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The Interstate 10/U.S Route 90 and Interstate 45 stack interchange northwest of Downtown Houston, 3 Refurbishment plans 138 Dwayne Bohac Republican 2002 Northwest Houston and parts of the Memorial/Spring Branch area north of I-10 Addicks Reservoir, Historiography Criminal law. See also: List of colleges and universities in Houston Culture, 1990s Longview (81,336) Harris County ESD #50 Dual Channelview FD 1% .05 10 Footnotes The Germans were the largest group immigrating directly from Europe. According to the Handbook of Texas :. World War II had a dramatic effect on Texas as federal money poured in to build military bases munitions factories POW detention camps and Army hospitals; 750,000 young men left for service; the cities exploded with new industry; the colleges took on new roles; and hundreds of thousands of poor farmers left for much better-paying war jobs never to return to agriculture. Texas needed more farm workers the Bracero Program brought in 117,000 Mexicans to work temporarily. Medical research Pop Humble Houston is considered an automobile-dependent city with an estimated 77.2% of commuters driving alone to work in 2016 up from 71.7% in 1990 and 75.6% in 2009 in 2016 another 11.4% of Houstonians carpooled to work while 3.6% used public transit 2.1% walked and 0.5% bicycled a commuting study estimated that the median length of commute in the region was 12.2 miles (19.6 km) in 2012. According to the 2013 American Community Survey the average work commute in Houston (city) takes 26.3 minutes a 1999 Murdoch University study found that Houston had both the lengthiest commute and lowest urban density of 13 large American cities surveyed and a 2017 Arcadis study ranked Houston 22nd out of 23 American cities in transportation sustainability. Harris County is one of the largest consumers of gasoline in the United States ranking second (behind Los Angeles County) in 2013. Summer Landmarks and monuments 3.3 Tornadoes 6 Notes Some of the academic and research health institutions at the center include MD Anderson Cancer Center Baylor College of Medicine UT Health Science Center Memorial Hermann Hospital Houston Methodist Hospital Texas Children's Hospital and University of Houston College of Pharmacy. .

Other former governors of Texas: In 1869 the Ship Channel Company was formed to deepen Buffalo Bayou and improve Houston as a shipping port Despite the postwar social unrest migrants flocked to Texas for new opportunities Texas businessmen joined together to expand the railroad network which contributed to Houston's primacy in the state and the development of Dallas Fort Worth San Antonio and El Paso. . . Texas has the seventh highest birth rate in the United States with nearly 400,000 babies born each year. Over half of all Texas births are paid by Medicaid totaling over $2.2 billion per year in birth and delivery-related services for mothers and infants. Studies have found that infant mortality is usually caused by birth defects pre-term birth low birth weight Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and pregnancy complications the average amount spent in the first year of life for a preterm birth with major complications (excluding extreme prematurity) is $19,059 and $4,019 for a preterm birth without major complications compared to $410 for an uncomplicated term birth, Constable Precinct 1 Alan Rosen Democratic, George Tyler Wood second governor of Texas settled near Point Blank in Liberty County and San Jacinto County. .