">47.5% <i>198,877</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>50.1%</b> <i>209,747</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE">2.4% <i>10,122</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Houston&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Houston's concentration of consular offices ranks third in the nation and first in the South, with 90 countries represented.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city of Houston is considered a major center of <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">Black and African American</a> political power, education, economic prosperity, and culture, often called the new <a href="/wiki/Black_mecca" title="Black mecca">black mecca</a> after <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Haleyp4122_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Haleyp4122-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Houston and its metropolitan area also has a sizable Hispanic and Latin American community.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/CNN_Business" title="CNN Business">CNN/Money</a> and <i><a href="/wiki/Money_(magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Money (magazine)">Money</a></i> magazine have recognized cities in the Greater Houston area the past three years as part of its "100 Best Places to Live in the United States". In 2005, Sugar Land, southwest of Houston in northeast Fort Bend County, was ranked 46th in the nation, and one of only three Texas cities among the Top 100. In 2006, the magazine recognized Sugar Land again, this time as the third-best city on its list.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also making the 2006 list were <a href="/wiki/League_City,_Texas" title="League City, Texas">League City</a> (65th) in <a href="/wiki/Galveston_County,_Texas" title="Galveston County, Texas">northern Galveston County</a> and The Woodlands (73rd) in <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Texas" title="Montgomery County, Texas">southern Montgomery County</a>. In 2007, another Houston suburb, <a href="/wiki/Friendswood,_Texas" title="Friendswood, Texas">Friendswood</a>, made the list ranked 51st in the nation. The 2006 list only includes cities with at least 50,000 residents, and the 2007 list contains only cities with less than 50,000 residents. </p><p>Greater Houston is widely noted for its ethnic diversity and strong international community. In its 2010 publication "Urban Elite",<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A.T. Kearney added the city to their list of the 65 most important world cities and ranks Houston 35th, as "...a magnet for a diverse population and business services...". The Globalization and World Cities Study Group and Network ranks Houston as a Beta- World City, "an important world city instrumental to linking their region or state to the world economy."<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Media">Media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Houston&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Melcher_Center_for_Public_Broadcasting.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Melcher_Center_for_Public_Broadcasting.jpg/220px-Melcher_Center_for_Public_Broadcasting.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Melcher_Center_for_Public_Broadcasting.jpg/330px-Melcher_Center_for_Public_Broadcasting.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Melcher_Center_for_Public_Broadcasting.jpg/440px-Melcher_Center_for_Public_Broadcasting.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption>Melcher Center for Public Broadcasting at the University of Houston</figcaption></figure> <p>Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area is served by a public television station and one public radio station. <a href="/wiki/KUHT" title="KUHT">KUHT</a> (HoustonPBS) is a <a href="/wiki/Public_Broadcast_Service" title="Public Broadcast Service">PBS</a> member station and is the first public television station in the United States. Houston Public Radio is listener-funded radio and comprises one <a href="/wiki/NPR" title="NPR">NPR</a> member station, <a href="/wiki/KUHF" title="KUHF">KUHF</a> (KUHF News). The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston_System" title="University of Houston System">University of Houston System</a> owns and holds broadcasting licenses to KUHT and KUHF. The stations broadcast from the Melcher Center for Public Broadcasting, located on the campus of the University of Houston. The metropolitan area is also served by <a href="/wiki/KTRK-TV" title="KTRK-TV">ABC13 Houston (KTRK-TV)</a> and <a href="/wiki/KRIV_(TV)" title="KRIV (TV)">Fox 26 Houston (KRIV-TV)</a>, owned-and-operated stations of <a href="/wiki/ABC_News_(United_States)" title="ABC News (United States)">ABC</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fox_News" title="Fox News">Fox News</a>, and <a href="/wiki/NBC_News" title="NBC News">NBC</a> and <a href="/wiki/CBS_News" title="CBS News">CBS</a>-affiliates <a href="/wiki/KPRC-TV" title="KPRC-TV">KPRC 2 Houston</a> and <a href="/wiki/KHOU" title="KHOU">KHOU 11</a>. </p><p>The Houston area is served by the <i><a href="/wiki/Houston_Chronicle" title="Houston Chronicle">Houston Chronicle</a></i>, its only major daily newspaper with wide distribution. The <a href="/wiki/Hearst_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Hearst Corporation">Hearst Corporation</a>, which owns and operates the <i>Houston Chronicle</i>, bought the assets of the <i><a href="/wiki/Houston_Post" title="Houston Post">Houston Post</a></i>—its long-time rival and main competition—when <i>Houston Post</i> ceased operations in 1995. The <i>Houston Post</i> was owned by the family of former Lieutenant Governor <a href="/wiki/Bill_Hobby" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Hobby">Bill Hobby</a> of Houston. The only other major publication to serve the city is the <i><a href="/wiki/Houston_Press" title="Houston Press">Houston Press</a></i>—a free <a href="/wiki/Alternative_weekly" class="mw-redirect" title="Alternative weekly">alternative weekly</a> with a weekly readership of more than 300,000.<sup id="cite_ref-About2_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About2-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Galveston_County_Daily_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Galveston County Daily News">Galveston County Daily News</a></i>, founded in 1842, is that city's primary newspaper and the oldest continuously printed newspaper in Texas.