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However, a band of the Nanticoke tribe of Indians still remains in Sussex County. See also:. Delaware is also the name of a Native American group (called in their own name Lenni Lenape) that was very influential in the dawning days of the United States. Here is a list of teams with the league they are a part of and the venue the play in:. The Delaware River is a major river in the eastern United States, rising in New York State, forming the boundary between New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and emptying into Delaware Bay, which separates New Jersey from the state of Delaware. Houston is home to several professional sports franchises. The USS Delaware was named in honor of this state. See also:.

Delaware's only two professional sports teams are the Wilmington Blue Rocks minor league baseball team, a Class A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, and the Delaware Griffins, part of the Women's Professional Football League. It's "en su defensa" (In Your Defense) segments have garnered regional acclaim, and En Su Defensa month was proclaimed by Mayor Bill White in 2004. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Syngenta, AstraZeneca, Hercules), banking (MBNA America, Wilmington Trust Company, First USA / Bank One, JPMorgan Chase, AIG, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank), manufacturing (General Motors, Chrysler), and farming, specifically chicken farming in Sussex County (Perdue, Mountaire Farms). Univision Affiliate KXLN-TV is among the highest rated Spanish language television stations in the United States. Its largest employers are concentrated in science (E.I. These reports garnered the reporters and the station national and international attention and awards. Delaware's economy generally outperforms the national economy of the United States. KHOU-TV's team of "Defenders" began and lead a national investigation on the failure of Firestone Wilderness AT tires in several vehicles.

Its industrial outputs include chemical products, processed foods, paper products, rubber and plastic products. The station also employs Marvin Zindler, whose week-long exposé on the Chicken Ranch brothel later became the basis for the Broadway musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Delaware's agricultural output consists of poultry, nursery stock, soybeans, dairy products and corn. Since then, the charity's donations dwindled, leaving the owner fuming. The per capita personal income was $34,199, ranking 9^th in the nation. ABC-13 KTRK TV's Wayne Dolcefino released a controversial report that allegedly showed bad business practices of a charity called "Kid Care". The gross state product of Delaware in 2003 was $49 billion. Houston also is home to the TV stations and radio stations that serve the metro area.

Ranked by per capita income. Houston has a variety of newspapers, with the Houston Chronicle (which is the only major daily newspaper in Houston receiving wide distribution) being read all across the South-Central United States. However, because of its proximity, it acts as both a job hub and suburb with Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. See also:. Wilmington is a separate developed city in northern Delaware. Other alternative of higher learning includes the Houston Community College System, which has several campuses around Houston to serve all areas and is one of the largest community college system in the United States. the middle portion is the transition to the upper portion of the state, which has a warm continental climate and receives occasional winter snowfall. Houston is world renowned for health and medicine research facilities located in the Medical Center such as the Baylor College of Medicine and many others.

The southern third of the state has a mild subtropical climate, with hot, humid summers and mild winters. Houston is the location of a well known prestigious private institution of Rice University, which boasts the largest financial endowment of any university in the world. Since the great majority of Delaware is a part of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, the climate is moderated by the effects of the ocean. The UH Law Center's Health Law and Policy Institute is ranked number one in the nation while the Intellectual Property Law Program is ranked fifth, according to U.S. News & World Report. The only harbors of consequence are Wilmington, Lewes, and New Castle. Amongst the most prestigious of the University of Houston's colleges is the University of Houston Law Center (law school). Martin's Bay. UH is also home to over forty research centers and institutes.

The largest of these are Rehoboth Bay, Indian River Bay, and a portion of St. The interdisciplinary research conducted at UH breaks new ground in such vital areas as superconductivity, space commercialization, biomedical engineering, economics, education, petroleum exploration and management. The coast of Delaware Bay is marshy; the Atlantic coast has many sand beaches, inclosing shallow lagoons. Their flagship institution is the University of Houston, the only doctoral degree granting extensive research institution in Houston and is the third largest in the state of Texas with an enrollment of over 35,000. The Chritiana is navigable for large ships as far as Wilmington. Houston is served by the University of Houston System, the largest urban state system of higher education in the Gulf Coast, which has four universities with three located in Houston. The principal streams are the Christina and the Brandywine rivers. See also:.

