Greater Houston
Metropolitan statistical area
Houston–Pasadena–The Woodlands, Texas metropolitan statistical area
From top to bottom, left to right: Houston, The Woodlands, Sugar Land, and Galveston
Interactive Map of Houston–Pasadena, TXCSA   City of Houston   Houston–Pasadena–The WoodlandsMSA   HuntsvilleµSA   El Campo µSA   Bay City µSA   Brenham µSA
Country	United States
State	Texas
Principal cities[1]	List Houston The Woodlands Sugar Land Baytown Conroe Galveston
Area
• Urban	1,660.0 sq mi (4,299.4 km2)
• Metro	10,062 sq mi (26,061 km2)
Highest elevation	430 ft (131 m)
Lowest elevation	0 ft (0 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Density	3,000/sq mi (1,150/km2)
• Urban	5,853,575(5th)
• MSA	7,122,240 (5th)
• CSA	7,824,643 (9th)
	MSA/CSA = 2020, Urban = 2010
GDP [3]
• MSA	$696.999 billion (2023)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes	361,409,713/281/832/346,936,979

Greater Houston, designated by theUnited States Office of Management and Budget asHouston–Pasadena–The Woodlands,^[4] is thefifth-most populousmetropolitan statistical area in the United States,^[5] encompassing ten counties along the Gulf Coast inSoutheast Texas. With a population of 7,824,643 in 2025,^[6]

The region of approximately 10,000 square miles (26,000 square kilometers) centers onHarris County, thethird-most populouscounty in the U.S., which contains the city ofHouston, the economic and cultural center of theSouth with a population of more than 2.3 million as of 2010.^[7] Greater Houston is part of theTexas Trianglemegaregion along with the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex,Greater Austin, andGreater San Antonio. Greater Houston also serves as a major anchor and economic hub for theGulf Coast. ItsPort of Houston is thelargest port in the United States and the16th-largest in the world.^[8]

Greater Houston has historically been among the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the United States; it was the fastest-growing in absolute terms during the 2013–2014 census year, adding 156,371 people.^[9] The area grew 25.2%, adding over 950,000 people, between 1990 and 2000 in comparison to a 13.2% increase in the national population over the same period. Between 2000 and 2007, the area added over 910,000 people.^[10] TheGreater Houston Partnership projected the metropolitan area would add between 4.1 and 8.3 million new residents between 2010 and 2050.^[11]

Greater Houston has the seventh-highestmetropolitan-area gross domestic product in the United States, valued at $551 billion in 2023.^[12] A major trade center anchored by the Port of Houston, the region has the highest trade export value of all metropolitan areas, at over $180 billion in 2024, accounting for 9% of all U.S. exports.^[13] As of 2024, Greater Houston is home to the headquarters of 24Fortune 500 companies, ranking third among all metropolitan statistical areas.^[14] The Greater Houston metropolitan area was ranked the fourth-most diverse metropolitan area in the United States in 2012.^[15]

According to theCity of Houston, the Houston–Pasadena–The Woodlands metropolitan statistical area has a total area of 10,062 square miles (26,060 km²), which is slightly smaller than theU.S. state ofMassachusetts and slightly larger thanMaryland.^[16] TheU.S. Office of Management and Budget combines the Houston–Pasadena–The Woodlands metropolis with fourmicropolitan statistical areas (Bay City,Brenham,El Campo, andHuntsville) to form the Houston–Pasadena, TX combined statistical area.^[17]

The metropolitan area is located in the Gulf Coastal Plainsbiome, and its vegetation is classified as temperate grassland. Much of the urbanized area was built on forested land, marshes, swamp, orprairie, remnants of which can still be seen in surrounding areas. Of particular note is theKaty Prairie to the west, theBig Thicket to the northeast, and theGalveston Bay ecosystem to the south. Additionally, the metropolitan region is crossed by a number of creeks andbayous, which provide essential drainage during rainfall events; some of the most notable waterways includeBuffalo Bayou (upon which Houston was founded),^[16]White Oak Bayou,Brays Bayou,Spring Creek, and theSan Jacinto River. The upperdrainage basin of Buffalo Bayou is impounded by two largeflood control reservoirs,Barker Reservoir andAddicks Reservoir, which provide a combined 400,000acre-feet (490 millioncubic meters) of storage during large rainfall events and cover a total land area of 26,100 acres (106 km²).^[18] Greater Houston's flat topography, susceptibility to high-intensity rainfall events, high level ofimpervious surface, and inadequately-sized natural drainage channels make it particularly susceptible to catastrophic flooding events.^[19]