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It currently serves as the <a href="/wiki/Newspaper_of_record" title="Newspaper of record">newspaper of record</a> for Galveston, as well as Galveston County. Radio station <a href="/wiki/KGBC" title="KGBC">KGBC</a>, on air since 1947, has also served as a local media outlet.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Houston&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Highways">Highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Houston&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">March 2016</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RF_-_Houston_West_Loop_South.1.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/RF_-_Houston_West_Loop_South.1.jpeg/220px-RF_-_Houston_West_Loop_South.1.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/RF_-_Houston_West_Loop_South.1.jpeg/330px-RF_-_Houston_West_Loop_South.1.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/RF_-_Houston_West_Loop_South.1.jpeg/440px-RF_-_Houston_West_Loop_South.1.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Interstate_610_(Texas)" title="Interstate 610 (Texas)">Interstate 610</a> in <a href="/wiki/Uptown_Houston" title="Uptown Houston">Uptown Houston</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Houston's freeway system includes 575.5 miles (926.2 km) of freeways and expressways in the 10-county metro area.<sup id="cite_ref-houston.org_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-houston.org-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The State of Texas plans to spend $65 billion on Houston area highways by 2025. Houston freeways are heavily traveled and often under construction to meet the demands of continuing growth. </p><p>The Greater Houston area has a <a href="/wiki/Spoke-hub_distribution_paradigm" class="mw-redirect" title="Spoke-hub distribution paradigm">hub-and-spoke</a> freeway structure with multiple loops. The innermost is <a href="/wiki/Interstate_610_(Texas)" title="Interstate 610 (Texas)">Interstate 610</a>, forming a roughly 42-mile (70 km)-circumference loop around downtown. The nearly square Loop 610 is quartered into "North Loop", "South Loop", "West Loop", and "East Loop". The roads of <a href="/wiki/Beltway_8" class="mw-redirect" title="Beltway 8">Beltway 8</a> and their freeway core, the Sam Houston Tollway, are the next loop, at a diameter around 83 miles (134 km). A planned highway project, <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_99" title="Texas State Highway 99">State Highway 99</a> (the Grand Parkway), will form the third loop outside of Houston. Currently, a completed portion of State Highway 99 runs clockwise from <a href="/wiki/Interstate_69_in_Texas" title="Interstate 69 in Texas">I-69</a>/<a href="/wiki/U.S._Highway_59_(Texas)" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Highway 59 (Texas)">US 59</a> in Sugar Land, southwest of Houston to <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_146" title="Texas State Highway 146">State Highway 146</a> in Baytown, east of Houston and was completed in 2022. When completed in the future, I-69 will start at the Mexico–US border, go through the Greater Houston area, and continue on to Michigan at the Canada–US border. All of I-69 has been completed in the Greater Houston area and is co-signed with U.S. Highway 59. Interstate 45, which starts at State Highway 75 in Dallas provides transport from Houston to Dallas. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Houston_highways" title="List of Houston highways">List of Houston highways</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mass_transit">Mass transit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Houston&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Mass transit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:METRORail_4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/METRORail_4.jpg/220px-METRORail_4.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/METRORail_4.jpg/330px-METRORail_4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/METRORail_4.jpg/440px-METRORail_4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/METRORail" title="METRORail">METRORail</a> in <a href="/wiki/Downtown_Houston" title="Downtown Houston">downtown Houston</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Transit_Authority_of_Harris_County,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas">Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas</a>, or METRO, provides public transportation in the form of buses, trolleys, and lift vans. </p><p>METRO began running light rail service (<a href="/wiki/METRORail" title="METRORail">METRORail</a>) on January 1, 2004. Currently, the track is rather short — about 22.7 miles (20.6 km) from Northline Transit Center Station through downtown Houston to the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Medical_Center" title="Texas Medical Center">Texas Medical Center</a> and <a href="/wiki/Reliant_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Reliant Park">Reliant Park</a>, and lines from downtown to the East End and the University of Houston/Lower 3rd Ward. Still, the system is traveled by about 61,000 people daily, giving it the second-highest ridership per track mile in the nation. The Uptown Light Rail Line has been converted to a BRT Line and began construction in the late second quarter of 2016. The BRT Line will run between the former NW Mall (which is in the process of redevelopment) and the WestPark TC. METRO's various forms of public transportation still do not connect multiple suburbs to the inner city (defined by the 610 loop), causing Houstonians to rely on the automobile as a primary source of transportation. The problem is one due to the lack of a central metropolitan area transportation authority, primarily due to a few suburban counties refusing to cooperate with METRO. For example, there are multiple coach bus services that run into downtown Houston. METRO is in the late planning stages of the US 90 Commuter line which will service the Fort Bend County and southwest Harris County suburban region. Prior to the 2004 opening of METRORail, Houston was the largest major city in the United States without a rail transit system. </p><p>Following a successful <a href="/wiki/Referendum" title="Referendum">referendum</a> held locally in 2004, METRO is currently in the beginning design phases of a 10-year expansion plan to add five more sections to connect to the current rail system. An 8.3-mile (13.4-km) expansion has been approved to run the service from Uptown through Texas Southern University, ending at the University of Houston campus. </p><p>Some areas in east Harris County are served by <a href="/wiki/Harris_County_Transit" title="Harris County Transit">Harris County Transit</a>. