. ; The judiciary of Texas is one of the most complex in the United States with many layers and overlapping jurisdictions Texas has two courts of last resort: the Texas Supreme Court for civil cases and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Except for some municipal benches partisan elections select judges at all levels of the judiciary; the governor fills vacancies by appointment. Texas is notable for its use of capital punishment having led the country in executions since capital punishment was reinstated in the Gregg v Georgia case (see Capital punishment in Texas). Harris County is a county located in the U.S state of Texas located in the southeastern part of the state near Galveston Bay As of the 2010 Census the population was 4,092,459 making it the most populous county in Texas and the third most populous county in the United States Its county seat is Houston the largest city in Texas and fourth largest city in the United States the county was founded in 1836 and organized in 1837. It is named for John Richardson Harris who founded the town of Harrisburg on Buffalo Bayou in 1826. According to a July 2018 Census estimate Harris County's population had grown to 4,698,619 comprising over 16 percent of Texas's population. Prelude January 11 1973: 2.0 inches (5.1 cm) of snow. (36) 103 Asian Americans are a sizable minority group in Texas Americans of Asian descent form 3.8 percent of the population with those of non-Hispanic descent making up 3.7 percent of the populace They total more than 808,000 individuals Non-Hispanic Asians number over 795,000 Just over 200,000 Indian Americans make Texas their home Texas is also home to over 187,000 Vietnamese and 136,000 Chinese in addition to 92,000 Filipinos and 62,000 Koreans there are 18,000 Japanese Americans living in the state Lastly over 111,000 people are of other Asian ancestry groups such as Cambodian Thai and Hmong Sugar Land a city within the Houston metropolitan area and Plano within the Dallas metropolitan area both have high concentrations of ethnic Chinese and Korean residents the Houston and Dallas areas and to a lesser extent the Austin metropolitan area all contain substantial Vietnamese communities; . .
1 Population demographics and government 2000 Census 3.2 Flooding 9 References US Company Lucas Gusher Spindletop near Beaumont Texas, Urrea urged Filisola to continue the campaign He was confident that he could successfully challenge the Texian troops According to Hardin "Santa Anna had presented Mexico with one military disaster; Filisola did not wish to risk another." Spring rains ruined the ammunition and rendered the roads almost impassable with troops sinking to their knees in mud Mexican troops were soon out of food and began to fall ill from dysentery and other diseases. Their supply lines had completely broken down leaving no hope of further reinforcements. Filisola later wrote that "Had the enemy met us under these cruel circumstances on the only road that was left no alternative remained but to die or surrender at discretion". 141 Senfronia Thompson Democratic 1972 Northeast Houston Bush IAH Greenspoint southern portion of Humble, The Astrodome was the setting for the filming of an exhibition game with the fictional Houston Toros in the 1977 movie the Bad News Bears in Breaking Training. The Mound Builders of the Mississippi culture which spread throughout the Mississippi Valley and its tributaries; the Caddo nation are considered among its descendants; As of 2015 the largest grocers in the Houston market by the number of locations were Kroger with 107 stores and 5 planned stores; H-E-B with 90 stores and 8 planned stores; Walmart with 78 stores and one planned store; Target with 35 stores; Fiesta Mart with 34 stores; Lewis Food Town with 32 stores; Randalls Food Markets with 30 stores; Aldi with 21 stores; Sam's Club with 20 stores; Sellers Bros with 11 stores; Foodarama and Whole Foods Market with 10 stores each; Costco Wholesale and Sprouts Farmers Market with six stores each; and the Fresh Market and Trader Joe's with four stores each as of 2007 the largest grocers in the Houston market were Wal-Mart Kroger H-E-B Safeway Inc (as Randalls Food Markets) Grocers Supply Company (as Fiesta Mart) Target Lewis Food Town Gerlands Food Fair Brookshire Brothers and Sellers Bros.
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