[151] By 1985, the flavor and politics of the neighborhood were heavily influenced by the LGBT community, and in 1990, according to Hill, 19% of Montrose residents identified as LGBT. [319] The Houston region's extensive freeway system handles over 40% of the regional daily vehicle miles traveled (VMT). [350], The Mayor's Office of Trade and International Affairs (MOTIA) is the city's liaison to Houston's sister cities and to the national governing organization, Sister Cities International. [49] In August 2005, Houston became a shelter to more than 150,000 people from New Orleans, who evacuated from Hurricane Katrina. [323] The agency's 75 local routes contain nearly 8,900 stops and saw nearly 67 million boardings during the 2016 fiscal year. With a population of 2,304,580 in 2020,[2] Houston is located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat and largest city of Harris County and the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, which is the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the second-most populous in Texas after DallasFort Worth. The Houston area has over 150 active faults (estimated to be 300 active faults) with an aggregate length of up to 310 miles (500km),[71][72][73] including the Long PointEureka Heights fault system which runs through the center of the city. [161], Lakewood Church in Houston, led by Pastor Joel Osteen, is the largest church in the United States. [255] In motorcycling, the Astrodome hosted an AMA Supercross Championship round from 1974 to 2003 and the NRG Stadium since 2003. NeighborhoodScout reveals the truth about every Neighborhood in the U.S., address-by-address. [182] Major technology and software companies within Greater Houston include Crown Castle, KBR, Cybersoft, Houston Wire & Cable, and HostGator. The city controller is elected independently of the mayor and council. [320] Completed segments D through G provide a continuous 70.4-mile (113.3km) limited-access tollway connection between Sugar Land, Katy, Cypress, Spring, and Porter.[320]. Greater Houston's arterial road network is established at the municipal level, with the City of Houston exercising planning control over both its incorporated area and extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ). A succession of skyscrapers was built throughout the 1970smany by real estate developer Gerald D. Hinesculminating with Houston's tallest skyscraper, the 75-floor, 1,002-foot (305m)-tall JPMorgan Chase Tower (formerly the Texas Commerce Tower), completed in 1982. Leading in healthcare sectors and building oilfield equipment, Houston has the second-most Fortune 500 headquarters of any U.S. municipality within its city limits (after New York City). Moreover, Houston is the only metropolitan area with less than ten million citizens where such a CO2 dome can be detected by satellites. [84], Centered on Post Oak Boulevard and Westheimer Road, the Uptown District boomed during the 1970s and early 1980s when a collection of midrise office buildings, hotels, and retail developments appeared along Interstate 610 West. [17][229] Houston is also home to folk artists, art groups and various small progressive arts organizations.[230]. System produces every year who enter the workforce in Houston and throughout Texas. OakBend Medical Center serves as the county's charity hospital which the county contracts with. [113], Because of Houston's wet season and proximity to the Gulf Coast, the city is prone to flooding from heavy rains; the most notable flooding events include Tropical Storm Allison in 2001 and Hurricane Harvey in 2017, along with most recent Tropical Storm Imelda in 2019 and Tropical Storm Beta in 2020. [267], Houston had 303 homicides in 2015 and 302 homicides in 2016. Heres how you know First of all, Houston is the fourth largest city in the United States and is the economic center of the region. In 2017, the census-estimated population was 2,312,717, and in 2018 it was 2,325,502. Based on the latest 2022 data from the US census, the current population of Houston is 2,288,250. Hurricane Harvey damaged hundreds of thousands of homes and dumped trillions of gallons of water into the city. Texas Southern University is the first state university in Houston, founded in 1927.