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Airports">Airports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Houston&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Airports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Transportation_in_Houston#Airports" title="Transportation in Houston">Transportation in Houston § Airports</a>, and <a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_the_Greater_Houston_Area" title="List of airports in the Greater Houston Area">List of airports in the Greater Houston Area</a></div> <p>Houston's largest airport <a href="/wiki/George_Bush_Intercontinental_Airport" title="George Bush Intercontinental Airport">George Bush Intercontinental Airport</a>, is located in north Houston. It is the second largest hub for <a href="/wiki/United_Airlines" title="United Airlines">United Airlines</a>. </p><p>In 2010, <a href="/wiki/Continental_Airlines" title="Continental Airlines">Continental Airlines</a> moved its headquarters from downtown Houston to downtown Chicago upon its merger with <a href="/wiki/United_Airlines" title="United Airlines">United Airlines</a>. The southeast of Houston has <a href="/wiki/William_P._Hobby_Airport" title="William P. Hobby Airport">William P. Hobby Airport</a>, the second-largest commercial passenger airport. Houston's third-largest airport is <a href="/wiki/Ellington_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Ellington Field">Ellington Field</a>, which houses several <a href="/wiki/United_States_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="United States National Guard">National Guard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a> units, as well as a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">United States Coast Guard</a> air station and the <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson_Space_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center">Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center</a>'s fleet of jets that are used to train astronauts. Sugar Land has the <a href="/wiki/Sugar_Land_Regional_Airport" title="Sugar Land Regional Airport">Sugar Land Regional Airport</a>, which is the fourth-largest airport in the metropolitan area. Both Sugar Land Regional and Ellington Field serve as reliever airports for the Houston Airport System. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Intercity_rail">Intercity rail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Houston&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Intercity rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> provides intercity rail service to the <a href="/wiki/Houston_(Amtrak_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston (Amtrak station)">Houston</a> station.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Intercity_bus">Intercity bus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Houston&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Intercity bus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Greyhound_Bus_Lines" class="mw-redirect" title="Greyhound Bus Lines">Greyhound Bus Lines</a> operates services from three bus stations in the City of Houston: </p> <ul><li>Houston Greyhound Station at 2121 South Main Street<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Americanos U.S. L.L.C. (Houston Southeast) at 7218 Harrisburg Boulevard.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Agencia Autobuses (Houston Southwest) at 6590 <a href="/wiki/U.S._Highway_59_(Texas)" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Highway 59 (Texas)">Southwest Freeway</a><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>In addition, Greyhound operates services from two stops<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Houston Aau</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_(Amtrak_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston (Amtrak station)">Houston</a> (<a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> station)</li></ul> <p>Greyhound also operates services to stops within other cities in the Greater Houston area, including: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angleton,_Texas" title="Angleton, Texas">Angleton</a> (at Save Step Food Mart)<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baytown,_Texas" title="Baytown, Texas">Baytown</a> (at Baytown Travel Express)<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conroe,_Texas" title="Conroe, Texas">Conroe</a> (at <a href="/wiki/Royal_Dutch_Shell" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Dutch Shell">Shell</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katy,_Texas" title="Katy, Texas">Katy</a> (at Sunmart <a href="/wiki/Texaco" title="Texaco">Texaco</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prairie_View,_Texas" title="Prairie View, Texas">Prairie View</a> (at Unco Food Store)<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosenberg,_Texas" title="Rosenberg, Texas">Rosenberg</a> (at Shell-<a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s" title="McDonald's">McDonald's</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Three <a href="/wiki/Megabus_(North_America)" title="Megabus (North America)">Megabus</a> stations additionally serve the Houston area: </p> <ul><li>Downtown – a parking lot located at 815 Pierce Street across the street from <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Transit_Authority_of_Harris_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County">METRO</a>'s Downtown Transit Center</li> <li>Northwest Houston – a Shell gas station located at 13250 FM 1960</li> <li>Katy Mills Mall – at Entrance 5, 5000 Katy Mills Circle</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Houston&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harris_County,_Texas" title="Harris County, Texas">Harris County, Texas</a></li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1130092004">.mw-parser-output .portal-bar{font-size:88%;font-weight:bold;display:flex;justify-content:center;align-items:baseline}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-bordered{padding:0 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temperature readings during an entire month or year) calculated based on data at said location from 1991 to 2020.