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About
Houston
INTRODUCTION
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Houston is the largest
city in Texas
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Houston is the fourth
largest city in the United States
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Harris County is the
nation's third most populous county.
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The Houston - Sugar Land
- Baytown MSA is now the sixth largest in the United
States
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The
City of Houston, the largest city in Texas and the fourth
largest city in the United States, is located on the coastal
prairies of southeast Texas and is home to a diverse array
of industries and cultures. Houston is located in Harris County,
the nation's third-most populous county. The Houston
region, officially designated as the Houston - Sugar
Land - Baytown Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), comprises
Harris County and nine other counties:
Austin,
Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Liberty,
Montgomery, San Jacinto and Waller.
The Houston MSA has a
population of 5.5 million, making it the sixth-largest
metropolitan area in the nation; combined with its zone of
extraterritorial jurisdiction, an area extending five miles
beyond the city’s boundary, the city controls 1,906 square
miles. The most urbanized portions of the Houston area are
in Harris County, the southern part of Montgomery County and
the eastern section of Fort Bend County. Houston
is home to the eighth largest port in the world and
is in close proximity to Mexico, a key trading partner.
It has a temperate climate and an affordable cost of
living. The cost of living is about 12% lower than the
United States average and overall housing costs are
27% lower than the national average.
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- The Houston
economy is growing much faster than anyone realized.
The local economy ended 2007 by creating 100,100 new
jobs, and increase of 4%!
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the 12 largest metropolitan areas in the
country, Houston was first in job growth
between January '07 and January '08!
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Houston is the sixth-largest metropolitan area in
the United States, according to population estimates
released by the Census Bureau in March, 2007.
Between January '07 and January '08, the Houston-Sugar
Land-Baytown Metropolitan Statistical Area gained more jobs
than any other U.S. metropolitan area and added jobs at a
faster rate than any other major metropolitan area,
according to estimates published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics on March 20, 2008.
Harris County,
which grew 3.3 percent between July 1, 2005 and July 1,
2006, accounted for 66 percent of the population growth in
the metropolitan area, but three suburban counties grew
faster: Fort Bend, up 5.8 percent; Montgomery, up 56.1
percent; and Brazoria, up 3.6 percent.
Source: Houston Business Journal, March 2008
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