[286]. In 2017, the Houston Astros won their first World Series. The Summary. Crime Report Table 4 ". Some estimates presented here come from sample data, and thus have sampling errors that may render some apparent differences between geographies statistically indistinguishable. Different vintage years of estimates are not comparable. During the American Civil War, Houston served as a headquarters for Confederate Major General John B. Magruder, who used the city as an organization point for the Battle of Galveston. [68] Underpinning Houston's land surface are unconsolidated clays, clay shales, and poorly cemented sands up to several miles deep. 2,366,119. [231] Facilities in the Theater District include the Jones Hallhome of the Houston Symphony Orchestra and Society for the Performing Artsand the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. The tallest building in Uptown is the 64-floor, 901-foot (275m)-tall, Philip Johnson and John Burgee designed landmark Williams Tower (known as the Transco Tower until 1999). Several private institutions of higher learning are within the city. Houston city, Texas. Renewable energy sourceswind and solarare also growing economic bases in the city,[178][179] and the City Government purchases 90% of its annual 1 TWh power mostly from wind, and some from solar. An official website of the United States government. [193], The University of Houston System'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. Other tourist attractions include the Galleria (Texas's largest shopping mall, in the Uptown District), Old Market Square, the Downtown Aquarium, and Sam Houston Race Park. In 1948, the city annexed several unincorporated areas, more than doubling its size. Houston is home to 337 parks, including Hermann Park, Terry Hershey Park, Lake Houston Park, Memorial Park, Tranquility Park, Sesquicentennial Park, Discovery Green, Buffalo Bayou Park and Sam Houston Park. As Brookings Institution demographer William Frey and many others have pointed out, the population of large U.S. citiesover 1 million peoplehas been going down since 2016. It also ranks the 4th most NA. [129] The median monthly owner costs with a mortgage were $1,646, and $536 without a mortgage. [274][275], In 1853, the first execution in Houston took place in public at Founder's Cemetery in the Fourth Ward; initially, the cemetery was the execution site, but post-1868 executions took place in the jail facilities.[276]. Houston has an active visual and performing arts scene in the Theater District, and offers year-round resident companies in all major performing arts. [citation needed] Around 2007, more heart surgeries were performed at the Texas Medical Center than anywhere else in the world.[301]. [59] The city has a total area of 637.4 square miles (1,651km2);[8] this comprises over 599.59 square miles (1,552.9km2) of land and 22.3 square miles (58km2) covered by water. [313] A 1999 Murdoch University study found Houston had both the lengthiest commute and lowest urban density of 13 large American cities surveyed,[314] and a 2017 Arcadis study ranked Houston 22nd out of 23 American cities in transportation sustainability. Houston proper began to spread across the region. Houston is considered to be a politically divided city whose balance of power often sways between Republicans and Democrats. The Niels Esperson Building stood as the tallest building in Houston from 1927 to 1929. The city has hosted several major professional and college sporting events, including the annual Houston Open golf tournament. Official records for Houston were kept at the Weather Bureau in downtown from July 1888 to May 1969, and at Intercontinental since June 1969. [165] In 2013 Father John Whiteford, the pastor of St. Jonah Orthodox Church near Spring, stated there were about 6,000-9,000 Eastern Orthodox Christians in Houston. [81], In referendums in 1948, 1962, and 1993, voters rejected efforts to establish separate residential and commercial land-use districts. Population Estimates, July 1 2022, (V2022) . Many parts of the city have a high risk of localized flooding due to flat topography,[103] ubiquitous low-permeability clay-silt prairie soils,[104] and inadequate infrastructure. [125][126][127] For every 100 females, there were 98.5 males.[124]. [153][154] During her tenure she authorized the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance which was intended to improve anti-discrimination coverage based on sexual orientation and gender identity in the city, specifically in areas such as housing and occupation where no anti-discrimination policy existed. *This position is a hybrid role that requires in office on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1200 Binz St Suite 1490 Houston TX 77004.Mon, Wed, and Fri are typically work from home. [338] In 2017, Bcycle logged over 142,000 check outs while expanding to 56 docking stations. Sachin D. Shah and Jennifer Lanning-Rush. [36] Ellington Field, initially built during World War I, was revitalized as an advanced training center