Odessa, Texas

Odessa is a city in the <a href="/facts/U.S._state/PFwcRIYQ">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/facts/Texas/B987WHF0">Texas</a> and the <a href="/facts/County_seat/ItAWPoWw">county seat</a> of <a href="/facts/Ector_County%2c_Texas/jhGfnfED">Ector County</a> with portions extending into <a href="/facts/Midland_County%2c_Texas/XmMbYPgu">Midland County</a>.
Odessa's population was 114,428 at the <a href="/facts/2020_United_States_Census/dTEm5TRr">2020 census</a>, making it the <a href="/facts/List_of_municipalities_in_Texas/jtzNa4vc">34th-largest</a> city in <a href="/facts/Texas/B987WHF0">Texas</a>; it is the principal city of the <a href="/facts/Odessa_metropolitan_area%2c_Texas/4rkRqBq1">Odessa metropolitan statistical area</a>, which includes all of Ector County. The metropolitan area is also a component of the larger <a href="/facts/Midland%25E2%2580%2593Odessa/tf2gdXaM">Midland–Odessa combined statistical area</a>, which had a 2020 census population of 359,001.
The city is famous for being featured in the book <a href="/facts/Friday_Night_Lights%3a_A_Town%2c_a_Team%2c_and_a_Dream/RbTGSPg4">Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream</a>, and the movie adaption, <a href="/facts/Friday_Night_Lights_(film)/Sfaojh1p">Friday Night Lights</a>.
In 1948, Odessa was also the home of <a href="/facts/First_Lady_of_the_United_States/NpbrzLdI">First Lady</a> <a href="/facts/Barbara_Bush/p9Fv9ywU">Barbara Bush</a>, and the onetime home of former <a href="/facts/President_of_the_United_States/oMsfmLb1">Presidents</a> <a href="/facts/George_H._W._Bush/Xk5UxRqp">George H. W. Bush</a> and <a href="/facts/George_W._Bush/mYSgM515">George W. Bush</a>. Former President George H. W. Bush has been quoted as saying "At Odessa we became Texans and proud of it."

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Odessa, Texas