Underpinning Greater Houston's land surface are unconsolidatedclays, clayshales, and poorly cementedsands up to several miles deep. The region's geology developed from stream deposits formed from the erosion of theRocky Mountains. Thesesediments consist of a series of sands and clays deposited on decaying organic matter that, over time, transformed into oil and natural gas. Beneath these tiers is a water-deposited layer ofhalite, a rock salt. The porous layers were compressed over time and forced upward. As it pushed upward, the salt dragged surrounding sediments into dome shapes, often trapping oil and gas that seeped from the surrounding porous sands. This thick, rich soil also provides a good environment for rice farming in suburban outskirts into which the city of Houston continues to grow nearKaty. Evidence of past rice farming is even still evident in developed areas as an abundance of rich, dark, loamy topsoil exists.^[20]

The Greater Houston region is generally earthquake-free. While the city of Houston contains over 150 to 300 active surfacefaults with an aggregate length of up to 310 miles (500 km),^[21][22][23] the clay below the surface precludes the buildup of friction that produces ground-shaking in earthquakes. These faults generally move at a smooth rate in what is termed "fault creep".

Greater Houston has ahumid subtropical climate typical of theSouthern United States. It is rainy most of the year. Prevailing winds come from the south and southeast during most of the year, which bring heat and moisture from the nearby Gulf of Mexico andGalveston Bay area.^[24]

A number oftropical storms and hurricanes have hit the metropolitan area, including:

• 1900 Galveston Hurricane, which devastated Galveston and was the deadliest natural disaster in United States history, killing between 8,000 and 12,000.
• Hurricane Carla (1961), which was the most recent Category 4 hurricane to strike Texas until Harvey in 2017.
• Hurricane Alicia (1983), which struck the area as a Category 3, and was at the time, the costliest Atlantic hurricane.
• Tropical Storm Allison (2001), until Harvey, which brought the worst flooding in Houston history and was the first tropical storm to be retired.
• Hurricane Rita (2005), which triggered one of the largest evacuations in United States history in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
• Hurricane Ike (2008), which brought devastating storm surge to the coast and wind damage into the city.
• Hurricane Harvey (2017), which brought devastating flooding that resulted in excess of $100 billion in damages toSoutheast Texas.
• Tropical Storm Imelda (2019) caused widespread flooding around Houston and surrounding areas.
• Hurricane Nicholas (2021), did moderate damage, and brought wind and rain to the area.
• Hurricane Beryl (2024), brought strong winds and significant rainfall, causing devastating damage in Houston.

As defined by theU.S. Office of Management and Budget, the metropolitan area of Houston–Pasadena–The Woodlands encompasses ten counties in Southeast Texas. They are listed below:

Eight principal communities are designated within the Greater Houston metropolitan area. The Woodlands is acensus-designated place; the rest are cities. They are listed below:

Other communities:

Numerically, Greater Houston is the second fastest growing metropolitan area in the U.S.^[32] There were a total of 7,122,240 residents within the Greater Houston metropolitan area as of 2020, according to theUnited States Census Bureau.^[33][34] In 2010, Greater Houston had 5,920,416 residents and in 2000, it had a population of 4,177,646. Another 2010 estimate determined the population increased to 5,920,487.^[35] Of the population an estimated 575,000 were undocumented immigrants according to 2014 estimates.^[36]

In 2020, Greater Houston's racial makeup was 41%White (non-Hispanic white 34%), 20%Black and African American, 8%Asian and 3% fromtwo or more races; additionally, 37% of the metropolitan population wereHispanic and Latino Americans of any race.^[34] Among its metropolitan population, roughly 23.4% were foreign-born. The largest foreign-born population came fromLatin America, followed by Asia, Africa, Europe and other parts of North America. The metropolitan statistical area was classified as one of the largest regions where the three largest minority groups were highly represented.^[37] In 2018, its racial makeup had an estimated 35.5%Anglo American, 20% Black and African American, 7.6% Asian American and 2.1% other races; approximately 37.6% were Hispanic or Latino American of any race.^[35] Nearly one in four Greater Houstonians were foreign-born in 2018 and a quarter of all refugees settled in Texas lived in the region.