A ridge about 70 feet in altitude extends along the western boundary of the state and is the watershed for the affluents of the Delaware in the east and of several streams falling into Chesapeake Bay. As of 2005, several candidates for the Houston City Council have brought up the issue of whether term limits should be amended or eliminated. The northern part is hilly, with a rolling surface, but below New Castle the ground is flat and sandy and in some parts swampy. A proposal to amend the Houston city charter where the current 2-year term will be amended to 4 years in office has been debated. Delaware lies on a level plain, the highest elevation being less than 442 feet above the sea. There are several issues brought up in the Houston area with term limits - during Mayor Lee Brown's final term in office, he refers to term limits as a dis-service for elected officials since incumbents do not gain the needed experience in city government. The northern part of the state is served by network stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the southern part by network stations in Salisbury, Maryland. Controller Annise Parker is the only ex-council member who ran for a nonpartisan office.

Philadelphia station, Channel 6 WPVI also maintains a bureau in downtown Wilmington. Several former city officials - Anthony Hall, Rodney Ellis, Sheila Jackson-Lee, Sylvia Garcia, Martha Wong, Chris Bell, and Annise Parker - had to run for another elected position either as a Democrat or Republican once their term expires. There are no network broadcast-television stations in Delaware, although a public-television station from Philadelphia, WHYY, maintains a studio and broadcasting facility in Wilmington. The City of Houston has been enforcing the 3-term rule since November 1991 after a referendum passed. In addition to its other responsibilities, Dover AFB serves as the entry point and morgue for American military persons (and some U.S. government civilians) who die overseas. Local municipal government in the City of Houston is considered as a home-rule city, and members of city council and the Controller's position are nonpartisan. Air Force base outside Dover is one of the largest in the U.S. At-large council members represent the entire city, as well as collaborate with district council members in response to district concerns.

The U.S. City Council members, who make up the legislative branch, are elected from nine districts in the city, along with five at-large positions. The state of Delaware, together with the Eastern Shore counties of Maryland and two counties of Virginia, form the Delmarva Peninsula, a geographical unit stretching far down the Mid-Atlantic coast. A mayor, who is the executive branch of the city government, can be elected consecutively for three terms. The largest city is Wilmington, and the capital is Dover. The current mayor of Houston is Bill White, who is serving his first term. Small portions of Delaware are also situated on the far, or eastern, side of the Delaware River Estuary, and these small parcels share land boundaries with New Jersey. A portion of southwest Houston, east of Missouri City, extends into Fort Bend County and also portion of northeast Houston extends into Montgomery County.

Delaware is bounded to the north by Pennsylvania, to the east by the Delaware River and the Atlantic Ocean and to the west and south by Maryland. Houston is the county seat of Harris County. Delaware has one of the few remaining Courts of Chancery in the nation, which has jurisdiction over equity cases. See also:. See: List of counties in Delaware. cities, and the housing in Houston is among the most affordable in the Nation. See: List of Delaware Governors Delaware only has 3 counties: Kent County, New Castle County, and Sussex County. The city has the second lowest cost of living in comparison to other major U.S.

Castle (Republican). Houston is unique in being the largest American city without zoning regulations. Delaware's single US Representative is former Governor, Michael N. Real Estate is also a large business in the Houston area, and NASA's presence in the city's southeast side has provided an additional economic boost. Biden (Democrat) and Thomas Carper (Democrat). It still is vital to the region, but most of the banks operating there are not based in Houston. Senators are Joseph R. Houston has attempted to build a banking industry in the city, but all of the companies which had been started in Houston were merged with other companies nationwide.

Delaware's U.S. However, Pasadena still has its refineries, and the Port of Houston is among the busiest in the world. Delaware is also one of the few states (California being another) that elect the governor and lieutenant governor separately. When the embargo was lifted, the growth stopped. Carney. Demand on Texas oil increased, and many people from the northeast came down to profit from the trade. The present governor of Delaware is Ruth Ann Minner (Democrat). The lieutenant governor is John C. The city's second growth spurt occurred in the late 1970s, with the Arab Oil Embargo.

The executive branch is headed by the Governor of Delaware and the judicial branch provides for a hierarchy of courts with the state Supreme Court being the highest. The 1920s had Houston's first growth spurt. The legislative body consists of a House of Representatives with 41 members and a Senate with 21 members. Houston became a major port as a result of the downfall of Galveston and the rise of the Houston Ship Channel. Delaware's fourth and current constitution was adopted in 1897 and provides for executive, judicial and legislative bodies. Unlike most places, where high gas prices are seen as harmful to the economy, they are generally seen as beneficial for Houston as many are employed in the energy industry. Delaware ratified the amendment on February 12, 1901--40 years after Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Houston has had several growth spurts in relation to the Texas oil industry.

