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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. Largest city in Texas by year Some other race: 10.5 percent, In the mid-to-late 1930s Japanese forces in Manchukuo had sporadic border clashes with the Soviet Union and Mongolia the Japanese doctrine of Hokushin-ron which emphasised Japan's expansion northward was favoured by the Imperial Army during this time With the Japanese defeat at Khalkin Gol in 1939 the ongoing Second Sino-Japanese War and ally Nazi Germany pursuing neutrality with the Soviets this policy would prove difficult to maintain Japan and the Soviet Union eventually signed a Neutrality Pact in April 1941 and Japan adopted the doctrine of Nanshin-ron promoted by the Navy which took its focus southward eventually leading to its war with the United States and the Western Allies.

In the summer of 1860 a slave panic erupted in North and East Texas amid rumors of arson by slaves and abolitionists Called the "Texas Troubles" between 30 and 100 blacks and whites were lynched by vigilantes the events were used to arouse support for secession, The gulf's warm water temperature can feed powerful Atlantic hurricanes causing extensive human death and other destruction as happened with Hurricane Katrina in 2005 in the Atlantic a hurricane will draw up cool water from the depths and making it less likely that further hurricanes will follow in its wake (warm water being one of the preconditions necessary for their formation) However the Gulf is shallower; when a hurricane passes over the water temperature may drop but it soon rebounds and becomes capable of supporting another tropical storm, Buffalo Bayou is the longest and largest of the bayous which flow through Houston following a 53-mile (85 km) route from Katy through Memorial Rice Military Downtown the East End Denver Harbor and Channelview before meeting the San Jacinto River at Galveston Bay the broad eastern stretch of the river known as the Houston Ship Channel plays an essential role in the Port of Houston and is home to one of the largest petrochemical refining complexes in the United States. Buffalo Bayou's environs are also home to significant amounts of parkland including linear parks such as Terry Hershey Park and Buffalo Bayou Park which serve as corridors for walking and bicycling. Houston Texas Business Directory Criminal law Precipitation Not all Texans favored secession initially although many of the same would later support the Southern cause Texas's most notable Unionist was the state Governor Sam Houston Not wanting to aggravate the situation Houston refused two offers from President Lincoln for Union troops to keep him in office After refusing to swear an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy Houston was deposed as governor. . . . In 1762 France finally relinquished their claim to Texas by ceding all of Louisiana west of the Mississippi River to Spain as part of the treaty to end the Seven Years' War. Spain saw no need to continue to maintain settlements near French outposts and ordered the closure of Los Adaes making San Antonio the new provincial capital the residents of Los Adaes were relocated in 1773 After several attempts to settle in other parts of the province the residents returned to East Texas without authorization and founded Nacogdoches, The region also contains Sam Houston State University in Huntsville and Stephen F Austin State University in Nacogdoches which help contribute millions of dollars into the Deep East Texas economy Texas A&M University-Texarkana University of Texas at Tyler LeTourneau University and East Texas Baptist University are a few of the smaller universities in East Texas Texas A&M University-Commerce is right outside East Texas and is formerly known as East Texas State University while A&M-Texarkana was a branch campus of ETSU, The Museum of East Texas opened in Lufkin in 1976 under the name Lufkin Historical and Creative Arts Center.