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Texas
Top 100
City Population
Friendswood 31,500
Grapevine 49,400
Hewitt 12,600
Keller 35,900
Mansfield 36,800
Schertz 22,600
Other cities
City Population
Abilene 113,400
Addison 15,400
Allen 70,600
Alvin 24,000
Amarillo 183,000
Anderson Mill 10,800
Angleton 20,400
Arlington 378,800
Atascocita 48,500
Austin 700,100
Azle 10,500
Baytown 72,000
Beaumont 111,400
Bedford 50,900
Bellaire 17,700
Benbrook 21,200
Boerne 7,100
Brenham 13,300
Bridge City 8,600
Brownsville 161,600
Brushy Creek 25,300
Bryan 64,800
Burkburnett 10,700
Burleson 22,900
Canyon 13,100
Canyon Lake 21,400
Carrollton 126,900
Cedar Hill 39,200
Cedar Park 36,000
Channelview 32,300
Cibolo 4,000
Cinco Ranch 19,100
Cleburne 28,900
College Station 73,700
Colleyville 22,700
Converse 13,000
Coppell 37,600
Copperas Cove 30,200
Corinth 16,400
Corpus Christi 282,000
Crowley 9,200
Dallas 1,247,200
DeSoto 43,100
Deer Park 29,800
Denison 22,700
Denton 99,800
Dickinson 19,400
Duncanville 35,900
Eagle Mountain 7,900
El Paso 597,500
Elgin 6,900
Ennis 18,000
Euless 51,900
Farmers Branch 27,100
Flower Mound 69,000
Forney 7,800
Fort Worth 595,100
Fredericksburg 9,600
Fresno 8,400
Frisco 57,800
Garland 220,700
Georgetown 38,000
Glenn Heights 8,200
Grand Prairie 143,100
Greatwood 10,400
Greenville 22,800
Groves 15,300
Haltom City 43,000
Harker Heights 18,000
Highland Park 8,900
Highland Village 14,700
Highlands 7,900
Horizon City 5,400
Houston 2,104,500
Humble 15,500
Huntsville 35,200
Hurst 39,100
Ingleside 11,200
Irving 196,800
Jollyville 18,600
Katy 13,300
Kilgore 11,700
Killeen 98,600
Kirby 9,300
Kyle 6,800
La Porte 34,100
Lake Jackson 30,000
Lakeway 8,200
Lancaster 28,400
Laredo 210,700
League City 53,300
Leander 12,400
Leon Valley 10,100
Lewisville 101,400
Little Elm 5,700
Live Oak 10,300
Lockhart 10,900
Longview 76,100
Lubbock 205,300
Lumberton 9,700
McAllen 121,900
McKinney 87,200
Mesquite 132,000
Midland 99,400
Midlothian 9,000
Mission Bend 36,500
Missouri City 66,800
Murphy 8,700
Nederland 17,200
New Braunfels 44,700
New Territory 18,900
North Richland Hills 64,000
Pasadena 151,800
Pearland 49,500
Pecan Grove 16,900
Perryton 8,000
Pflugerville 23,800
Plano 286,600
Port Neches 13,200
Portland 14,800
Rendon 10,400
Richardson 101,400
Richland Hills 8,600
Robinson 8,200
Rockwall 27,000
Round Rock 83,300
Rowlett 56,000
Sachse 13,300
Saginaw 16,200
San Antonio 1,251,100
Santa Fe 11,300
Seabrook 10,800
Seagoville 12,200
Sherman 36,100
Southlake 27,700
Spring 42,600
Stafford 25,600
Sugar Land 82,000
Taylor 16,300
Temple 54,700
Texas City 45,600
The Colony 35,100
The Woodlands 69,800
Timberwood Park 9,800
Tomball 11,100
Tyler 90,600
Universal City 16,300
University Park 24,700
Victoria 61,300
Waco 119,200
Watauga 23,800
Waxahachie 24,900
Weatherford 22,200
Webster 10,800
Wells Branch 12,400
West University Place 15,000
Windemere 8,700
Woodway 8,900
Wylie 22,400
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State:
Top-earning towns
  Median household income
Hillsborough $263,456
Scarsdale $219,317
Los Altos Hills $199,370
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Hottest
  Avg. high temp
in July (°F)
Rancho Mirage, CA 108.2°F
Avondale, AZ 107.6°F
Glendale, AZ 107.6°F
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Priciest homes
  Median price
Montecito $3,157,233
Hillsborough $2,606,764
Paradise Valley $2,075,930
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Most singles
  % single residents
State College 76.5%
Durham 74.5%
Amherst Center 73.7%
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Youngest
  Median age
Storrs 20.65
Durham 21.19
Oxford 21.56
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Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. All times are ET. Disclaimer. Morningstar: © 2018 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc. 2018. All rights reserved. Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Standard & Poor's and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices © S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC 2018 and/or its affiliates.