According to the 2019American Community Survey, the median household income was $69,193 and the per capita income was $35,190. Roughly 13% of the metropolis lived at or below the poverty line.^[34] As of 2011, Greater Houston has four of Texas's 10 wealthiest communities, which include the wealthiest community,Hunters Creek Village, the fourth-wealthiest community,Bunker Hill Village, the fifth-wealthiest community,West University Place, and the sixth-wealthiest community,Piney Point Village.^[38]

Greater Houston's religious community is predominantlyChristian and the second-largest metropolitan area that identifies with the religion in Texas after Dallas–Fort Worth (73%).^[39][40] In 2012, the city of Houston proper ranked the ninth most religious city in the U.S.^[41]

Within the Greater Houston metropolitan area, theCatholic Church is the largest single Christian denomination as of a 2014 study by thePew Research Center.^[39] Catholics in Houston are primarily served by theRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston–Houston. Following, the body ofEvangelical Protestantism was the second largest according to this study;Baptists dominated the Evangelical Protestant demographic.Mainline Protestantism, led byMethodists, was the third largest Christian group.

In a separate study by theAssociation of Religion Data Archives in 2020, the Catholic Church numbered 1,299,901 for the metropolitan area; by 2020, the second-largest single Christian denomination (Southern Baptists) numbered 800,688; following,non-denominational Protestant churches represented the third-largest Christian cohort at 666,548.^[42]

Altogether, however, Baptists of the Southern Baptist Convention, theAmerican Baptist Association,American Baptist Churches USA,Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship,National Baptist Convention USA andNational Baptist Convention of America, and theNational Missionary Baptist Convention numbered 926,554. Non-denominational Protestants, theDisciples of Christ,Christian Churches and Churches of Christ, and theChurches of Christ numbered 723,603 altogether according to the 2020 study.

Within theEastern Christian tradition, there were 3,617Coptic Orthodox Christians, 1,746Eritrean Orthodox and 850Ethiopian Orthodox, 6,209Greek Orthodox, 2,405Malankara Orthodox Syrians, 641American Orthodox, and 1,058Serbian Orthodox in the metropolis.^[42]

According to the Pew Research Center's 2014 study, non-Christian religions collectively made up 7% of the religious metropolitan population. The largest non-Christian religion wasJudaism. According to the study, 20% of Greater Houston wasirreligious and 2% wereatheist. The Association of Religion Data Archives 2020 study determined there were 7,061Conservative Jews and 3,050Orthodox Jews; there were 11,481Reform Jews throughout the area. There were an estimated 123,256 Muslims, 51,567Hindus and Yoga practitioners, and 20,281Buddhists.^[42]

Among the 10 most populousmetropolitan areas in the U.S., Greater Houston ranked first in employment growth rate and second in nominal employment growth.^[43] In 2006, the Greater Houston metropolitan area ranked first in Texas and third in the U.S. within the category of "Best Places for Business and Careers" byForbes.^[44]

The Houston–The Woodlands-Sugar Land area'sgross metropolitan product (GMP) in 2005 was $308.7 billion, up 5.4% from 2004 in constant dollars—slightly larger than Austria's gross domestic product. By 2012, the GMP had risen to $449 billion, the fourth-largest of any metropolitan area in the United States.^[45] Only 26 countries other than the United States had a GDP exceeding Greater Houston's GAP.^[46] Mining, which in the area is almost entirely oil and gas exploration and production, accounted for 11% of Greater Houston's GAP—down from 21% as recently as 1985. The reduced role of oil and gas in Houston's GAP reflects the rapid growth of other sectors—such as engineering services, health services, retail, andmanufacturing.^[47][48]

The area's economic activity is centered in thecity of Houston, the county seat ofHarris County. Houston is second to New York City inFortune 500 headquarters. The city has attempted to build abanking industry, but the companies originally started in Houston have since merged with other companies nationwide. Banking, however, is still vital to the metropolitan region.^[49]

Galveston Bay and the Buffalo Bayou together form one of the most important shipping hubs in the world. ThePort of Houston, thePort of Texas City, and thePort of Galveston are all majorseaports located in this Greater Houston area.^[50] The area is also one of the leading centers of the energy industry, particularly petroleum processing, and many companies have large operations in this region.^[51] The metropolitan area also comprises the largestpetrochemical manufacturing area in the world, including forsynthetic rubber,insecticides, andfertilizers.^[52] The area is also the world's leading center for buildingoilfield equipment. Greater Houston is also a major center ofbiomedical research, aeronautics, and high technology.^[53]

