College Station is a city in eastern Texas and has a population of approximately 113,700 residents. College Station and its sister city, Bryan, TX, known as the Bryan-College Station (BCS) area, are home to the state’s largest university, Texas A&M University. Due to the city’s location, prostitution and sex trafficking are pervasive issues within College […]
Brazos County is a Texas county located between the metropolitan areas of Austin, TX and Houston, TX. The county has a population of approximately 237,000 residents and its county seat is Bryan, TX. Brazos County is also home to Texas’ largest university, Texas A&M University. Due to the county’s location, prostitution and sex trafficking have […]
Brazoria County is a county in the Gulf-Coast region of Texas and has a population of approximately 380,000 residents. Brazoria County is included in the Houston–The Woodlands-Sugar Land metropolitan statistical area. The county seat is Angleton, TX. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the county. For example, in 2017 two men were taken […]
Bowie County is a county in Northeast Texas, located along the southern borders of Oklahoma and Arkansas. The county has a population of roughly 93,000 residents and is home to Texarkana, a city that exists in both Texas and Arkansas. The county seat is Boston, TX. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been pervasive issues in […]
Aransas County is a county located along the eastern coast of Texas that has the population of approximately 25,500 residents. The county seat is Rockport, TX. In addition to other communities such as Fulton, Holiday Beach, and Lamar, parts of Corpus Christi are also in Aransas County. Prostitution and sex trafficking have a history of […]
Angelina County is a county in East Texas with a population of roughly 86,000 residents. Its county seat is Lufkin, TX. Prostitution activity has been well-documented throughout the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Among the more serious crimes […]
Hopkins County is a county of approximately 37,000 residents located in close proximity to the Dallas–Fort Worth Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county comprises the Sulphur Springs Micropolitan Statistical Area and the county seat is Sulphur Springs, TX. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented within the county. Among the more serious offenses associated with the […]
Washoe County is located in northwestern Nevada and has a population of approximately 464,000 residents, making it Nevada’s second-most populous county. The county seat and largest city is Reno, NV. Washoe County is included in the Reno, NV Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prostitution in the state of Nevada is legal in counties with populations under 700,000 residents […]
Coryell County is a county in Central Texas, located slightly north of the State’s capitol, Austin, TX. It has a population of approximately 84,000 residents and the county seat is Gatesville, TX. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented in the county. Among the more serious issues associated with the commercial sex market […]
Carson City (Consolidated Municipality of Carson City) is an independent city and the Nevada state capital. It has a population of approximately 55,000 and is the sixth largest city in Nevada. Prostitution in the state of Nevada is legal in counties with populations under 700,000 residents and is illegal in counties with populations over 700,000 […]
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