78 Facts About Houston Texas

The city is named after former General Sam Houston, who was president of the Republic of Texas and had won Texas's independence from Mexico at the Battle of San Jacinto 25 miles east of Allen's Landing.

Since the late 19th century Houston Texas's economy has had a broad industrial base, in energy, manufacturing, aeronautics, and transportation.

Houston is the most diverse metropolitan area in Texas and has been described as the most racially and ethnically diverse major city in the U S It is home to many cultural institutions and exhibits, which attract more than seven million visitors a year to the Museum District.

Houston Texas has an active visual and performing arts scene in the Theater District, and offers year-round resident companies in all major performing arts.

Landlocked farmers brought their produce to Houston Texas, using Buffalo Bayou to gain access to Galveston and the Gulf of Mexico.

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Houston Texas merchants profited from selling staples to farmers and shipping the farmers' produce to Galveston.

Great majority of enslaved people in Houston Texas came with their owners from the older slave states.

Railroad spurs from the Texas inland converged in Houston, where they met rail lines to the ports of Galveston and Beaumont.

In 2000, the Houston Texas Astros opened their new baseball stadium, Minute Maid Park, in downtown adjacent to the old Union Station.

The Houston Texas Texans were formed in 2002 as an NFL expansion team, replacing the Houston Texas Oilers, which had left the city in 1996.

Flooding has been a recurring problem in the Houston Texas area, exacerbated by a lack of zoning laws, which allowed unregulated building of residential homes and other structures in flood-prone areas.

The damage for the Houston area was estimated at up to $125 billion U S dollars, and was considered to be one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the United States, with the death toll exceeding 70 people.

Houston Texas is 165 miles east of Austin, 88 miles west of the Louisiana border, and 250 miles south of Dallas.

Houston Texas has four major bayous passing through the city that accept water from the extensive drainage system.

Houston Texas is a flat, marshy area where an extensive drainage system has been built.

Houston Texas area has over 150 active faults with an aggregate length of up to 310 miles, including the Long Point–Eureka Heights fault system which runs through the center of the city.

Land in some areas southeast of Houston Texas is sinking because water has been pumped out of the ground for many years.

City of Houston Texas was incorporated in 1837 and adopted a ward system of representation shortly afterward, in 1840.

The six original wards of Houston Texas are the progenitors of the 11 modern-day geographically-oriented Houston Texas City Council districts, though the city abandoned the ward system in 1905 in favor of a commission government, and, later, the existing mayor–council government.

Locations in Houston Texas are generally classified as either being inside or outside the Interstate 610 loop.

Houston Texas had the fifth-tallest skyline in North America and 36th-tallest in the world in 2015.

Houston Texas's climate is classified as humid subtropical, typical of the Southern United States.

Houston Texas has excessive ozone levels and is routinely ranked among the most ozone-polluted cities in the United States.

The rankings are in terms of peak-based standards, focusing strictly on the worst days of the year; the average ozone levels in Houston Texas are lower than what is seen in most other areas of the country, as dominant winds ensure clean, marine air from the Gulf.

Excessive man-made emissions in the Houston Texas area led to a persistent increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide over the city.

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Houston Texas has long been known as a popular destination for African Americans due to the city's well-established and influential African American community.

Houston Texas has become known as a Black Mecca akin to Atlanta because it is a popular living destination for Black professionals and entrepreneurs.

The Houston Texas area is home to the largest African American community west of the Mississippi River.

The proportion of non-Hispanic whites in Houston Texas has decreased significantly since 1970, when it was 62.

Houston Texas is home to one of the largest LGBT communities and pride parades in the United States.

Jordan Blum of the Houston Texas Chronicle stated levels of LGBT acceptance and discrimination varied in 2016 due to some of the region's traditionally conservative culture.

Houston Texas elected the first openly lesbian mayor of a major city in 2009, and she served until 2016.

Lakewood Church in Houston Texas, led by Pastor Joel Osteen, is the largest church in the United States.

Houston Texas is recognized worldwide for its energy industry—particularly for oil and natural gas—as well as for biomedical research and aeronautics.

The Houston Texas Ship Channel is a large part of Houston Texas's economic base.

The Houston area is the top U S market for exports, surpassing New York City in 2013, according to data released by the U S Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration.

Houston Texas area is a leading center for building oilfield equipment.

Houston Texas is the beginning or end point of numerous oil, gas, and products pipelines.

Twenty-five foreign banks representing 13 nations operate in Houston Texas, providing financial assistance to the international community.

