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Demographics
The most prominent ancestry groups in Texas include Mexican (24.3%), African American (11.5%), German (9.9%), American (7.2%), and Irish (7.2%).
Protestant – 66%
Roman Catholic – 23%
Other Christian – 1%
Other Religions – 1%
Non-Religious – 6%
The three largest Protestant denominations in Texas are: Baptist (32% of the total state population), Methodist (9%), Pentecostal (3%).
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| People QuickFacts | Texas | USA |
Population, 2003 estimate |
22,118,509 | 290,809,777 |
| Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 |
6.1% | 3.3% |
| Population, 2000 | 20,851,820 | 281,421,906 |
| Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 | 22.8% | 13.1% |
| Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 | 7.8% | 6.8% |
| Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 | 28.2% | 25.7% |
| Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 | 9.9% | 12.4% |
| Female persons, percent, 2000 | 50.4% | 50.9% |
| Mortgage, Real Estate Demographics | Texas | USA |
Housing units, 2002 |
8,502,060 | 119,302,132 |
| Homeownership rate, 2000 |
63.8% | 66.2% |
| Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 | 24.2% | 26.4% |
| Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 | $82,500 | $119,600 |
| Households, 2000 | 7,393,354 | 105,480,101 |
| Persons per household, 2000 | 2.74 | 2.59 |
| Median household income, 1999 | $39,927 | $41,994 |
| Per capita money income, 1999 | $19,617 | $21,587 |
| Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 | 15.4% | 12.4% |
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The Texas state name derives from a word in a Caddoan language of the Hasinai, tejas, meaning friends or allies; Spanish explorers mistakenly applied the word to the people and their location.
Economy
Cotton harvesting in Texas.Texas remained largely rural until World War II, with cattle ranching, oil, and agriculture as its main industries. In 1926 San Antonio had the largest population of any city in Texas with over 120,000 people.
After World War II, Texas became increasingly industralized. Its economy (circa 2000) relies largely on information technology, oil and natural gas, energy exploration and energy trading, agriculture, and manufacturing. Two major economic centers exist: the Houston Metropolitan Area, centered in Houston, and Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, centered on those two cities. Houston stands at the center of the petrochemical and NASA/space trades while Dallas functions as the center of the agricultural and information technology labor market in Texas. Other major cities include San Antonio, Austin, Brownsville, Lubbock, Amarillo, McAllen, Tyler, Odessa and Midland. Other important cities include Killeen, home to the largest military Base in the US,El Paso, Eagle Pass, and Laredo; these have particular significance due to their location on the border with Mexico, making them important trade points.
The state passed New York in the 1990s to become the second-largest U.S. state in population (after California). In 2001 Texas had a gross state product of $764 billion. Texas's growth is often attributed to the availability of jobs, the low cost of living, the lack of a state income tax, low taxation of business, limited government (the state legislature of Texas meets only once every two years) and favorable climate.
Texas is one of the top filmmaking states in the United States, just after California and New York. More than $1.2 billion has been spent in Texas just for filming since 1990.
Largest cities by population (2000)
1,953,631 Houston
1,188,580 Dallas
1,144,646 San Antonio
656,562 Austin
563,662 El Paso
534,694 Fort Worth
332,969 Arlington
277,454 Corpus Christi
222,030 Plano
215,768 Garland
199,564 Lubbock
191,615 Irving
176,576 Laredo
173,627 Amarillo
141,674 Pasadena
139,722 Brownsville
127,427 Grand Prairie
124,523 Mesquite
115,930 Abilene
113,866 Beaumont
113,726 Waco
109,576 Carrollton
106,414 McAllen
104,197 Wichita Falls
94,996 Midland
91,802 Richardson
90,943 Odessa
88,439 San Angelo
86,911 Killeen
83,650 Tyler
80,537 Denton
Regions: Arklatex | Central Texas | Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex | East Texas | Edwards Plateau | Houston Metropolitan Area | North Texas | Northeast Texas | Piney Woods | Rio Grande Valley | Texas Hill Country | Texas Panhandle | Llano Estacado | Southeast Texas | South Texas | West Texas
Largest Metropolitan areas: Abilene | Amarillo | Austin- San Marcos | Beaumont- Port Arthur | Brownsville- Harlingen- San Benito | Bryan- College Station | Corpus Christi | Dallas-Fort Worth | El Paso | Houston-Galveston-Brazoria | Killeen- Temple | Laredo | Longview- Marshall | Lubbock | McAllen- Edinburg- Mission | Odessa-Midland | San Angelo | San Antonio | Sherman- Denison | Texarkana | Tyler | Victoria | Waco | Wichita Falls