Much of the metro area's success as a petrochemical complex is enabled by its busy man-madeHouston Ship Channel.^[54] Because of these economic trades, many residents have moved to the Houston area from other U.S. states, as well as hundreds of countries worldwide. Unlike most places, where high fuel prices are seen as harmful to the economy, they are generally seen as beneficial for Houston, as many are employed in the energy industry.Baytown,Pasadena,La Porte, andTexas City have some of the area's largest petroleum/petrochemical plants, though major operations can be found in Houston,Anahuac,Clute, and other communities. Galveston has the largest cruise-ship terminal in Texas (and the 12th-largest in the world). The island, as well theClear Lake area, are major recreation and tourism areas in the region.^[55]

Houston is home to theTexas Medical Center—the largest medical center in the world.^[56] Galveston is home to one of only two national biocontainment laboratories in the United States.^[57]

TheUniversity of Houston System's annual impact on the Houston-area's economy equates to that of a major corporation: $1.1 billion in new funds attracted annually to the Houston area, $3.13 billion in total economic benefit, and 24,000 local jobs generated.^[58][59] This is in addition to the 12,500 new graduates theUH System produces every year who enter the workforce in Houston and throughout Texas. These degree-holders tend to stay in Houston; after five years, 80.5% of graduates are still living and working in the region.^[59]

Sugar Land is home to the second-largest economic activities and fifth-largest city in the metropolitan area. It has the most important economic center in Fort Bend County. The city holds theImperial Sugar (its namesake), Nalco Champion, and Western Airways headquarters. Engineering firms and other related industries have managed to take the place as an economic engine.^{[citation needed]}

Club	Sport	Founded	League	Venue
Houston Astros	Baseball	1962	MLB	Daikin Park
Houston Rockets	Basketball	1967	NBA	Toyota Center
Houston Texans	Football	2002	NFL	NRG Stadium
Houston Dynamo	Men's soccer	2005	MLS	Shell Energy Stadium
Houston Dash	Women's soccer	2014	NWSL	Shell Energy Stadium
Houston SaberCats	Rugby Union	2018	MLR	Aveva Stadium

Greater Houston is home to fiveNCAA Division I programs, with four located within Houston proper. TheUniversity of Houston andRice University play in Division I-A (FBS).^[60] The University of Houston plays in theBig 12 Conference, while Rice belongs to theAmerican Athletic Conference. Both schools were once part of theSouthwest Conference.Texas Southern University andPrairie View A&M University, which are members of theSouthwestern Athletic Conference, plays in Division I-AA (FCS).^[60]Houston Christian University (formerly Houston Baptist University) currently plays in Division I (FCS), mainly in theSouthland Conference.^[61] Rice and Houston Christian are widely noted for their student-athlete graduation rates, which number at 91% for Rice (tied for highest in the nation according to a 2002Sports Illustrated issue on best college sports programs) and 80% for HBU.

School	Founded	Nickname	Conference
Prairie View A&M University	1876	Prairie View A&M Panthers	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Rice University	1912	Rice Owls	Conference USA
Texas Southern University	1927	Texas Southern Tigers	Southwestern Athletic Conference
University of Houston	1927	Houston Cougars	Big 12 Conference
Houston Christian University	1960	Houston Christian Huskies	Southland Conference

Houston is or has been home to various nationally known sporting events. The most notable is theHouston Livestock Show and Rodeo, which is the world's largestlivestock exhibition androdeo event. Other events of importance on greater Houston include theShell Houston Open (aPGA Tour event), theU.S. Men's Clay Court Championships (ATP tour), theHouston Marathon, and theTexas Bowl college football bowl game. From 1959 to 1987, Houston hosted theBluebonnet Bowl. Houston has also played host to threeSuper Bowls (VIII,XXXVIII,LI), the 1968, 1986, and2004 MLB All-Star Games, the 2022, 2021, 2019, 2017, 2005 World Series, and the 1989, 2006, 2013NBA All-Star Games. Houston has also played host to various high school and college sporting events, including theBig 12 Championship Game and hosted the2011 NCAA Men's Final Four,2010 NCAA Men's Regional Finals, and2010 MLS All-Star Game. Houston has held twoWrestleMania events,WrestleMania X-Seven andWrestleMania XXV, which is considered the biggest pro-wrestling event of the year, seen as the Super Bowl of pro-wrestling. Houston was also considered a candidate for the2012 and2016 Olympic Games.

