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7/15/2011

Top Ten Most Populated Citites in the United States

10. San Jose, California
-population 964,695

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The third-largest city in California, and the county seat of Santa Clara County. It is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay. The San Jose/Silicon Valley area is a major component of the greater San Francisco Bay Area, a region of nearly 7.5 million people.

9. Dallas, Texas
-population 1,299,543

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The third-largest city in Texas. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States. The city is divided between Collin, Dallas, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties.

8. San Diego, California
-population 1,306,301

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Named after Saint Didacus (Spanish: San Diego de Alcalá), is the second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round climate, its natural deep-water harbor, and its long association with the U.S. Navy.

7. San Antonio, Texas
-population 1,373,668

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The second-largest city within the state of Texas. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. San Antonio has characteristics of other western urban centers in which there are sparsely populated areas and a low density rate outside of the city.

6. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
-population 1,547,297

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-The largest city in Pennsylvania and the fifth-most-populous city in the United States. The Greater Philadelphia metropolitan area is the country's fifth-largest metro area.

5. Phoenix, Arizona
-population 1,601,587

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The capital and largest city of the American state of Arizona. Phoenix is the anchor of the Phoenix metropolitan area (also known as the Valley of the Sun), the 12th largest metro area by population in the United States.

4. Houston, Texas
-population 2,257,926

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-The largest city in the state of Texas. Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown, which is the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the U.S.

3. Chicago, Illinois
-population 2,851,268

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The largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous city in the USA, after New York City and Los Angeles.

2. Los Angeles, California
-population 3,831,868

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The most populous city in California. It is the focal point of the larger Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside combined statistical area, which is one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world and the second largest in the United States.

1. New York, New York
-population 8,391,881

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Top Ten Wealthiest People in the World

10. Christy Walton
-net worth 26.5 billion

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/54/400list08_Christy-Walton-family_N9CY.html

The widow of John T. Walton, who was a son of Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart. After John's death in June 2005, she inherited his fortune of $15.7 billion. Facesofphilanthropy.com references Condé Nast Portfolio magazine as ranking her the highest female philanthropist, according to the amount she gives as a percentage of her wealth. Between 2002 and 2006, she contributed $3.5 million from her then $16.3 billion net worth towards philanthropic efforts.

9. Mukesh Ambani
-net worth 27 billion

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An Indian business magnate who is the current chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries, the largest private sector enterprise in India, a Fortune 500 company, and one of the largest private sector conglomerates in the world. His personal stake in Reliance Industries is 48%.

8. Eike Batista
-new worth 30 billion

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A Brazilian business baron. He has founded companies in different business sectors, mainly in mining. He is the son of Eliezer Batista da Silva, a longtime head of mining company Vale.

7. Amancio Ortega
-net worth 31 billion

http://www.lunch.com/Reviews/business/Amancio_Ortega_Gaona-Photos-1430101-Amancio_Ortega_Gaona-235853.html?pid=0

A Spanish fashion entrepreneur. He is the founder, along with his then-wife Rosalía Mera, and chairman of the Inditex Group. He is ranked by Forbes as Spain's richest man, and Europe's second richest man. He currently lives with his second wife in a discreet apartment building in the centre of A Coruña.

6. Lakshmi Mittal
-net worth 31.1 billion

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An Indian steel magnate. He is the chairman and chief executive officer of ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steelmaking company.

5. Larry Ellison
-net worth 39.5 billion

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Larry Ellison was born in New York City to Florence Spellman, an unwed 19-year-old. Ellison's biological father was an Italian-American U. S. Air Force pilot, who was stationed abroad before Spellman realized that she had become pregnant by him. He is an American business magnate, co-founder and chief executive officer of Oracle Corporation, a major enterprise software company.

4. Bernard Arnault
-net worth 41 billion

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Arnault was born in Roubaix. After graduating from the Maxence Van Der Meersch High School, Arnault was admitted to the École Polytechnique (X1969) from which he graduated with an engineering degree in 1971. After graduation, Arnault joined his father's company. In 1976, he convinced his father to liquidate the construction division of the company for 40 million French francs, and to change the focus of the company to real estate. He a French businessman best known as the chairman and CEO of the French conglomerate LVMH, the largest luxury-products company in the world.

3. Warren Buffet
-net worth 50 billion

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An American investor, industrialist and philanthropist. He is widely regarded as one of the most successful investors in the world. Often introduced as "legendary investor, Warren Buffett", he is the primary shareholder, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.

