Advertising in Houston, TX
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On June 5, 1837, Houston was incorporated after being founded in 1836. The city was named after General Sam Houston, the commander during the Battle of San Jacinto and the president of the Republic of Texas. It’s the largest city in the state of Texas and the fourth-largest in the US with a 2010 population of 2.1 million people. The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan has over 6 million people, making it the fifth-largest metro area in the United States. Houston’s economy is rich with energy, manufacturing, aeronautics, transportation, health care industries and building oilfield equipment. The city has a growing international community due to many different ethnic and religious groups.
Houston Metro Demographics
Population*: 1,601,168 (18+)
White American: 50.5%
Hispanic or Latino: 43.8%
African-American: 23.7%
Asian American: 6.0%
From two or more races: 3.3%
Native American: 0.7%
Pacific Islander: 0.1%
Median household income: $44,124
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Sports in Houston
| MLB | NFL | MLS |
| Houston Astros | Houston Texans | Houston Dynamo |
Events in Houston
| Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service | Fiestas Patrias | RE/MAX Ballunar Liftoff Festival |
| Annual Turkish Festival | Freedom Over Texas Festival | Shell Houston Open |
| Art Car Parade | Houston Children’s Festival | Star Spangled Salute |
| ArtHouston | Houston Dragon Boat Festival | Texas Championship Native American Pow Wow |
| Azalea Trail | Houston International Festival | Texas Renaissance Festival |
| Bayou City Art Festival Downtown & Memorial Park | Houston International Jazz Festival | Texian Market Days |
| Buffalo Bayou Regatta | Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo | The Nutcracker Market |
| Candlelight Tour in the Park | Houston Shakespeare Festival | The Original Greek Festival |
| Caribbean Heritage Month Festival | International Quilt Festival | Theater District Day |
| Chevron Houston Marathon | Japan Festival | Uptown Holiday Lighting |
| Day of the Dead Festival | Juneteenth Celebration | Wings Over Houston Airshow |
| Dickens on the Strand | Mardi Gras Galveston | World’s Championship Bar-B-Que Contest |
| Festa Italiana | Martin Luther King Jr. Grande Parade | WorldFest: Houston International Film Festival |
| Festival of Lights | Pasadena Strawberry Festival | |
| Fiesta Guadalupana | Pride Houston |
Most large-scale events in the market are held at the George R. Brown Convention Center.
Business and Education in Houston
The city is home to twenty-three Fortune 500 companies. They are ConocoPhillips, Enterprise Products Partners, Sysco, Plains All American Pipeline, Halliburton, Baker Hughes, Apache, Marathon Oil, National Oilwell Varco, Waste Management, EOG Resources, KBR, Enbridge Energy Partners, CenterPoint Energy, Kinder Morgan, Targa Resources, Cameron International, Calpine, Group 1 Automotive, Spectra Energy, FMC Technologies, El Paso, and MRC Global.
Advertising & PR agencies: (AD) Marcom, ASB Marketing Solutions, MindEnsemble, Cyberspace Labs, Premiere Media Group, The Hucksters, Diversified Services, Hill & Knowlton Strategies, Hearst Media Houston, Moroch Partners, JWT Specialized Communications, Rivington Capital Advisor LLC, Illume Global, Coupons Houston, YeeZ Mobile, Inc., BigMouth Marketing (PR) Edelman Houston, Dancie Perugini Ware Public, Justice Group, Babb Houston Public Relations, Outreach Strategists, LLC, Burson-Marsteller, Androvett Legal Media & Marketing, Mikel Marketing, Integrate Public Relations, Elmore Public Relations, Jonathan Beitler Consulting, Crouch Environmental Services, Inc., Kimberly Public Affairs, Sandler Communications, Zulu Creative, Deuce Creative, Campaign Strategies, Inc., Encore Communications, Clifford Group, Inc., CapWest Strategies, and The PR Boutique.
Colleges: There is one public university located within the city limits: University of Houston (UH). Private colleges in the city include Texas Southern University (TSU), William Marsh Rice University, and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM).
Must see destinations in Houston, TX
| 1940 Air Terminal Museum | Houston Fire Museum | Rice University Trail |
| AD Players | Houston Grand Opera | Rienzi Mansion |
| Alley Theatre | Houston Museum District | River Oaks Theater |
| Bayou Bend Collections & Gardens | Houston Symphony | Sculpture Park |
| Beer Can House | Houston Zoo | Space Center Houston |
| Burke Baker Planetarium | Little & Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden | Stages Repertory Theatre |
| Children’s Museum | Market Square Historic District | Sundance Cinema |
| Glenwood Cemetery | Military Museum of Texas | The Houston Museum of Natural Science |
| Hermann Park | Miller Outdoor Theatre | The Menil Collection |
| Hobby Center for the Performing Arts | Minute Maid Park | TopGolf Houston |
| Holocaust Museum | Museum of Fine Arts | Water Wall |
| Houston Arboretum & Nature Center | National Museum of Funeral History | Wortham Center |
For more information on Houston, please visit the Northwest Houston Chamber of Commerce website or the Houston West Chamber of Commerce.