Five separate and distinct state universities are located within the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. TheUniversity of Houston is a nationally recognized Tier One research university, and is the flagship institution of theUniversity of Houston System.^[62][63][64] The third-largest university in Texas, the University of Houston has nearly 43,000 students on its 667-acre campus in southeast Houston.^[65] TheUniversity of Houston–Clear Lake and theUniversity of Houston–Downtown are standalone universities; they are not branch campuses of the University of Houston. The metropolitan area is home to the two largest historically black institutions in the state:Texas Southern University andPrairie View A&M University. TheUniversity of Texas Medical Branch andTexas A&M University at Galveston, a branch campus ofTexas A&M University, are located in Galveston.

Several private institutions of higher learning—ranging from liberal arts colleges to a nationally recognized Tier One research university—are located within the metropolitan area. TheUniversity of St. Thomas is the only Catholic institution ofhigher education in Houston.Houston Christian University, located in the Sharpstown area, was founded in 1960.Rice University is one of the leading teaching and research universities of the United States and consistently ranks among the nation's top 20 universities byU.S. News & World Report.^[66]

Three community college districts exist with campuses in and around Houston. TheHouston Community College System serves most of Houston. The northwestern through northeastern parts of the metropolitan area are served by various campuses of theLone Star College System, while the southeastern portion of the city and some surrounding areas are served bySan Jacinto College.

Eastern portions of the area and small sections of the city are served byLee College. Portions of Fort Bend County are served byWharton County Junior College. Portions of Galveston County are served byCollege of the Mainland andGalveston College. Portions of Brazoria County are served byAlvin Community College andBrazosport College.Blinn College serves portions of Austin County. The Houston Community College and Lone Star College systems are within the10 largest institutions of higher learning in the United States.

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Politically, the Greater Houston area has historically been divided between areas of strength of theRepublican andDemocratic parties.^[67]

Democrats are also stronger in the more liberalNeartown area, which is home to a large artist andLGBT community, andAlief, which houses a sizable Asian American population. In 2008, almost every county in the region voted for RepublicanJohn McCain; onlyHarris County was won by Democratic candidateBarack Obama, by a small margin (51%–49%).^[68] Galveston has long been a staunch Democratic stronghold, with the most active Democratic county establishment in the state.^[69]

Houston's concentration of consular offices ranks third in the nation and first in the South, with 90 countries represented.^[70] The city of Houston is considered a major center ofBlack and African American political power, education, economic prosperity, and culture, often called the newblack mecca afterAtlanta,Georgia.^[71][72] Houston and its metropolitan area also has a sizable Hispanic and Latin American community.^[73]CNN/Money andMoney magazine have recognized cities in the Greater Houston area the past three years as part of its "100 Best Places to Live in the United States". In 2005, Sugar Land, southwest of Houston in northeast Fort Bend County, was ranked 46th in the nation, and one of only three Texas cities among the Top 100. In 2006, the magazine recognized Sugar Land again, this time as the third-best city on its list.^[74] Also making the 2006 list wereLeague City (65th) innorthern Galveston County and The Woodlands (73rd) insouthern Montgomery County. In 2007, another Houston suburb,Friendswood, made the list ranked 51st in the nation. The 2006 list only includes cities with at least 50,000 residents, and the 2007 list contains only cities with less than 50,000 residents.

Greater Houston is widely noted for its ethnic diversity and strong international community. In its 2010 publication "Urban Elite",^[75] A.T. Kearney added the city to their list of the 65 most important world cities and ranks Houston 35th, as "...a magnet for a diverse population and business services...". The Globalization and World Cities Study Group and Network ranks Houston as a Beta- World City, "an important world city instrumental to linking their region or state to the world economy."^[76]

Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area is served by a public television station and one public radio station.KUHT (HoustonPBS) is aPBS member station and is the first public television station in the United States. Houston Public Radio is listener-funded radio and comprises oneNPR member station,KUHF (KUHF News). TheUniversity of Houston System owns and holds broadcasting licenses to KUHT and KUHF. The stations broadcast from the Melcher Center for Public Broadcasting, located on the campus of the University of Houston. The metropolitan area is also served byABC 13 (KTRK-TV) andFox 26 (KRIV-TV), owned-and-operated stations ofABC andFox, andNBC andCBS affiliatesKPRC 2 andKHOU 11.

