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Portuguese North America (in present-day Canada); Vaz Dourado c.1576, 1990 1,630,553 2.2% Houston City Hall, (17.2) 78.5 16.5 Business labor and economics 5.2 Politics Texas flag map.svg. Main article: Religion in Houston, Texas has a reputation of very harsh criminal punishment for criminal offenses It is one of the 32 states that practice capital punishment and since the US Supreme Court allowed capital punishment to resume in 1976 40% of all US executions have taken place in Texas as of 2008 Texas had the 4th highest incarceration rate in the US. Texas also has strong self defense laws allowing citizens to use lethal force to defend themselves their families or their property, 11 Larry Taylor Republican 2013 Southeast Mexican Texas Liberty (northeast) The Harris County Jail Complex of the Harris County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) is the largest in Texas and one of the largest in the nation in July 2012 the facility held 9,113 prisoners to handle overcrowding in the facility the county had to ship inmates to other counties and some are housed out of the state. 1 Geography As of 2010 65.8% (14,740,304) of Texas residents age 5 and older spoke only English at home while 29.2% (6,543,702) spoke Spanish 0.75 percent (168,886) Vietnamese and Chinese (which includes Cantonese and Mandarin) was spoken by 0.56% (122,921) of the population over the age of five, 8.1 Migration Culturally Southeast Texas is more closely akin to the Gulf Coast Louisiana or even Mississippi than it is to West Texas Much of modern Southeast Texas culture has its roots in traditions that go back for generations Southeast Texas is consistent with much of the rest of rural Texas in that it is a part of the Bible Belt an area in which many inhabitants have strongly Fundamentalist Christian beliefs Many of the largest cities in East Texas outside Houston still follow a rural Southern way of life especially in dialect mannerisms religion and cuisine. 8 External links Houston's murder rate ranked 46th of U.S cities with a population over 250,000 in 2005 (per capita rate of 16.3 murders per 100,000 population) in 2010 the city's murder rate (per capita rate of 11.8 murders per 100,000 population) was ranked sixth among U.S cities with a population of over 750,000 (behind New York City Chicago Detroit Dallas and Philadelphia) according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In addition the Chapel of St Basil on the nearby campus of the University of St Thomas is a work of art designed by Philip Johnson that has won many awards for its architecture the Chapel which was built in 1997 contrasts with all of the other buildings on campus as it is made of white stucco and black granite rather than rose-colored brick It is also composed of three geometric forms: the cube the sphere and the plane the cube makes up the majority of the building including the main seating area while a golden semi-sphere dome covered with 23.5 karat gold leaf rises high above the cube the granite plane bisects the cube and opens the chapel to light the cube and plane interplay with the dome creating a sense that the dome is not a cover for the Chapel but rather an opening to the heavens, In 1339 Angelino Dulcert of Majorca produced the portolan chart map Evidently drawing from the information provided in 1336 by Lanceloto Malocello sponsored by King Dinis of Portugal it showed Lanzarote island named Insula de Lanzarotus Marocelus and marked by a Genoese shield as well as the island of Forte Vetura (Fuerteventura) and Vegi Mari (Lobos) although Dulcert also included some imaginary islands himself notably Saint Brendan's Island and three islands he names Primaria Capraria and Canaria. The dome celebrated its 50th anniversary on April 9 2015 a time capsule buried under the site at the time of construction was located However it was not extricated to celebrate the occasion based on concerns about the cost and potential to compromise the structure of a retaining wall This was also one of the very few times that the Astrodome has been open for the public since 2006. .

. ; ! 4.6 Motorsports The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo came in 1932 in 1934 Houston Junior College became a four-year institution and changed its name to the University of Houston a flood in 1935 suddenly turned conditions for the worst and Houstonians were forced to clean up the mess Air service by Braniff Airways and Eastern Air Lines came in 1935 and 1936 By the end of the decade Houston was encountering growth pains as the city had inadequate air service and that it was no longer a frontier town Houston became the largest city in Texas in terms of population in 1939 Many immigrants and African-Americans from Louisiana and other parts of Texas moved to the city to find education or work the city obtained a very multicultural atmosphere with large African-American and immigrant communities scattered about However African-Americans faced bad housing and poor jobs during this time period Nevertheless African-American society developed so much that the city was and still is the African-American capital of Texas the University of Houston moved to its present-day location donated by the Cullen family off of what would later be the first freeway in Houston U.S Highway 75 (now called Interstate 45) or Gulf Freeway, Fort Bend (southwest), Source: Fortune Historically four major industries shaped the Texas economy prior to World War II: cattle and bison cotton timber and oil. Before and after the U.S Civil War the cattle industry which Texas came to dominate was a major economic driver for the state thus creating the traditional image of the Texas cowboy in the later 19th century cotton and lumber grew to be major industries as the cattle industry became less lucrative it was ultimately though the discovery of major petroleum deposits (Spindletop in particular) that initiated an economic boom which became the driving force behind the economy for much of the 20th century With strong investments in universities Texas developed a diversified economy and high tech industry in the mid-20th century As of 2015 it is second on the list of the most Fortune 500 companies with 54. With a growing base of industry the state leads in many industries including agriculture petrochemicals energy computers and electronics aerospace and biomedical sciences Texas has led the U.S in state export revenue since 2002 and has the second-highest gross state product If Texas were a sovereign state it would be the 10th largest economy in the world. Heat and humidity in Houston make air conditioning important in day-to-day life. Most indoor workers spend the hottest part of the day in air conditioning After World War II air conditioning stimulated the growth of Houston called the most air-conditioned city in the world in 1950 for construction workers landscapers and others who must work outdoors there is little relief from the summer heat and humidity Industrial workers automobile mechanics and others who usually work in non-air conditioned indoor spaces often rely on large electric fans to provide some relief; In 2017 67.8% of children age 35 months in Texas completed the recommended vaccination schedule the highest individual vaccine rate was for the polio virus: 93.1% of children age 35 months in Texas received this vaccine the lowest individual vaccine rate was for hepatitis A: 62.6% of children age 35 months in Texas received this vaccine. Some children are under-vaccinated due to issues with accessing preventative care vaccine delivery or parental choice the state has started to implement ImmTrac a free vaccination record system, 4 Cityscape acrylonitrile - cancer, 4 Public facilities The surrender of Granada in 1492 the last Moorish sultan of Granada Muhammad XII before Ferdinand and Isabella.