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Official records for Houston were kept at the Weather Bureau in downtown from July 1888 to May 1969, and at Intercontinental since June 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greater_Houston&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div 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style="width:1%">Counties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austin_County,_Texas" title="Austin County, Texas">Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazoria_County,_Texas" title="Brazoria County, Texas">Brazoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chambers_County,_Texas" title="Chambers County, Texas">Chambers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Bend_County,_Texas" title="Fort Bend County, Texas">Fort Bend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galveston_County,_Texas" title="Galveston County, Texas">Galveston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harris_County,_Texas" title="Harris County, Texas">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty_County,_Texas" title="Liberty County, Texas">Liberty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Texas" title="Montgomery County, Texas">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waller_County,_Texas" title="Waller County, Texas">Waller</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HSB_MSA.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Metropolitan Area"><img alt="Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Metropolitan Area" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/HSB_MSA.png/100px-HSB_MSA.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/HSB_MSA.png/150px-HSB_MSA.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/HSB_MSA.png/200px-HSB_MSA.png 2x" data-file-width="296" data-file-height="280" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">"Principal" cities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Woodlands,_Texas" title="The Woodlands, Texas">The Woodlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_Land,_Texas" title="Sugar Land, Texas">Sugar Land</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baytown,_Texas" title="Baytown, Texas">Baytown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conroe,_Texas" title="Conroe, Texas">Conroe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other cities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alvin,_Texas" title="Alvin, Texas">Alvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angleton,_Texas" title="Angleton, Texas">Angleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bellaire,_Texas" title="Bellaire, Texas">Bellaire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clute,_Texas" title="Clute, Texas">Clute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deer_Park,_Texas" title="Deer Park, Texas">Deer Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickinson,_Texas" title="Dickinson, Texas">Dickinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freeport,_Texas" title="Freeport, Texas">Freeport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friendswood,_Texas" title="Friendswood, Texas">Friendswood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galena_Park,_Texas" title="Galena Park, Texas">Galena Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galveston,_Texas" title="Galveston, Texas">Galveston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humble,_Texas" title="Humble, Texas">Humble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacinto_City,_Texas" title="Jacinto City, Texas">Jacinto City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katy,_Texas" title="Katy, Texas">Katy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Jackson,_Texas" title="Lake Jackson, Texas">Lake Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Marque,_Texas" title="La Marque, Texas">La Marque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Porte,_Texas" title="La Porte, Texas">La Porte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/League_City,_Texas" title="League City, Texas">League City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manvel,_Texas" title="Manvel, Texas">Manvel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missouri_City,_Texas" title="Missouri City, Texas">Missouri City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pasadena,_Texas" title="Pasadena, Texas">Pasadena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearland,_Texas" title="Pearland, Texas">Pearland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Texas" title="Richmond, Texas">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosenberg,_Texas" title="Rosenberg, Texas">Rosenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Houston,_Texas" title="South Houston, Texas">South Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford,_Texas" title="Stafford, Texas">Stafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_City,_Texas" title="Texas City, Texas">Texas City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_University_Place,_Texas" title="West University Place, Texas">West University Place</a></li></ul> <p><i>For a complete listing, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Greater_Houston" title="List of cities and towns in Greater Houston">list of cities and towns in Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land MSA</a></i> </p> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unincorporated<br />areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atascocita,_Texas" title="Atascocita, Texas">Atascocita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Channelview,_Texas" title="Channelview, Texas">Channelview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloverleaf,_Texas" title="Cloverleaf, Texas">Cloverleaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crosby,_Texas" title="Crosby, Texas">Crosby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cypress,_Texas" title="Cypress, Texas">Cypress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fresno,_Texas" title="Fresno, Texas">Fresno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hockley,_Texas" title="Hockley, Texas">Hockley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klein,_Texas" title="Klein, Texas">Klein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Bolivar,_Texas" title="Port