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Houston (/ ˈ h juː s t ən / ⓘ HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the Southern United States.Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat of Harris County; as well as the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the second ...
Greater Houston, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land, [4] [5] [6] is the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States, [7] [8] [9] encompassing nine counties along the Gulf Coast in Southeast Texas. With a population of 7,510,253 in 2023, Greater ...
The Texas Triangle is a region of Texas that contains the state's five largest cities and is home to over half of the state's population. The Texas Triangle is formed by the state's four main urban centers, Austin , Dallas-Fort Worth , Houston , and San Antonio , connected by Interstate 45 , Interstate 10 , and Interstate 35 .
Texas rank U.S. rank Metropolitan area Metropolitan division Population (2023 est.) 1 4 Dallas–Fort Worth 8,100,037: 2 5 Houston 7,510,253: 3 24 San Antonio 2,703,999: 4 26 Austin 2,473,275: 5 65 McAllen 898,471: 6 68 El Paso 873,331: 7 110 Killeen-Temple 501,333: 8 121 Corpus Christi 448,323: 9 127 Brownsville-Harlingen 426,710: 10 140
The region of 60,000 square miles (160,000 km 2) contains most of the state's largest cities and metropolitan areas as well as 17 million people, nearly 75 percent of Texas's total population. [88] Houston and Dallas have been recognized as beta world cities . [ 89 ]
The city of Baytown is located at the mouth of the San Jacinto River on Galveston Bay, 26 miles (42 km) by road east of Houston. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 36.5 square miles (94.6 km 2), of which 35.4 square miles (91.8 km 2) is land and 1.1 square miles (2.8 km 2), 2.92%, is covered by water. [9]
Grangerland is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in east central Montgomery County, Texas, United States. Grangerland is located at the intersection of F.M. 3083 and F.M. 2090, approximately 30 miles north of Houston and 10 miles southeast of Conroe. [1]
Richmond is a suburb of Houston and the county seat of Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. [5] The city is located within the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city population was 11,627. It is home to the founders of the former company Oswego, Nick Mide and Trace.