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| Fast Facts |
- Downtown Houston is 1.8 square miles and is bordered by Interstate 10, Interstate 45 and U.S. 59
- Total workforce, approximately 150,000
- Total businesses 5,585 (2,125 company headquarters)
- Largest employers (by number of employees, 2006)
| Shell Oil Company |
6,760 |
| Harris County |
6,500 |
| Chevron |
5,695 |
| City of Houston |
4,000 |
| JPMorgan Chase |
3,300 |
| ExxonMobil |
3,200 |
| Continental Airlines |
2,725 |
| US Government |
2,300 |
| Reliant Energy |
2,200 |
| US Post Office |
1,930 |
| KBR |
1,900 |
| El Paso Corp. |
1,815 |
| CenterPoint Energy |
1,624 |
| KBR |
1,240 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center |
1,600 |
| Lyondell Petrochemical Co. |
1,460 |
| Deloitte & Touche L.L.P. |
1,390 |
| Devon |
1,175 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers, L.L.P. |
1,075 |
| Ernst & Young |
1,000 |
| EPCO |
900 |
| Waste Management, Inc. |
900 |
| Amerada Hess Corporation |
890 |
| Vinson & Elkins |
890 |
| Fulbright & Jaworski LLP |
880 |
| Metropolitan Transit Authority |
810 |
| Hilton Americas- Houston |
800 |
| Houston Chronicle |
800 |
| Bank of New York |
745 |
| University of Houston Downtown |
740 |
| KPMG Peat Marwick |
719 |
| Kinder Morgan |
700 |
| Baker Botts |
690 |
| Amegy Bank |
600 |
| Bank of America |
519 |
| Andrews & Kurth |
489 |
| Bracewell & Giuliani |
479 |
| Wells Fargo |
397 |
Source: Central Houston, Inc., March 2007
- There is over 43 million square feet of office space in Downtown Houston
- Downtown residents, workers and visitors enjoy access to approximately 300 restaurants and 2.45 million square feet of retail shops
- Downtown Houston has the second largest underground tunnel system that is 6.3 miles long, having started out years ago as a tunnel between two downtown movie theaters. Today it includes restaurants, services and shops between connecting buildings
- Downtown is home to 15 hotels totaling over 5,000 rooms and suites
- Currently there are 3,068 residential units in Downtown accommodating more than 4,000 people
- Downtown Houston's Theater District is one of five in the United States with permanent, professional resident companies in all of the major performing art disciplines: opera, ballet, symphony and theater
- With 13,000 theater seats, the Theater District ranks second behind New York City for the number of theater seats in a concentrated downtown area
- The Theater District includes Jones Hall, Alley Theater, Wortham Center and Hobby Center is also home to the 130,000 Bayou Place restaurant and entertainment complex
- There is over 1 million square feet of meeting and convention space in Downtown included the George R. Brown Convention Center
- The Houston Rockets moved to a new Downtown arena, The Toyota Center. This state-of-the-art center is also home to the Houston Comets and the Houston Aeros
- Home to the 2005 National League Champions Houston Astros, Minute Maid Park features a retractable roof
- You will find the Dowtown Aquarium, an underwater dining and entertainment adventure featuring 500,000 gallons of marine life, a Ferris wheel, boardwalk, dancing fountains and more
- Downtown is linked by MetroRail to the Museum District, the world-class Texas Medical Center and Reliant Plaza
Since 1999, the Downtown overall crime statistics have increased less than 1%. This slight increase can be directly attributed to increased activities in Downtown including events at Minute Main Park, Toyota Center as well as a dramatic increase in the number of nightclubs, restaurants and bars. The Houston Police Department's Special Operations Division, located at 1900 Rusk, focuses specifically on Downtown safety issues
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