Eight months after the end of the Civil War, however, Delaware voted on February 18, 1865 to reject the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution and so voted unsuccessfully to continue slavery beyond the Civil War. A new 20,000 SF Terminal and a 60-acre GA Complex, are currently under construction, with the Terminal completion expected in Spring 2006. During the American Civil War, Delaware was a slave state that remained in the Union (Delaware voters voted not to secede on January 3, 1861). The airport mostly serves corporate, governmental, and private clienteles, while it is owned and operated by the City of Sugar Land. The Big August Quarterly which began in 1814 is still celebrated and is the oldest such cultural festival in the country. Sugar Land Regional Airport is the fourth largest airport in the Houston—Sugar Land—Baytown Metropolitan Area, and the only general reliever airport in the southwest sector. Church. To the southwest of Houston, in Sugar Land, is the Sugar Land Regional Airport (SGR), formerly Sugar Land Municipal Airport.

The oldest black church in the country was chartered in Delaware by former-slave Peter Spencer in 1813 as the "Union Church of Africans," which is now the A.U.M.P. Ellington Field is in danger of closing down, as of February 2004. After the Revolution began in 1776, the three counties became "The Delaware State," and in 1792 that entity adopted its first constitution, declaring itself to be the "State of Delaware." Its first governors went by the title of "President of the Delaware State". Passenger flights ended on September 7, 2004. Delaware was one of the thirteen colonies which revolted against British rule in the American Revolution. The only passenger traffic that Ellington Field (EFD) ever handled consists of passengers going to and from Galveston County flying to Bush Airport to reduce travel time to that said airport. Several towns on the borders between Delaware and Maryland are divided by these lines. Hobby has a lot of the intra-United States traffic that is headed for downtown, southern Houston, Galveston, and the southern suburbs; it also handles all flights by Southwest Airlines from Houston.

The north-south boundary between Delaware and Maryland is known as the Transpeninsular Line. Bush Airport handles all of the city's international traffic. The remanider of the border between Pennsylvania and Delaware is formed by an arc known as The Twelve-Mile Circle. Houston is served by George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and William P. Hobby Airport (HOU). Part of the Line now forms the east-west boundary between Delaware and Maryland, and part of the north-south boundary between Pennsylvania and Delaware (this section, known as The Wedge was in dispute up till 1921), and some 80 of their original limestone markers remain. Brown and former METRO chairwoman Shirley DeLibero. The legal battles were settled by the heirs agreeing to a survey -- which resulted in the Mason-Dixon line, surveyed by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon between 1763 and 1767. Two METRORail cars - #101 and #102 - are the only METRO vehicles with dedication plaques to former mayor Lee P.

Thus raged over 100 years of litigation between William Penn and Baltimore, and, later, their heirs, in the High Court of Chancery in London. Although now only about 8 miles (13 km) long a long term plan is being developed for several more much longer line segments connecting diverse corners of the metropolitan area. However, Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore of Maryland claimed a competing grant to lands in the southern portion of Pennsylvania and most of Delaware. This is Texas's second major light rail service, after DART's light rail service in Dallas, Texas. In 1704 the "three lower counties" gained a separate legislature, and in 1710 a separate executive council. METRO hopes to expand the Light Rail to the 2 major airports, as well as the Bay Area, Katy, Spring and along the Southwest Freeway. The deed to the property that is now Delaware was granted to William Penn in 1682, by James, Duke of York (later, James II of England), and was part of the colony of Pennsylvania. A 27 mile (43 km) expansion has been approved to run the service all along the central Houston area, including Uptown.

The name "Delaware" comes from the title of Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, erstwhile governor of the colony of Virginia. It runs primarily along Main Street from central Downtown Houston to the Texas Medical Center and Reliant Park. The area became "New Sweden" with a colony established by Swedes (led by Peter Minuit) around Fort Christina (now Wilmington) in 1638. The city got the METRORail, a light rail service, on January 1, 2004. Europeans first settled in a Dutch trading post at "Zwaanendael" (or "Swaanendael," present-day Lewes (pronounced "Lewis")) in 1631. Uptown, METRO provides free service on the Uptown Shuttle. Ratification occurred on December 7, 1787. The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas, or METRO, provides public transportation in the form of buses, trolleys, and lift vans.

It is known as the "First State" because it was the first of the 13 colonies to ratify the United States Constitution. Residents often refer to Freeways and Tollways by their names instead of numbers. Delaware is a state of the United States. For a road map of Houston, click here (http://www.soulofamerica.com/images/maps/houston_map.jpeg). Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Highway 59 to Texas Highway 288 in Brazoria County. Delaware County, New York. The next portion to be constructed is from the current terminus at U.S.