for bombardiers and navigators. [247], Minute Maid Park (home of the Astros) and ToyotaCenter (home of the Rockets), are in Downtown Houston. [309] A commuting study estimated the median length of commute in the region was 12.2 miles (19.6km) in 2012. [38], In 1945, the M.D. Nineteen school districts exist within the city of Houston. Of the 10 most populous U.S. cities, Houston has the most total area of parks and green space, 56,405 acres (228km2). A third, 180-mile (290km) loop with a radius of approximately 25 miles (40km), State Highway99 (the Grand Parkway), is currently under construction, with six of eleven segments completed as of 2018[update]. [95] Air conditioning is ubiquitous in Houston; in 1981, annual spending on electricity for interior cooling exceeded $600 million (equivalent to $1.79 billion in 2021), and by the late 1990s, approximately 90% of Houston homes featured air conditioning systems. Beyonc Knowles also originated in Houston. The only other major publication to serve the city is the Houston Presswhich was a free alternative weekly newspaper before the destruction caused by Hurricane Harvey resulted in the publication switching to an online-only format on November 2, 2017. [35], Houston is home to one of the largest LGBT communities and pride parades in the United States. [330] A daily Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach connects Houston with Amtrak's ChicagoSan Antonio Texas Eagle at Longview. [28], By 1860, Houston had emerged as a commercial and railroad hub for the export of cotton. 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Immigrants from Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Ethiopia, India, and other areas have added to Houston's Eastern and Oriental Orthodox population. As of 2020, 28.9% of Houston, TX residents were born outside of the country (668k people). [149] Jordan Blum of the Houston Chronicle stated levels of LGBT acceptance and discrimination varied in 2016 due to some of the region's traditionally conservative culture. Houston is also one of the first cities in the world to have a major esports team represent it, in the form of the Houston Outlaws. For more information, please visit the 2021 5-year ACS Comparison Guidance page. [204] In 2010, the city was rated the best city for shopping, according to Forbes. New Orleans was the center of this trade in the Deep South, but slave dealers were in Houston. 2,288,250. In response to Hurricane Harvey, Mayor Sylvester Turner of Houston initiated plans to require developers to build homes that will be less susceptible to flooding by raising them two feet above the 500-year floodplain. A 2011 study by Walk Score ranked Houston the 23rd most walkable of the 50 largest cities in the United States. Restaurants, bakeries, traditional-clothing boutiques, and specialty shops can be found in both areas. [210] Additionally, more than one in five foreign-born residents are from Asia. Prairie View A&M University's nursing school is in the Texas Medical Center. Chernobyl dogs live in a variety of habitats throughout the nuclear exclusion zone including forested areas around Pripyat and Chernobyl City. Houston's climate is classified as humid subtropical (Cfa in the Kppen climate classification system), typical of the Southern United States. [206][207], In 2013, Houston was identified as the number one U.S. city for job creation by the U.S. Bureau of Statistics after it was not only the first major city to regain all the jobs lost in the preceding economic downturn, but also after the crash, more than two jobs were added for every one lost. In 1837, Sam WebHoustons population increases by nearly 10% Houstons white population fell about 30 percent in the last decade, from 1,060,492 people in 2010 to 739,873 in 2020. The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 removed the quotas, allowing for the growth of other religions. [172] It is estimated that Muslims made up 1.2% of Houston's population. Houston Forward Times is one of the largest black-owned newspapers in the metropolitan area and owned by Forward Times Publishing Company. As of 2016, over 40 synagogues were in Greater Houston. The population of Texas in 2019 was 28,986,794, a 1.27% increase from 2018. Earl R. Verbeek, Karl W. Ratzlaff, Uel S. Clanton. [11][39] In 1950, the availability of air conditioning provided impetus for many companies to relocate to Houston, where wages were lower than those in the North; this resulted in an economic boom and produced a key shift in the city's economy toward the energy sector.