Straight from the government at
www.census.gov:
From April 1, 2000, to July 1, 2006, Houston added 825,000 people. That is 5 1/2 months ago, so you tell me if we've added 175,000 in that span of time.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/...on/009865.html
This is interesting:
http://www.westhouston.org/greater_west_houston.htm