Delaware County, Iowa. Highway 59 and was completed in 1994. Delaware, Ohio. A controversial proposed highway project, Texas Highway 99, would form a third loop outside of Houston. Currently, the completed portion of Texas Highway 99 runs from just north of Interstate 10 east of Katy in Harris County to Sugar Land in Fort Bend County at U.S. Ardentown: $35,577. Most of this freeway requires payment of $1 or more toll every five or ten miles. Rehoboth Beach: $38,494. The roughly square "Loop-610" is quartered into "North Loop," "South Loop," "West Loop," and "East Loop." The roads of Beltway 8 and their freeway core, the Sam Houston Parkway, are the next loop, at a diameter of roughly 25 miles.

North Star: $39,677. The innermost is Interstate 610, forming approximately a 10 mile diameter loop around downtown. Hockessin: $40,516. Houston has a hub-and-spoke freeway structure with multiple loops. Bethany Beach: $41,306. New landscaping projects and a longstanding ban on new billboards are two ways that Houston is trying to back away from this side effect of convenience. Fenwick Island: $44,415. The frontage roads make freeway access very easy, but due to their visibility to passing traffic, they have attracted most of Houston's gas stations and major retail stores.

Dewey Beach: $51,958. Alongside most freeways are two to four lanes in each direction parallel to the freeway permitting easy access to individual city streets. South Bethany: $53,624. One unusual characteristic of Houston's freeways are its frontage roads. Henlopen Acres: $82,091. Houston has an extensive network of freeway cameras linked to a transit control center to monitor and study traffic. Greenville: $83,223. Timed freeway entrances, which regulate the addition of cars to the freeway, are also common.

The primary method currently in use is the High-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane for vans and carpools. Texas Department of Transportation (TX DOT) planners have been running experiments to reduce traffic congestion at rush hour. Interstate 45 south has been in a continuous state of construction, in one portion or another, almost since the first segment was built in 1952. Houston freeways are heavily traveled and often being reconstructed to meet the demands of continuing growth.

Houston is ranked among the most ozone-polluted cities in the United States. This dependence on cars causes various pollution problems, including excessive ozone levels. Houston's size and lack of zoning have contributed to decentralization, or urban sprawl, which, combined with the humidity and hot summers, has made the automobile the favored means of transportation. For a full list of the cities in the Houston area, see:.

Areas far north, west, east and south of the inner-city also use 936 and/or 409. However, the geographic division between 713, 281, and 832 has been eliminated, and newly issued phone numbers (especially for cell phones and fax machines) within that zone may be assigned any of the three codes. Those outside the 610 Loop that are within the city limits normally receive the 281 or 832 area code. Locations within the Houston city limits that are inside the 610 Loop traditionally used the 713 area code.

Yet a third - the "Grand Parkway", has begun construction roughly 10 miles (16 km) beyond that around the outer suburbs and currently extends from Katy to Sugar Land. Another ring road, Beltway 8 (also known simply as the "Beltway"), encircles the city another 5 miles (8 km) further out. The outlying areas of Houston, as well as the rest of Bellaire, the airports and the suburbs and enclaves are outside the loop. Locations in Houston are generally classified as either being inside or outside Interstate 610, known as the 610 Loop which include the Central business district and the 'island' cities of West University (West U.), and Southside Place, and a portion of Bellaire.

Kemah is surrounded by Galveston Bay to the east and Clear Lake (a brackish-water boater's paradise with open pass through to Galveston Bay) to the west. Another tourist hot spot is Kemah where visitors see the Kemah Boardwalk, which has many seafood restaurants and local tourist attractions. Beach houses owned by Houstonians have sprung up in other cities along the shoreline to the Gulf of Mexico. The city's vulnerability on a narrow barrier bar island led to the creation of the mainland Houston Ship Channel made by the dredging of shallow Buffalo Bayou and Galveston Bay to form a protected port some 40 miles (64 km) inland of the open Gulf and less than 10 miles (16 km) from Houston's central business district.

Before near destruction in 1900 Galveston was the larger and wealthier of the two cities and dubbed "The Wall Street of the Southwest", and was on par with New Orleans as the Gulf Coast's premier city. A popular day trip may include Galveston where people can visit Moody Gardens or visit a nearby beach. However, a small portion of northeast Houston has the zip codes of 77339 and 77345. Zip codes in Houston range from 77002 to 77099.

