. 7.1 Classical The primary network-affiliated television stations are KPRC-TV (NBC) KHOU (CBS) KTRK-TV (ABC) KRIV (Fox) KIAH (The CW) and KTXH (MyNetworkTV) KTRK-TV KRIV and KTXH operate as owned-and-operated stations of their networks, 1.4 June 15 1976 "The Rainout" 7.1 Primary and secondary schools Source: Houston has also seen recent improvements to the city's waterways the banks of Buffalo Bayou have been cleaned of garbage and have been turned into jogging trails and parks Since the mid-1990s Houston has seen a great increase in wildlife along the bayou due to many successful cleaning attempts the Port of Houston has not seen any major cleaning attempts! . ; Club League Sport Venue Built Capacity Historically Houston has been a center of Protestant Christianity being part of the Bible Belt. Other Christian groups including Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Christianity and non-Christian religions did not grow for much of the city's history because immigration was predominantly from Western Europe (which at the time was dominated by Western Christianity and favored by the quotas in federal immigration law) the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 removed the quotas allowing for the growth of other religions, As of the 2010 Census the population of the county was 4,092,459 White Americans made up 56.6% of Harris County's population; non-Hispanic whites represented 33.0% of the population Black Americans made up 25.9% of the population Native Americans made up 0.7% of Harris County's population Asian Americans made up 6.2% of the population (2.0% Vietnamese 1.2% Indian 1.1% Chinese 0.6% Filipino 0.3% Korean 0.1% Japanese 1.0% Other) Pacific Islander Americans made up just 0.1% of the population Individuals from other races made up 14.3% of the population; people from two or more races made up 3.2% of the county's population Hispanics and Latinos (of any race) made up 40.8% of Harris County's population As of the 2010 census there were about 6.2 same-sex couples per 1,000 households in the county, Around 1,150 seaports dot Texas's coast with over 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of channels. Ports employ nearly one-million people and handle an average of 317 million metric tons. Texas ports connect with the rest of the U.S Atlantic seaboard with the Gulf section of the Intracoastal Waterway the Port of Houston today is the busiest port in the United States in foreign tonnage second in overall tonnage and tenth worldwide in tonnage the Houston Ship Channel spans 530 feet (160 m) wide by 45 feet (14 m) deep by 50 miles (80 km) long. .
Houston has more than 1,000 computer-related companies. Since its inception in 1999 Houston Technology Center has become the center of technology entrepreneurship in Houston the center has helped more than 150 emerging technology companies raise more than $400 million in capital and create about 1,000 new jobs Information technology developed in Houston affects many entities including the region's traffic and emergency response efforts at Houston TranStar a centralized transportation management and regional emergency management center. Ben Westhoff author of Dirty South: Outkast Lil Wayne Soulja Boy and the Southern Rappers who Reinvented Hip-Hop said that Houston is geographically isolated from other cities that have rap music traditions so Houston rap music has its own slang and sound which does not "translate" in other regions Many DJs like to severely slow down music and repeat lines several times a style known as "chopped and screwed." the originator of "Chopped and Screwed" style music was the late Dj Screw Screw began making this type of music while under the influence of promethazine with codeine cough syrup the drinking of which is now heavily popularized in hip-hop culture Westhoff says that the style which slurs the speeches of the rappers gives the music an "extraterrestrial quality." Bounce music also became popular in Houston in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Chinese civilians being buried alive by soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Nanking Massacre December 1937 Missouri City (mostly in Fort Bend County). Houston is a member of the World Energy Cities Partnership a collaboration between 13 energy focused cities around the world.
Coughlin Timothy L Esq