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In the county the population was distributed as 29.00% under the age of 18 10.3% from 18 to 24 33.4% from 25 to 44 19.8% from 45 to 64 and 7.4% who were 65 years of age or older the median age was 31 years for every 100 females there were 99.2 males for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 97.0 males. . Bridgeland Railroad map of Texas east of the 100th meridian (circa 1884), Memorial Bend is made up of 1950s and early 1960s homes built in the modern (contemporary) ranch and traditional styles the neighborhood is considered to have the highest concentration of mid-century modern homes in Houston. Architects who designed homes in this neighborhood include William Norman Floyd William R Jenkins William F Wortham and Lars Bang Many of the homes in Memorial Bend were featured in national architecture and design magazines like American Builder House & Home Practical Builder Better Homes & Gardens and House Beautiful. 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, Over the next ten days delegates prepared a constitution for the Republic of Texas Parts of the document were copied verbatim from the United States Constitution; other articles were paraphrased the new nation's government was structured similarly to that of the United States with a bicameral legislature a chief executive and a supreme court. In a sharp departure from its model the new constitution expressly permitted impressment of goods and forced housing for soldiers it also explicitly legalized slavery and recognized the people's right to revolt against government authority. After adopting the constitution on March 17 delegates elected interim officers to govern the country and then adjourned David G Burnet who had not been a delegate was elected president the following day Burnet announced the government was leaving for Harrisburg, Harris was granted a league of land (about 4,428 acres) at Buffalo Bayou He platted the town of Harrisburg in 1826 while he established a trading post and a grist mill there He ran boats transporting goods between New Orleans and Harrisburg until his death in the fall of 1829; 16.5 Business labor and economics Notes Also in the Museum District is the non-denominational Rothko Chapel founded by John and Dominique de Menil designed by Mark Rothko and Philip Johnson and completed in 1971 the interior serves not only as a chapel but also as a major work of modern art on its walls are 14 black but color-hued paintings by Mark Rothko who greatly influenced the shape and design of the chapel Rothko was given creative control and he clashed with Philip Johnson over the plans Rothko continued to work first with Howard Barnstone and then with Eugene Aubry but he did not live to see the chapel's completion in September 2000 the Rothko Chapel was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The internationally known slogan "Don't Mess with Texas" began as an anti-littering advertisement Since the campaign's inception in 1986 the phrase has become "an identity statement a declaration of Texas swagger".

Bronze equestrian statue of Francisco Pizarro in Lima Peru 13 Borris Miles Democratic 2016 Downtown Houston Texas Medical Center southwest and northeast Houston Houston's Southside Texas has known petroleum deposits of about 5 billion barrels (790,000,000 m3) which makes up about one-fourth of the known U.S reserves the state's refineries can process 4.6 million barrels (730,000 m3) of oil a day the Port Arthur Refinery in Southeast Texas is the largest refinery in the U.S. Texas also leads in natural gas production producing one-fourth of the nation's supply. Several petroleum companies are based in Texas such as: Occidental Petroleum ConocoPhillips ExxonMobil Halliburton Marathon Oil Tesoro Valero Energy and Western Refining! The Rice University Kinder Institute for Urban Research a think tank has described Greater Houston as "one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse metropolitan areas in the country". Houston's diversity fueled by large waves of immigrants has been attributed to its relatively low cost of living strong job market proximity to Latin America and role as a hub for refugee resettlement a 2012 Kinder Institute report found that based on the evenness of population distribution between the four major racial groups in the United States (non-Hispanic white non-Hispanic black Hispanic or Latino and Asian) Greater Houston was the most ethnically diverse metropolitan area in the United States ahead of New York City in 2017 according to the U.S Census Bureau non-Hispanic whites made up 24.9% of the population of Houston proper Hispanics or Latinos 44.5% Blacks or African Americans 22.9% and Asians 6.7%. Animals In 1900 Texas suffered the deadliest natural disaster in U.S history during the Galveston hurricane on January 10 1901 the first major oil well in Texas Spindletop was found south of Beaumont Other fields were later discovered nearby in East Texas West Texas and under the Gulf of Mexico the resulting "oil boom" transformed Texas. Oil production eventually averaged three million barrels per day at its peak in 1972. Tourist attractions in the Houston area include Space Center Houston and the original La Casida and Ninfa's Previous attractions included tours of the Houston Astrodome and Gilley's the Houston Bay Area and Galveston also have many other tourist attractions including a Schlitterbahn Water Park Kemah Boardwalk Moody Gardens beaches fishing pleasure boats and many local seafood restaurants the Houston Museum District Houston Theater District in Downtown and the Galleria are also heavily visited tourist attractions.[citation needed], Arts and literature 6.2 Agriculture and mining Winter 9.2 Municipal Fire/EMS Services. .