Houston Metropolitan Area

The Houston Metropolitan Area consists of eight counties in Texas.

The Houston-Galveston-Brazoria CMSA has approximately 4,669,571 people. It covers an area slightly smaller than Massachusetts but slightly larger than New Jersey.

Table of contents

1 Counties in Metro Area
2 List of Cities

2.1 Center Cities
2.2 Suburbs with 10,000 or more inhabitants
2.3 Surburbs with less than 10,000 inhabitants

3 Description of Economic Activity
4 See Also

Counties in Metro Area

List of Cities

Center Cities

Houston (Major airports: George Bush Intercontinental Airport, William P. Hobby Airport)
Galveston
Pasadena
Baytown
Sugar Land
Brazoria

Suburbs with 10,000 or more inhabitants

Surburbs with less than 10,000 inhabitants

Description of Economic Activity

The area's economic activity is mostly in the Harris County seat, Houston, Texas. Houston is a major port and financial center for oil companies.

Baytown also has a port, as is Galveston. Galveston also has a cruise ship terminal and is a recreational area for people in the region. Sugar Land holds the Imperial Sugar headquarters. Their main sugar factory was once in that city, but it closed down.

Texas' second largest airport, George Bush Intercontinental Airport, is located in the north area of the city of Houston. Continental Airlines is headquartered in downtown Houston.