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Partially in the Houston city limits [5] 1971 8,153 524 N/A: $22.6 million [6] $2.2 million [6] Master's (Large) Regional Universities, Tier 2 [7] University of Houston–Downtown 1 Main St: 1974 13,916 20 90.3% $34.7 million [8] $1.5 million [8] Baccalaureate– Diverse Regional Colleges, Tier 2 [9] Texas Southern University 3100 Cleburne St ...
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
Texas City (Galveston County) 1966 4,961 $1.4 [26] College of the Mainland District [25] Associate's Colleges Mixed Transfer/Career & Technical-High Nontraditional Collin College: Central Park Preston Ridge Spring Creek 1985 36,296 Dallas College: Brookhaven Cedar Valley Eastfield El Centro Mountain View North Lake Richland: 1965 61,536 Del Mar ...
Greater Houston is widely noted for its ethnic diversity and strong international community. In its 2010 publication "Urban Elite", [78] 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 ...
Houston (/ ˈ h juː s t ən / ⓘ HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in 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 ...
Texas population density map. As of May 2024, the 1,225 Texas municipalities [3] [a] include 971 cities, 231 towns, and 23 villages.These designations are determined by United States Census Bureau requirements based on state statutes and may not match a municipality's self-reported designation. [4]
Houston, the most populous city in the Southern United States, is located along the upper Texas Gulf Coast, approximately 50 miles (80 km) northwest of the Gulf of Mexico at Galveston. The city, which is the ninth-largest in the United States by area , covers 601.7 square miles (1,558 km 2 ), of which 579.4 square miles (1,501 km 2 ), or 96.3% ...
The University of Houston is a nationally recognized Tier One research university, and is the flagship institution of the University of Houston System. [12] [13] [14] The third-largest university in Texas, the University of Houston has nearly 40,000 students on its 667-acre campus in southeast Houston. [15]