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Mar 15, 2022 · We’ve seen how the region’s demographics, industry and environment have evolved over the last few decades, but how have Houstonians’ behaviors, opinions and attitudes changed? Resident priorities have changed in the past 10 years in many meaningful ways.
Each county has witnessed remarkable population surges over the past few decades. In Fort Bend County, the population doubled over the last two decades, reaching nearly 860,000 in 2021. Montgomery County’s population also doubled, soaring from 294,000 in 2000 to 650,000 in 2021.
The population in Houston’s three-county region has grown 134% since 1980 from 2.7 million to 6.2 million in 2021. Each county has witnessed remarkable population surges over the past few decades. In Fort Bend County, the population doubled over the last two decades, reaching nearly 860,000 in 2021.
Oct 5, 2020 · And, yet, the Houston metro area already had over 1,600 km2 of urbanized land in 1997, meaning that the two decades of growth that followed account for only 38% of the overall developed land in the metro area.
Jan 7, 2020 · Houston has more green space now, including a number of upgrades to and expansions of the city’s parks and hiking and biking trails. Public opinion about climate change has shifted as well, particularly after the city was devastated by Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
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Apr 24, 2023 · As Houston Matters marks ten years on the air, we discuss how the technology landscape has changed in the past decade.