The Greater Houston area has four area codes -- the first one being 713 which was created in 1947. Then in 1996, the area code 281 was added to split the region in half, mostly applied to suburbs.

The population of the Houston metropolitan area — which comprises the 10 counties encompassing and surrounding Houston — grew by 2%, adding about 170,000 residents from 2022 to 2023.

Since 2019, Sugar Land's population has dropped by nearly 10,000 residents, a loss of more than 8% of its population. Why Sugar Land and other Houston suburbs are starting to lose residents This ...

The greater Dallas area saw the highest jump. It added 152,598 residents, bringing its total population over 8 million. The greater Houston area followed closely behind, adding 139,789 over the ...