In 2008, Houston Texas received top ranking on Kiplinger's Personal Finance "Best Cities of 2008" list, which ranks cities on their local economy, employment opportunities, reasonable living costs, and quality of life.

In 2012, the city was ranked number one for paycheck worth by Forbes and in late May 2013, Houston Texas was identified as America's top city for employment creation.

In 2013, Houston was identified as the number one U S city for job creation by the U S Bureau of Statistics after it was not only the first major city to regain all the jobs lost in the preceding economic downturn, but after the crash, more than two jobs were added for every one lost.

Also in 2013, Houston Texas again appeared on Forbes' list of "Best Places for Business and Careers".

Houston Texas is highly regarded for its diverse food and restaurant culture.

Houston Texas is one of few United States cities with permanent, professional, resident companies in all major performing arts disciplines: opera, ballet, music, and theater .

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Houston Texas is home to folk artists, art groups and various small progressive arts organizations.

Houston Texas is the birthplace of the chopped and screwed remixing-technique in Hip-hop which was pioneered by DJ Screw from the city.

Theater District is a 17-block area in the center of Downtown Houston Texas that is home to the Bayou Place entertainment complex, restaurants, movies, plazas, and parks.

Space Center Houston is the official visitors' center of NASA's Lyndon B Johnson Space Center.

Sam Houston Texas Park contains restored and reconstructed homes which were originally built between 1823 and 1905.

Houston Texas has sports teams for every major professional league except the National Hockey League.

The Houston Texas Rockets are a National Basketball Association franchise based in the city since 1971.

The Houston Texas Texans are a National Football League expansion team formed in 2002.

The Houston Texas Dynamo is a Major League Soccer franchise that has been based in Houston Texas since 2006, winning two MLS Cup titles in 2006 and 2007.

The Houston Texas SaberCats are a rugby team that plays in Major League Rugby.

Houston Texas has the NFL's first retractable-roof stadium with natural grass, NRG Stadium .

Houston Texas is one of the first cities in the world to have a major esports team represent it, in the form of the Houston Texas Outlaws.

Houston Texas is one of eight cities to have an XFL team, the Houston Texas Roughnecks.

Houston Texas is considered to be a politically divided city whose balance of power often sways between Republicans and Democrats.

In 2009, Houston became the first U S city with a population over 1 million citizens to elect a gay mayor, by electing Annise Parker.

Houston Texas had 303 homicides in 2015 and 302 homicides in 2016.

Houston Texas is a significant hub for trafficking of cocaine, cannabis, heroin, MDMA, and methamphetamine due to its size and proximity to major illegal drug exporting nations.

In 1853, the first execution in Houston Texas took place in public at Founder's Cemetery in the Fourth Ward; initially, the cemetery was the execution site, but post-1868 executions took place in the jail facilities.

The University of Houston Texas is a research university and the flagship institution of the University of Houston Texas System.

Rice University, the most selective university in Houston Texas and one of the most selective in the United States, is a private, secular institution with a high level of research activity.

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Suburban northern and western parts of the metropolitan area are served by various campuses of the Lone Star College System, while the southeastern portion of Houston Texas is served by San Jacinto College, and a northeastern portion is served by Lee College.

Additionally, both Texas Southern University and the University of Houston have pharmacy schools, and the University of Houston hosts a medical school and a college of optometry.

The University of Houston Texas System owns and holds broadcasting licenses to KUHT and KUHF.

Houston Texas additionally is served by the Pacifica Foundation public radio station KPFT.

The Houston Texas Post was owned by the family of former Lieutenant Governor Bill Hobby of Houston Texas.

OutSmart is an LGBT magazine in Houston Texas and was ranked "Best Local Magazine" by the Houston Texas Press in 2008.

La Voz de Houston Texas is the Houston Texas Chronicle's Spanish-language newspaper and the largest in the area.

Houston Texas is considered an automobile-dependent city, with an estimated 77.

Greater Houston Texas possesses a hub-and-spoke limited-access highway system, in which a number of freeways radiate outward from Downtown, with ring roads providing connections between these radial highways at intermediate distances from the city center.

Major freeways in Greater Houston Texas are often referred to by either the cardinal direction or geographic location they travel towards.

In 2015, Downtown Houston Texas added a cycle track on Lamar Street, running from Sam Houston Texas Park to Discovery Green.

Houston Texas's bicycle sharing system started service with nineteen stations in May 2012.

Houston Texas was the headquarters of Continental Airlines until its 2010 merger with United Airlines with headquarters in Chicago; regulatory approval for the merger was granted in October of that year.