. METRO's local bus network services approximately 275,000 riders daily with a fleet of over 1,200 buses the agency's 75 local routes contain nearly 8,900 stops and saw nearly 67 million boardings during the 2016 fiscal year a park and ride system provides commuter bus service from 34 transit centers scattered throughout the region's suburban areas; these express buses operate independently of the local bus network and utilize the region's extensive system of HOV lanes. Downtown and the Texas Medical Center have the highest rates of transit use in the region largely due to the park and ride system with nearly 60% of commuters in each district utilizing public transit to get to work. Houston Baptist University located in Sharpstown is a private Baptist university Main article: Sports in Texas Harris County ESD #48 Dual HCESD48 FD 1% .089. . In 1983 the Wells Fargo Bank Plaza was completed which became the second-tallest building in Houston and in Texas and the 11th-tallest in the country it was designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill and Lloyd Jones Brewer and Associates and supposedly resembles an abstracted dollar sign in plan From street level the building is 71 stories tall or 972 ft (296 m) tall it also extends four more stories below street level, According to US Census records from 2010 the population of East Texas counties is 65.93% White non-Hispanic 17.44% African American 14.29% Hispanic or Latino origin and 2.34% Other (including Native American and Asian) East Texas' most ethnically and racially diverse county is Jefferson County East Texas' largest county which includes the city of Beaumont with 44.1% White non-Hispanic 34.1% African American 17.7% Hispanic or Latino origin and 4.1% other (including Native American and Asian) Unlike Texas' total state racial demographics only two counties in East Texas have a majority minority Jefferson County in the Golden Triangle and Titus County having a 40.6% Hispanic or Latino origin population East Texas and Southeast Texas have a significant African-American population ranging to nearly 20% in some counties; .
1 Conquest 128 Briscoe Cain Republican 2016 Baytown Deer Park La Porte Defendants at the Nuremberg trials where the Allied forces prosecuted prominent members of the political military judicial and economic leadership of Nazi Germany for crimes against humanity. Christian 77 In 2006 the Houston metropolitan area ranked first in Texas and third in the U.S within the category of "Best Places for Business and Careers" by Forbes magazine. Ninety-one foreign governments have established consular offices in Houston's metropolitan area the third-highest in the nation. Forty foreign governments maintain trade and commercial offices here with 23 active foreign chambers of commerce and trade associations. Twenty-five foreign banks representing 13 nations operate in Houston providing financial assistance to the international community, Demographics Beaumont (118,296) Elvis Presley gave six performances there between February and March 1970 setting an attendance record with 200,000 over the six shows He performed there again on March 3 1974 setting a single day attendance record. ! White Oak Bayou a major tributary of the Buffalo has its source in Jersey Village and travels 25 miles (40 km) southeast through Inwood Forest Oak Forest and the Houston Heights Brays Bayou another major tributary to the south originates near Mission Bend and travels 31 miles (50 km) through Alief Sharpstown Meyerland Braeswood Place the Texas Medical Center Riverside Terrace and the East End before meeting Buffalo Bayou at Harrisburg. .
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