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. Public School Lunch Media 132 Gina Calanni Democratic 2018 West Harris County (including Greater Katy area). 8.4 Airports 1 Arts and theatre Nassau Bay (12.0) 60.4 In the 2014 Texas elections the Tea Party movement made large gains with numerous Tea Party favorites being elected into office including Dan Patrick as lieutenant governor Ken Paxton as attorney general in addition to numerous other candidates including conservative Republican Greg Abbott as governor. 3.5 Taxation Northgate Forest, Domecoming Austin's settlers the Old Three Hundred made places along the Brazos River in 1822. Twenty-three other empresarios brought settlers to the state the majority of whom were from the United States the population of Texas grew rapidly in 1825 Texas had about 3,500 people with most of Mexican descent by 1834 the population had grown to about 37,800 people with only 7,800 of Mexican descent. Most of these early settlers who arrived with Austin and soon after were persons less than fortunate in life as Texas was devoid of the comforts found elsewhere in Mexico and the United States during that time Early Texas settler David B Edwards described his fellow Texans as being "banished from the pleasures of life", Early Portuguese period. . . . Geology 16 External links, Contents Airports 4 Media Historically Texas culture comes from a blend of Southern (Dixie) Western (frontier) and Southwestern (Mexican/Anglo fusion) influences varying in degrees of such from one intrastate region to another Texas is placed in the Southern United States by the United States Census Bureau a popular food item the breakfast burrito draws from all three having a soft flour tortilla wrapped around bacon and scrambled eggs or other hot cooked fillings Adding to Texas's traditional culture established in the 18th and 19th centuries immigration has made Texas a melting pot of cultures from around the world, Houston contains few naturally-formed lakes Lake Houston an 11,854-acre (4,797-hectare) reservoir located approximately 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Downtown was created by damming the San Jacinto River in the 1950s to create a dependable long-term supply of drinking water the lake is owned and operated by the City of Houston. Besides supplying water to the city the lake is also a central feature of the Kingwood community and serves as a recreational destination.

Texas has the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world and the rate by which Texas women died from pregnancy related complications doubled from 2010 to 2014 to 23.8 per 100,000 a rate unmatched in any other U.S state or economically developed country. See Maternal healthcare in Texas. In August 2005 Houston became a shelter to more than 150,000 people from New Orleans who evacuated from Hurricane Katrina. One month later about 2.5 million Houston-area residents evacuated when Hurricane Rita approached the Gulf Coast leaving little damage to the Houston area This was the largest urban evacuation in the history of the United States in September 2008 Houston was hit by Hurricane Ike As many as 40% of residents refused to leave Galveston Island because they feared the type of traffic problems that had happened after Hurricane Rita, Three community college districts exist with campuses in and around Harris County the Houston Community College System serves most of Houston the northwestern through northeastern parts of the county are served by various campuses of the Lone Star College System while the southeastern portion of the county is served by San Jacinto College the Houston Community College and Lone Star College systems are within the 10 largest institutions of higher learning in the United States, 115 Plains GP Holdings. . !