The following are areas of the inner-city:. Note that if these business districts were considered one, they would form the third largest in the United States. The city also has the third largest skyline in the United States (after New York City and Chicago, Illinois), but because it is spread over a few miles, pictures of the city show, for the most part, the Downtown area. Rather than a single “downtown” as the center of the city's employment, five additional business districts have grown throughout the inner-city. Houston, being the largest city in the United States without zoning laws, has grown in an unusual manner.

See also:. Furthermore, aided by the popularity of the late hip-hop artist DJ Screw, Houston is known among youth, primarily in the South, as having its own distinctive style of hip-hop commonly known as screw music or referred to locally as simply "screw." Many young Houstonians of all ethnicities and socioeconomic backgrounds who were in touch with the local hip-hop culture may remember the advent of this form of Southern rap which began to take place around late 1999. The design for the first Compaq computer was sketched on a napkin at House of Pies, a notable diner near the Montrose area. Several Houston-based restaurants, such as Ninfa Laurenzo's Mama Ninfa's Mexican restaurant chain, Johnny Carrabba's Carrabba's, and Kim Su Tran La's Kim Sơn Vietnamese restaurant chain, have become well known in Texas and throughout the country.

For example, although Dallas has more restaurants per person than even New York City, Houstonians eat out more often than residents of any other city in the United States, and the only city in which eating out is cheaper than Houston is New Orleans, Louisiana. This rivalry often leads to comparison of the assets of one city to the assets of the other. Houstonians often consider themselves more "down to earth" than their neighbors to the north. Because the Houston—Sugar Land—Baytown and the Dallas—Fort Worth—Arlington metropolitan areas are both the major economic centers of the state, they enjoy a friendly rivalry.

In some neighborhoods, street signs are seen in Chinese and Vietnamese. Like many other large cities in the United States, Houston is a very diverse city with a variety of different ethnic groups. About 90 languages are spoken in the area. Houston also boasts of having a population with a younger age than the national average. Houston has the second highest South African population in the United States, after Miami, Florida.

Recent redevelopment of Midtown from run-down to upscale has increased property values and property taxes thus forcing the Vietnamese American out of their current neighborhood into other areas. Houston has two Chinatowns, as well as the third largest Vietnamese American population in the United States. Houston has the third largest Hispanic population in the United States. People from Asia such as China, South Korea, Japan, India, Pakistan, and Vietnam have been immigrating to Houston. The Hispanic population in Houston is increasing as more and more people from Latin countries try to find work in Houston. Hispanics make up a significant amount of the population.

Out of the total population, 26.1% of those under the age of 18 and 14.3% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. 19.2% of the population and 16.0% of families are below the poverty line. The per capita income for the city is $20,101. Males have a median income of $32,084 versus $27,371 for females.

The median income for a household in the city is $36,616, and the median income for a family is $40,443. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 97.8 males. For every 100 females there are 99.7 males. The median age is 31 years.

In the city the population is spread out with 27.5% under the age of 18, 11.2% from 18 to 24, 33.8% from 25 to 44, 19.1% from 45 to 64, and 8.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.67 and the average family size is 3.39. 29.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 6.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. There are 717,945 households out of which 33.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.2% are married couples living together, 15.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 36.3% are non-families.

37.41% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. The racial makeup of the city is 49.27% White, 25.31% Black or African American, 0.44% Native American, 5.31% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 16.46% from other races, and 3.15% from two or more races. There are 782,009 housing units at an average density of 521.1/km² (1,349.6/mi²). The population density is 1,301.8/km² (3,371.7/mi²).

As of the census² of 2000, there are 1,953,631 people, 717,945 households, and 457,330 families residing in the city. Like many areas of Texas, Houston suffers from the Red Imported Fire Ant. While Dallas gets hotter temperatures, Houston's heat index is often higher. Dallas has a hot and dry climate while Houston has a hot and humid climate.

Houston's climate is often compared to that of Dallas, Texas. Many neighborhoods have changed since the storm; older houses in some afflicted neighborhoods have been torn down and replaced with larger houses with larger foundations. Houston's worst contemporary flood was Tropical Storm Allison which passed through the city in June, 2001. Flooding has proved to be an increasingly serious problem in Houston.

