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Satellite picture of Greater Houston. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan statistical area has a total area of 10,062 square miles (26,060 km 2), of which 8,929 sq mi (23,130 km 2) are land and 1,133 sq mi (2,930 km 2) are covered by water.
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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%, is land and 22.3 square miles (58 km 2), or 3.7%, is water. [1] Houston is located in the Gulf Coastal Plain biome, and its vegetation is classified as temperate grassland.
The second largest state, Texas, has only 40% of the total area of the largest state, Alaska. Rhode Island is the smallest state by total area and land area. San Bernardino County is the largest county in the contiguous U.S. and is larger than each of the nine smallest states; it is larger than the four smallest states combined.
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It has since increased from 39,000 to 82,000 since 2000. It is home to companies such as Weatherford and Aggreko. It is the closest suburb to Downtown Houston and the Texas Medical Center (about 10 miles (16 km) away), which attracts professionals from the oil, gas, energy, medical and aerospace industries.
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
The Texas Triangle is a region of Texas that contains the state's five largest cities and is home to the majority 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.