What is Greater Houston?
'''Greater Houston''', designated by the [[Office of Management and Budget|United States Office of Management and Budget]] as '''Houston–Pasadena–The Woodlands''',<ref>{{cite web|title=OMB Bulletin No. 23-01|publisher=Office of Management and Budget|date=July 21, 2023|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/OMB-Bulletin-23-01.pdf|access-date=April 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721214234/https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/OMB-Bulletin-23-01.pdf|archive-date=July 21, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> is the fifth-most populous [[metropolitan statistical area]] in the [[United States]]. It is made up of ten counties along the Gulf&nbsp;Coast in [[Southeast Texas]]. With a population of 7.1 million people as of the 2020 census and nearly 7.8 million in 2024, Greater Houston is the [[List of Texas metropolitan areas|second-most populous]] in Texas after the [[Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex]].<ref name=PopEstCBSA>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-metro-and-micro-statistical-areas.html#v2024 |title=Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas Population Totals: 2020-2024 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division |date=March 12, 2025 |access-date=March 18, 2025 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown MSA}} {{USLargestMetros}} {{US-stub}} [[Category:Houston]] [[Category:Metropolitan areas of the United States]]