Houston is the most populous city in the U.S.
state of Texas. It is the 4th most populous city in the United States. As of 2020, more than 2 million people lived there. John Whitmire became the mayor of Houston in 2024. Houston is named after Samuel Houston, who fought for Texas to leave Mexico in 1836. The Johnson Space Center of NASA is in Houston.
Houston, Texas | |
---|---|
Nickname: Space City (official) | |
Coordinates: 29°45′46″N 95°22′59″W / 29.76278°N 95.38306°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Texas |
Counties | Harris, Fort Bend, Montgomery |
Incorporated | June 5, 1837 |
Named for | Sam Houston |
Government | |
• Type | Strong Mayor-Council |
• Body | Houston City Council |
• Mayor | John Whitmire (D) |
Area | |
• City | 671.67 sq mi (1,739.62 km2) |
• Land | 640.44 sq mi (1,658.73 km2) |
• Water | 31.23 sq mi (80.89 km2) |
Elevation | 80 ft (32 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• City | 2,304,580 |
• Rank | 4th in the United States 1st in Texas |
• Density | 3,598.43/sq mi (1,389.36/km2) |
• Metro | 7,122,240 (5th) |
Demonym | Houstonian |
Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
ZIP Codes | 770xx, 772xx (P.O. Boxes) |
Area codes | 713, 281, 832, 346 |
FIPS code | 48-35000 |
GNIS feature ID | 1380948 |
Major airports | George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) |
Interstates | |
U.S. routes | |
State routes | |
Rapid transit | Houston Metro |
Website | www |
Houston has the largest medical center and complex in the world, the Texas Medical Center.
George Bush Intercontinental Airport is the main international airport serving Houston, and William P. Hobby Airport is the other international airport that is close to downtown Houston.
Houston has many sports teams, including the Astros, Texans, Rockets, and Houston Dynamo. The Astros play baseball, the Rockets play basketball, the Texans play American Football, and the Houston Dynamo play soccer.
Houston has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa in the Koeppen climate classification).
This article uses material from the Wikipedia Simple English article Houston, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license ("CC BY-SA 3.0"); additional terms may apply (view authors). Content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
®Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wiki Foundation, Inc. Wiki Simple English (DUHOCTRUNGQUOC.VN) is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wiki Foundation.