The Houston area is served by theHouston Chronicle, its only major daily newspaper with wide distribution. TheHearst Corporation, which owns and operates theHouston Chronicle, bought the assets of theHouston Post—its long-time rival and main competition—whenHouston Post ceased operations in 1995. TheHouston Post was owned by the family of former Lieutenant GovernorBill Hobby of Houston. The only other major publication to serve the city is theHouston Press—a freealternative weekly with a weekly readership of more than 300,000.^[77]

TheGalveston County Daily News, founded in 1842, is that city's primary newspaper and the oldest continuously printed newspaper in Texas.^[78] It currently serves as thenewspaper of record for Galveston, as well as Galveston County. Radio stationKGBC, on air since 1947, has also served as a local media outlet.^[79]

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Greater Houston's freeway system includes 3,448 miles (5,549.0 km) of freeways and expressways in the 7 counties that constitute TxDOT's Houston District, which are Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Montgomery, and Waller Counties.^[47] The State of Texas plans to spend $65 billion on Houston area highways by 2025. Houston freeways are heavily traveled and often under construction to meet the demands of continuing growth.

The Greater Houston area has ahub-and-spoke freeway structure with multiple loops. The innermost isInterstate 610, forming a roughly 42-mile (70 km)-circumference loop around downtown. The nearly square Loop 610 is quartered into "North Loop", "South Loop", "West Loop", and "East Loop". The roads ofBeltway 8 and their freeway core, the Sam Houston Tollway, are the next loop, at a diameter around 83 miles (134 km). A planned highway project,State Highway 99 (the Grand Parkway), will form the third loop outside of Houston. Currently, a completed portion of State Highway 99 runs clockwise fromI-69/US 59 in Sugar Land, southwest of Houston toState Highway 146 in Baytown, east of Houston and was completed in 2022. When completed in the future, I-69 will start at the Mexico–US border, go through the Greater Houston area, and continue on to Michigan at the Canada–US border. All of I-69 has been completed in the Greater Houston area and is co-signed with U.S. Highway 59. Interstate 45, which starts at State Highway 75 in Dallas provides transport from Houston to Dallas.

TheMetropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) providespublic transportation in the form of buses,light rail,high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes, andparatransit to fifteen municipalities throughout the Greater Houston area and parts of unincorporated Harris County. As of 2016, METRO's service area covers 1,303 square miles (3,370 km²) containing a population of 3.6 million.^[80]

The Woodlands Express provides apark and ride service for transit between The Woodlands and Houston.^[81]

Some areas in east Harris County are served byHarris County Transit.

Houston's largest airportGeorge Bush Intercontinental Airport, is located in north Houston. It is the second largest hub forUnited Airlines.

In 2010,Continental Airlines moved its headquarters from downtown Houston to downtown Chicago upon its merger withUnited Airlines. The southeast of Houston hasWilliam P. Hobby Airport, the second-largest commercial passenger airport. Houston's third-largest airport isEllington Field, which houses severalNational Guard andAir National Guard units, as well as aUnited States Coast Guard air station and theLyndon B. Johnson Space Center's fleet of jets that are used to train astronauts. Sugar Land has theSugar Land Regional Airport, which is the fourth-largest airport in the metropolitan area. Both Sugar Land Regional and Ellington Field serve as reliever airports for the Houston Airport System.

Amtrak provides intercity rail service to theHouston station.^[82]

Greyhound Bus Lines operates services from three bus stations in the City of Houston:

• Houston Greyhound Station at 2121 South Main Street^[83]
• Americanos U.S. L.L.C. (Houston Southeast) at 7218 Harrisburg Boulevard.^[84]
• Agencia Autobuses (Houston Southwest) at 6590Southwest Freeway^[85]

In addition, Greyhound operates services from two stops^[86]

• Houston Aau
• Houston (Amtrak station)

Greyhound also operates services to stops within other cities in the Greater Houston area, including:

• Angleton (at Save Step Food Mart)^[87]
• Baytown (at Baytown Travel Express)^[88]
• Conroe (atShell)^[89]
• Katy (at SunmartTexaco)^[90]
• Prairie View (at Unco Food Store)^[91]
• Rosenberg (at Shell-McDonald's)^[92]

ThreeMegabus stations additionally serve the Houston area:

• Downtown – a parking lot located at 815 Pierce Street across the street fromMETRO's Downtown Transit Center
• Northwest Houston – a Shell gas station located at 13250 FM 1960
• Katy Mills Mall – at Entrance 5, 5000 Katy Mills Circle

• Harris County, Texas

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