2. Bill Gates
-net worth 56 billion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bill_Gates_in_WEF_,2007.jpg

An American business magnate, philanthropist, author and chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. He is consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest people and was the wealthiest overall from 1995 to 2009, excluding 2008, when he was ranked third. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and remains the largest individual shareholder, with more than 8 percent of the common stock. He has also authored or co-authored several books.

1. Carlos Slim Helu
-net worth 74 billion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Carlos_Slim_Hel%C3%BA.jpg

6/20/2011

Top Ten Highest Populated Cities in Texas

10. Garland
-population 1,953,631

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A city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is an inner suburb northeast of Dallas and is a major part of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. It is located almost entirely within Dallas County except for small portions in Collin County.

9. Plano
-population 1,188,580

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In 2005, Plano was designated the best place to live in the Western United States by CNN Money magazine. In 2006, Plano was selected as the 11th best place to live in the United States by CNN Money magazine. Plano schools consistently score among the highest in the nation. It has been rated as the wealthiest city in the United States by CNN Money with a poverty rate of less than 6.4%.

8. Corpus Christi
-population 277,554

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The principal city of the three-county Corpus Christi Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger Corpus Christi-Kingsville Combined Statistical Area. The translation from Latin of the city's name is Body of Christ, given to the settlement by the Spanish, in honor of the Blessed Sacrament (Eucharist). The city has been nicknamed The Sparkling City by the bay, particularly in literature promoting tourism.

7. Arlington
-population 332,969

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Located approximately 12 miles (19 km) east of downtown Fort Worth and 20 miles (32 km) west of downtown Dallas, Arlington is home to the University of Texas at Arlington, the Texas Rangers' Ballpark in Arlington, Cowboys Stadium, the International Bowling Campus (which houses the United States Bowling Congress, International Bowling Museum and the International Bowling Hall of Fame), the headquarters for American Mensa, and the theme parks Six Flags Over Texas (the original Six Flags) and Hurricane Harbor.

6. Fort Worth
-population 534,694

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The city was established in 1849 as an Army outpost on a bluff overlooking the Trinity River. Today Fort Worth still embraces its Western heritage and traditional architecture and design

5. El Paso
-population 563,662

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El Paso stands on the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte), across the border from Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. The image to the right shows Downtown El Paso and Juárez, with the Juárez Mountains in the background. The two cities form a combined international metropolitan area, sometimes called Juarez-El Paso, with Juárez being the significantly larger of the two in population. Together they have a combined population of 2 million, with Juárez accounting for 2/3 of the population.

4. Austin
-population 656,562

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The area was settled in the 1830s on the banks of the Colorado River by pioneers who named the village Waterloo. In 1839, Waterloo was chosen to become the capital of the newly independent Republic of Texas. The city was renamed after Stephen F. Austin, known as the father of Texas. The city grew throughout the 19th century and became a center for government and education with the construction of the Texas State Capitol and the University of Texas.

3. San Antonio
-population 1,444,646

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The city was named for San Antonio de Padua, whose feast day is on June 13, when a Spanish expedition stopped in the area in 1691. Famous for Spanish missions, the Alamo, the River Walk, the Tower of the Americas, the Alamo Bowl, and host to SeaWorld and Six Flags Fiesta Texas theme parks, the city is visited by approximately 26 million tourists per year according to the San Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau.

2. Dallas
-population 1,188,580

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Dallas was founded in 1841 and formally incorporated as a city in February 1856. The city's economy is primarily based on banking, commerce, telecommunications, computer technology, energy, and transportation, home to several Fortune 500 companies. Located in North Texas and a major city in the American South, Dallas is the core of the largest inland metropolitan area in the United States that lacks any navigable link to the sea. The city's prominence arose from its historical importance as a center for the oil and cotton industries, and its position along numerous railroad lines.

1. Houston
-population 1,953,631

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Houston was founded on August 30, 1836 by brothers Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen on land near the banks of Buffalo Bayou. The city was incorporated on June 5, 1837, and named after then-President of the Republic of Texas—former General Sam Houston—who had commanded at the Battle of San Jacinto, which took place 25 miles (40 km) east of where the city was established. The burgeoning port and railroad industry, combined with oil discovery in 1901, has induced continual surges in the city's population.

SOURCES:
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/popcity32000.html8
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garland,_Texas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plano,_Texas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Christi,_Texas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington,_Texas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Paso,_Texas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_texas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_texas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_texas

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