Greater Houston

metropolitan area in Texas, USA
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Greater Houston

Summary

Greater Houston is a metropolitan statistical area[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of metropolitan_statistical_area entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (905 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Greater Houston is located in Texas[3].
  • Greater Houston is in the country of United States[4].
  • Greater Houston's image is recorded as Panoramic Houston skyline.jpg[5].
  • Greater Houston's image is recorded as Woodlnds.jpg[6].
  • Greater Houston's instance of is recorded as metropolitan statistical area[7].
  • Greater Houston's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Houston[8].
  • Greater Houston's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as The Woodlands[9].
  • Greater Houston's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Sugar Land[10].
  • Greater Houston's Commons category is recorded as Greater Houston[11].
  • Greater Houston's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 29.76278, 'lon': -95.38306}[12].
  • Greater Houston's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01vpt5[13].
  • Greater Houston's FIPS 6-4 ID is recorded as 26420[14].
  • Greater Houston's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Greater Houston[15].
  • Greater Houston's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/North_America/United_States/Texas/Metro_Areas/Houston-Galveston[16].
  • Greater Houston's population is recorded as {'amount': '+6155000'}[17].
  • Greater Houston's population is recorded as {'amount': '+7122240'}[18].
  • Greater Houston's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1243158'}[19].
  • Greater Houston's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Greater Houston'}[20].
  • Greater Houston's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from the Houston metropolitan area[21].
  • Greater Houston's territory overlaps is recorded as Houston urban area[22].
  • Greater Houston's Quora topic ID is recorded as Houston-Greater-Metropolitan-Area[23].
  • Greater Houston's Quora topic ID is recorded as Greater-Houston[24].
  • Greater Houston's Quora topic ID is recorded as Houston-Texas-Area[25].
  • Greater Houston's Instagram location ID is recorded as 186760205235991[26].
  • Greater Houston's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["MetropolitanArea", "HoustonSugarLandBaytownTXUnitedStatesMetro"][27].

Body

Geography

Greater Houston is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Texas[3].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+6155000'}[17], {'amount': '+7122240'}[18], and {'amount': '+1243158'}[19].

Designation and Status

Greater Houston's instance of is recorded as metropolitan statistical area[7].

Why It Matters

Greater Houston ranks in the top 7% of metropolitan_statistical_area entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (905 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . demographia.com. demographia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . instagram.com. Retrieved . instagram.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Greater Houston. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/greater-houston
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_greater-houston_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Greater Houston}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/greater-houston}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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