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. 2000 20,851,820 22.8% Ethnicity In 2009 the U.S Department of Homeland Security estimated 1.68 million illegal immigrants lived in Texas. While the number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S has declined since 2009 in Texas there was no change in population between 2009 and 2014, 4.3.2 Texas House of Representatives In 2001 U2 filmed the music video for "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" inside the Astrodome! 12.1 Cities (multiple counties) Lady Bird Taylor Johnson around age three in East Texas. . . . Winds and currents Houston often popularly referred to as the Bayou City is crossed by a number of slow-moving swampy rivers which are essential to draining the region's broad floodplains the city was founded at the convergence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou a point today known as Allen's Landing.

In total 34.2% (7,660,406) of Texas's population aged five and older spoke a language at home other than English, As of 2018 in English the prepositions up down out and over are used by residents of Houston to refer to traveling to points within about a 100 miles (160 km) radius: north (Conroe) south (Galveston) west (Katy) and east (Baytown and Beaumont) the modifier "way" as in "way out" may be used for more distant points such as Brookshire and Crosby, An expedition commanded by Pizarro and his brothers explored south from what is today Panama reaching Inca territory by 1526. After one more expedition in 1529 Pizarro received royal approval to conquer the region and be its viceroy the approval read: "In July 1529 the queen of Spain signed a charter allowing Pizarro to conquer the Incas Pizarro was named governor and captain of all conquests in New Castile" the Viceroyalty of Peru was established in 1542 encompassing all Spanish holdings in South America. Further information: List of newspapers in Houston List of television stations in Houston and List of radio stations in Houston, Main article: Religion in Houston, In addition 37.6 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino (of any race) (31.6 percent Mexican 0.9 percent Salvadoran 0.5 percent Puerto Rican 0.4 percent Honduran 0.3 percent Guatemalan 0.3 percent Spaniard 0.2 percent Colombian 0.2 percent Cuban). In August 2017 Houston experienced record flooding as a result of Hurricane Harvey the damages due to flash flooding are estimated at or above $50 billion making it one of the worst and costliest natural disasters in the United States Relief efforts are currently underway and are expected to last for years to come, There are 27,000 abandoned oil and gas wells beneath the Gulf These have generally not been checked for potential environmental problems, Technology Occupation A system of toll roads operated by the Harris County Toll Road Authority (HCTRA) and Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority (FBCTRA) provides additional options for regional commuters the Sam Houston Tollway which encompasses the mainlanes of Beltway 8 (as opposed to the frontage roads which are untolled) is the longest tollway in the system covering the entirety of the Beltway with the exception of a free section between Interstate 45 and Interstate 69 near George Bush Intercontinental Airport the region is serviced by four spoke tollways: a set of managed lanes on the Katy Freeway; the Hardy Toll Road which parallels Interstate 45 north of Downtown up to Spring; the Westpark Tollway which services Houston's western suburbs out to Fulshear; and Fort Bend Parkway which connects to Sienna Plantation Westpark Tollway and Fort Bend Parkway are operated conjunctly with the Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority.