Detailed profiles for cities and towns in Texas

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Houston
Texas
  Population
1,954,848
  Median Home Value
$79,300
Houston (pronounced /hjustn/) is the fourth-largest city in the United States of America and the largest city within the state of Texas. As of the 2006 U.S. Census estimate, the city has a population of 2.14 million within an area of 600 square miles (1,6....
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Dallas
Texas
  Population
1,188,204
  Median Home Value
$89,800
Dallas (pronounced /dls/) is the third-largest (as estimated by the United States Census Bureau on 1 July 2006) city in the state of Texas and the ninth-largest in the UnitedStates. The city covers 385square miles (997km) and is the county seat of DallasC....
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San Antonio
Texas
  Population
1,144,554
  Median Home Value
$68,800
San Antonio (pronounced /snntonio/) is the second-largest city in the state of Texas and the seventh largest city in the United States. Located in the northern part of South Texas, the city is a cultural gateway into the American Southwest. San Antonio is....
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Austin
Texas
  Population
656,302
  Median Home Value
$124,700
Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County. Situated in Central Texas and part of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 16th-largest in the UnitedStates of America, as well as the 3rd fa....
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El Paso
Texas
  Population
564,280
  Median Home Value
$71,300
El Paso is the seat of El Paso County in the U.S. state of Texas and part of the American Southwest. According to the 2006 U.S. Census population estimates, the city had a population of 609,415.[3] It is the fifth-largest city in Texas and the 21st-larges....
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Fort Worth
Texas
  Population
535,420
  Median Home Value
$71,100
Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas and the eighteenth-largest city in the UnitedStates[1]. Situated in North Texas, Fort Worth covers nearly 300square miles (780km) in Tarrant and Denton counties, serving as the county seat for Ta....
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Arlington
Texas
  Population
332,695
  Median Home Value
$96,400
Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas (USA) within the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area. According to a U.S Census Bureau release, as of July 1, 2006 Arlington has an estimated population of 367,197. Arlington is the 7th largest city i....
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Corpus Christi
Texas
  Population
277,569
  Median Home Value
$72,100
Corpus Christi is a coastal city in and the county seat of Nueces County[3] in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2000, its population was 277,454; In 2006 the US Census Bureau estimated the city's population at 285,267, making it the eighth-largest city in the ....
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Plano
Texas
  Population
222,301
  Median Home Value
$162,300
Plano (IPA: /pleno/) is a city in Collin and Denton Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. Located mainly within Collin County, it is a wealthy northern suburb of Dallas. The population was 222,030 at the 2000 census, making it the ninth largest city in Tex....
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Garland
Texas
  Population
215,991
  Median Home Value
$86,400
Garland is a city in Collin, Dallas, and Rockwall Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is an inner suburb northeast of Dallas and is a major part of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 215,768, making it....
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