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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 ...
This is a complete list of all incorporated cities, towns, and villages and CDPs within Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area defined by the U.S. Census as of April 2010. Cities with more than 2,000,000 inhabitants
Los Angeles becomes the nation's second largest city. Third U.S. city (and first on the American West Coast, or in California) to surpass 3 million. 3 Chicago: Illinois: 2,783,726: After nearly 100 years as the nation's second largest city, Chicago is surpassed by Los Angeles and becomes the third largest city. 4 Houston: Texas: 1,630,553
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.
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.
Cities that are not consolidated with or part of any county are ... Houston: TX: 640.8 1,660: 31.2 81: ... Largest cities in the United States by population by decade ...
The five largest villages are Garapan (3,983), Dandan (3,280), Koblerville (2,493), Finasisu (2,491) and Kagman III (2,402), with Capitol Hill being the 19th largest village at 1,028 people. Note 3: The most populous sub-districts of the U.S. Virgin Islands (as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau) are listed. [ 3 ]
Houston's foreign-born population increased by 400,000 in a ten-year span ending in 2010. During that span, of all U.S. cities, Houston had the second-largest increase of foreign-born persons. [40] As of 2011, 22% of Greater Houston residents were born in another country. This percentage was the fifth-largest in Texas. [41]