
Houston
Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the Southern United States. It is the fourth-most populous city in the United States, with an... Wikipedia
- Counties: Harris, Fort Bend, Montgomery
- Incorporated: June 05, 1837
- Named for: Sam Houston
- Type: Strong mayor–council
- Body: Houston City Council
- Mayor: John Whitmire (D)
- Population (2020): 2,301,572
- Estimate (2023): 2,314,157
- Rank: 6th in North America, 4th in the United States, 1st in Texas
- Urban: 5,853,575 (US: 5th)
- Metro: 7,122,240 (US: 5th)
- Demonym(s): Houstonian
- Time zone: CST (UTC−6)
- Summer (DST): CDT (UTC−5)
- ZIP Codes: 770xx, 772xx (P.O. Boxes)
- FIPS code: 48-35000
- GNIS feature ID: 1380948
- Data source: DuckDuckGo