The last hurricane of consequence to hit Houston was Hurricane Alicia in 1983, but Tropical Storm Allison in 2001 caused billions of dollars in damages. The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 led to Galveston losing its status as the major port city and economic power in Southeast Texas; development of the Ship Channel and its port refineries shifted the honor to Houston. Hurricanes have slammed into the Texas Gulf Coast on numerous occasions; several have passed through Houston, causing death and destruction. Land subsidence forced the city to turn to ground-level water sources such as Lake Houston.

The city once relied on groundwater for its water needs. Most of Houston is very flat and is about fifty feet above sea level in elevation; the Houston Heights area has the highest elevation in the city. The Ship Channel goes past Galveston, Texas into the Gulf of Mexico. The Buffalo Bayou, which runs into downtown, the Brays Bayou, which runs along the Texas Medical Center, White Oak Bayou runs through the Heights and near northwest area and the Sims Bayou in the south of Houston merge in downtown Houston into the Houston Ship Channel.

Houston has four major bayous passing through the city. Snow is almost unheard of, and typically does not accumulate when it is seen. The coolest period is usually in January, when north winds bring winter rains. Winters in Houston are cool and temperate.

Afternoon rains are not uncommon, and Houston meteorologists are not given to predicting a zero percent chance of rain on most days. Summer thunderstorms sometimes bring the moderately common tornadoes to the area. To cope with the heat, people use air conditioning in nearly every car and post-war building in the city. The air tends to feel still and the humidity (often 90 to 100% relative humidity) makes the air feel hotter than it really is.

In summertime, daily high temperatures are in the 90 to 105 °F range throughout much of July and August. Prevailing winds are from the south and southeast during most of the year, bringing heat from the deserts of Mexico and moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. Average yearly precipitation levels range from 36 to 48 inches. Much of Houston was built on forested land, marshes or prairie, all of which can still be seen in surrounding areas.

The city is located in the gulf coastal plains biome, and the vegetation is classified as a temperate grassland. Houston's climate is classified as being humid subtropical. The total area is 3.70% water. 1,500.7 km² (579.4 mi²) of it is land and 57.7 km² (22.3 mi²) of it is water.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1,558.4 km² (601.7 mi²). Main article: History of Houston. The city has also the recipient of this award in years prior, including 2001, 2002, and 2003. Methodology for determining for the 2005 status included the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's survey which listed 23% of Houston residents as clinically obese, as well as other less serious statistics, such as Houston having twice the number of donut shops per capita compared to the national average. In 2005, Men's Fitness magazine named Houston the fattest city in the U.S.

Rice Stadium, at Rice University, was the home to the Super Bowl VIII, and Super Bowl XXXVIII was played at the Reliant Stadium in February 2004. (Other nicknames include "H-Town", "Clutch City", and "Magnolia City".). It is known by the locals, however, as the Bayou City. "Houston" was the first word uttered on the moon, as Neil Armstrong reported back to NASA.

Officially, Houston has been nicknamed the Space City. Other major institutions of higher learning in Houston include University of Saint Thomas, Houston Baptist University, University of Houston-Clear Lake, University of Houston-Downtown, and Texas Southern University. Houston is also home to Rice University, a well known private institution which boasts one of the largest financial endowments of any university in the world. Houston is home to many institutions of higher learning such as the University of Houston, which is Texas' premier metropolitan extensive research university and also the flagship institution of the University of Houston System.

Houston is considered a "Gamma World City" by the GaWC. states, as well as hundreds of countries worldwide. Because of the economic trades, many residents have moved in from other U.S. The Port of Houston is one of the busiest ports in the United States, second in the world as far as foreign tonnage.

Houston is world renowned for its energy industry (particularly oil), aeronautics industry and ship channel. Today, the city limits cover about 600 square miles (1,600 km²) in area, and it's also the largest city in the United States which does not have zoning laws. The city of Houston was incorporated in 1837. 29°40' N
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In 1900, the population in Houston was about 45,000 and it was the 85th largest town in the United States. Houston is one of the newest and fastest growing major cities in the United States. Census estimate placed the city's population at 2,009,690. Census 2000, the city had a total population of 1,953,631, but a July 1, 2003, U.S.

As of the U.S. A portion of southwest Houston extends into Fort Bend County and a small portion in the northeast extends into Montgomery County. The city is the county seat of Harris County, the third most populous county in the country. The City of Houston is the fourth largest city in the United States and one of the two largest economic areas in the state of Texas.

Toyota Center. Robertson Stadium. Rice Stadium. Reliant Stadium.

Reliant Astrodome. Minute Maid Park (formerly Enron or Astros Field). Hofheinz Pavilion. Former professional sports teams.

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