[40][41]. NumberPercentTotal population1,953,631100.0SEX AND AGEMale975,55149.9Female978,08050.1Under 5 years160,7978.25 to 9 years154,6387.910 to 14 years139,6917.215 to 19 years138,7627.120 to 24 years161,7548.325 to 34 years354,44418.135 to 44 years305,73815.645 to 54 years235,24912.055 to 59 Three community college districts have campuses in and around Houston. [272], Houston is a significant hub for trafficking of cocaine, cannabis, heroin, MDMA, and methamphetamine due to its size and proximity to major illegal drug exporting nations. [339], The Houston Airport System, a branch of the municipal government, oversees the operation of three major public airports in the city. Much of the city was built on forested land, marshes, or swamps, and all are still visible in surrounding areas. [327] The light rail system saw approximately 16.8 million boardings in fiscal year 2016. The Houston Community College System (HCC) serves most of Houston proper; its main campus and headquarters are in Midtown. The region's geology developed from river deposits formed from the erosion of the Rocky Mountains. Is Houston the third most populous city in America? In Houston 58.27% of the population is White. African Americans formed a large part of the city's population, numbering 23,929 people, which was nearly one-third of Houston's residents. WebSamuel Houston was an American soldier and politician, leader of the Texas Revolution, Houston served as the first and third president of the Republic of Texas. State Rep. Nate Schatzline gives a speech on the opening day of the 2023 legislative session at the Texas Capitol in Austin. Please enable it to continue. Had these floodplain development rules had been in place all along, it is estimated that 84% of homes in the 100-year and 500-year floodplains would have been spared damage. Located in Southeast Texas, this city houses a large population of more than 2 million, making it the most populous in the state and one of the most in the country. The top three destinations for exports were Mexico, Canada, and Brazil. [187] In the United States, the port ranks first in international commerce and 16th among the largest ports in the world. Landlocked farmers brought their produce to Houston, using Buffalo Bayou to gain access to Galveston and the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. incarcerates 530 people for every 100,000 in its population, making it one of the worlds biggest jailers just below El Salvador, Rwanda and Turkmenistan. [110] The industries along the ship channel are a major cause of the city's air pollution. The 2020 study praises Houston for its: Ethnic diversity, with more than 145 languages spoken in Houston-area homes. The vintage year (e.g., V2022) refers to the final year of the series (2020 thru 2022). [324], METRO began light rail service in 2004 with the opening of the 8-mile (13km) north-south Red Line connecting Downtown, Midtown, the Museum District, the Texas Medical Center, and NRG Park. [160] In 2020, the Public Religion Research Institute estimated 40% were Protestant and 29% Catholic; overall, Christianity represented 72% of the population. The median age of the city was 33.4. Approximately 470,000 people lived within the Interstate 610 loop, while 1.65 million lived between Interstate 610 and Beltway 8 and 2.25 million lived within Harris County outside Beltway 8 in 2015. [80] In 2019, home sales reached a new record of $30 billion. [139] The Houston area is home to the largest African American community west of the Mississippi River. Though primarily in Harris County, small portions of the city extend into Fort Bend, and Montgomery counties, bordering other principal communities of Greater Houston such as Sugar Land and The Woodlands. [185], The Houston area is a leading center for building oilfield equipment. Hispanic Texans were responsible for half of that increase. [256][257] The city's elected officials are the mayor, city controller and 16 members of the Houston City Council. As the result of a 2015 referendum in Houston, a mayor is elected for a four-year term and can be elected to as many as two consecutive terms. [101] The coldest temperature officially recorded in Houston was 5F (15C) on January 18, 1930. Land in some areas southeast of Houston is sinking because water has been pumped out of the ground for many years. [316], Despite the region's high rate of automobile usage, attitudes towards transportation among Houstonians indicate a growing preference for walkability. [218][219][220][221][222] Houston received the official nickname of "Space City" in 1967 because it is the location of NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.
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