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The following is a complete list of 25 metropolitan areas in Texas, as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget. The largest two are ranked among the top 10 metropolitan areas in the U.S. Some metropolitan areas contain metropolitan divisions. Two metropolitan divisions exist within the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington MSA.
The types of municipalities in Texas are defined in the Local Government Code, which was codified in 1987. The designations of city, town and village were superseded by Type A, B, and C general-law cities in the code. [5] In Texas, there are two forms of municipal government: general-law and home-rule.
First entry in the top 10 list not located in one of the original Thirteen Colonies. 8 Southwark: Pennsylvania: 13,707: A neighborhood of Philadelphia annexed in 1854. 9 Salem: Massachusetts: 12,613: Listed as a town. 10 Albany: New York: 10,762: First appearance in the top 10, and first city in Upstate New York to make the top 10.
Portal:Texas/Cities/1. Houston is the largest city in the state of Texas and the fourth-largest in the United States. The city covers more than 600 sq mi (1,600 km 2) and is the county seat of Harris County. As of the 2004 U.S. Census estimate, Houston had a total population of more than 2 million.
As the second-largest state by population and land area in the nation, Texas has a little bit of everything, from small towns to major cities. The state's low cost of living and tax incentives for...
List of largest cities by area Notes ^ For urban/metropolitan areas that have more than one core city , the figure for their city proper should use either the most populous one (e.g. Dallas for Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex ) or the best-known one (e.g. Manila for Metro Manila , instead of Quezon City ).
Two cities grew by more than 12% in just one year. Silver Spring, Maryland, ranked first for one-year population growth at 12.86%, while New Braunfels, Texas, followed closely at 12.49%.
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