Bolivar, Texas">Port Bolivar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spring,_Texas" title="Spring, Texas">Spring</a></li> <li><a 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title="Lake Conroe">Lake Conroe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="State_of_Texas" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Texas" title="Template:Texas"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Texas" title="Template 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Texas">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Texas" title="Climate of Texas">Climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_Texas" title="Climate change in Texas">Climate change</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texan_cuisine" title="Texan cuisine">Cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Texas" title="Geography of Texas">Geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Texas" title="Government of Texas">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healthcare_in_Texas" title="Healthcare in Texas">Healthcare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Texas" title="History of Texas">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Texas" title="Languages of Texas">Languages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Texas" title="Law of Texas">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_literature" title="Texas literature">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mass_media_in_Texas" title="Category:Mass media in Texas">Mass media</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Texas" 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Texas">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Texas" title="Education in Texas">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambling_in_Texas" title="Gambling in Texas">Gambling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Texas" title="Gun laws in Texas">Gun laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Homelessness in Texas">Homelessness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Texas">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Texas" title="Politics of Texas">Politics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#Texas" title="List of regions of the United States">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ark-La-Tex" title="Ark-La-Tex">Ark‑La‑Tex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Bend_(Texas)" title="Big Bend (Texas)">Big Bend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boca_Chica_(Texas)" title="Boca Chica (Texas)">Boca Chica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Blackland_Prairies" title="Texas Blackland Prairies">Blackland Prairies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazos_Valley" title="Brazos Valley">Brazos Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Texas" title="Central Texas">Central Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Coastal_Bend" title="Texas Coastal Bend">Coastal Bend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concho_Valley" title="Concho Valley">Concho Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_Timbers" title="Cross Timbers">Cross Timbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Texas" title="East Texas">East Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwards_Plateau" title="Edwards Plateau">Edwards Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Triangle_(Texas)" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Triangle (Texas)">Golden Triangle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Hill_Country" title="Texas 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Texas">Port Arthur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brownsville,_Texas" title="Brownsville, Texas">Brownsville</a>–<a href="/wiki/Harlingen,_Texas" title="Harlingen, Texas">Harlingen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_Station,_Texas" title="College Station, Texas">College Station</a>–<a href="/wiki/Bryan,_Texas" title="Bryan, Texas">Bryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corpus_Christi,_Texas" title="Corpus Christi, Texas">Corpus Christi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>–<a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas" title="Fort Worth, Texas">Fort Worth</a>–<a href="/wiki/Arlington,_Texas" title="Arlington, Texas">Arlington</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dallas%E2%80%93Fort_Worth_metroplex" title="Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex">DFW</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Paso,_Texas" title="El Paso, Texas">El Paso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>–<a href="/wiki/The_Woodlands,_Texas" title="The Woodlands, Texas">The Woodlands</a>–<a href="/wiki/Sugar_Land,_Texas" title="Sugar Land, Texas">Sugar Land</a> (<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Greater Houston</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killeen,_Texas" title="Killeen, Texas">Killeen</a>–<a href="/wiki/Temple,_Texas" title="Temple, Texas">Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laredo,_Texas" title="Laredo, Texas">Laredo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longview,_Texas" title="Longview, Texas">Longview</a>/<a href="/wiki/Kilgore,_Texas" title="Kilgore, Texas">Kilgore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lubbock,_Texas" title="Lubbock, Texas">Lubbock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McAllen,_Texas" title="McAllen, Texas">McAllen</a>–<a href="/wiki/Edinburg,_Texas" title="Edinburg, Texas">Edinburg</a>–<a href="/wiki/Mission,_Texas" title="Mission, Texas">Mission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland,_Texas" title="Midland, Texas">Midland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odessa,_Texas" title="Odessa, Texas">Odessa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Angelo,_Texas" title="San Angelo, Texas">San Angelo</a></li> <li><a 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