In fact, those under 18 make up the state's largest Hispanic age group. We’re not unmindful of this…Republicans woke up because they understand what’s at stake.”, Manny Garcia, executive director of the Texas Democratic Party, said in a statement to the press that, “Texas is the biggest battleground state and Texas Democrats are poised to win in 2020.”, In November, state Rep. Michelle Beckley (D-Carrollton) shared with The Dallas Morning News, “The reality is the tide’s changing, it’s flipping. The region of 60,000 square miles (160,000 km2) contains most of the state's largest cities and metropolitan areas as well as 17 million people, nearly 75 percent of Texas's total population. Many Romanians, Dutch, Germans from Switzerland and Austria, Poles, Russians, Swedes, Norwegians, Czechs, Slovaks, Italians, and French immigrated at least in part because of the European revolutions of 1848. When examining the ratio of females to males across the population, 50.4% are females and 49.6% are males. While O'Rourke has far outraised Cruz, it's yet to be seen whether that national excitement will turn into votes in Texas. [11], Texas has one of the largest African-American populations in the country. Everything’s been trending Democrat, population growth will stall any time soon, the strong economy that Republicans brag about and largely made possible is contributing to the demographic change, In rural Texas, people experiencing homelessness lead 'masked' lives outside of public view, By the Numbers: How Texas Grew in the Last Decade (and Where It Could Use a Boost). The population of Texas is estimated to continue the "rural flight" trend, further increasing the population of its larger cities, with a growth fueled by the suburbs, as well as recent gas and oil development in many parts of the state. Texas has four metropolitan areas with populations greater than a million: Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington, Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown, San Antonio–New Braunfels, and Austin–Round Rock–San Marcos. According to the most recent ACS, the racial composition of Texas was: By far the biggest increase in the measured population of Texas took place between 1850 and 1860 when the numbers jumped from 212,592 to 604,215. Females make up 50.4% of the population. November 15, 2016. Texas has many major cities and metropolitan areas, along with many towns and rural areas. Hispanics and Latinos are Texas's second largest group after non-Hispanic Europeans, with nearly 8.5 million people. Asian Americans represent a rather large minority group in Texas, with more than 200,000 Indians living in the state. The 2016 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 8, 2016 as … Note: Births in table don't add up, because Hispanics are counted both by their ethnicity and by their race, giving a higher overall number. QuickFacts provides statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more. Citizen Voting-Age Population: Texas. Perhaps when you consider that there is harsh terrain and high temperatures across much of Texas, maybe the density statistics aren’t so surprising. In emails mistakenly sent to Texas Democrats in late November of this year, the state-wide Republican strategy for 2020 elections included a note about the party’s image as it related to a lack of diversity, which it called, “a narrative driven by Democrats.” [citation needed] A strong labor market between 1995 and 2000 contributed to Texas being one of three states in the South receiving the highest numbers of black college graduates in an increasing New Great Migration. Historical population Census Pop. As of 2011, according to Murdock, two out of three children in Texas are not non-Hispanic Whites. [27] These three rank among the 10 most populous cities of the United States. Non citizens include legal permanent residents (green card holders), international students, temporary workers, humanitarian migrants, and illegal immigrants. As in other Southern states settled largely in the 19th century, the vast majority have European ancestry: Irish, English and German. There are large populations of Vietnamese, Chinese, Koreans, Filipinos and Japanese in Texas, along with sizable populations of people with Hmong, Thai and Cambodian ancestry. By far the biggest increase in the measured population of Texas took place between 1850 and 1860 when the numbers jumped from 212,592 to 604,215. In 2018, state elections in Texas were among the most competitive in years , and both parties took note. In an increasingly diverse state, some assume Latino population growth is behind the political “leftward turn” and an uptick in Democratic voters. Much of the population is in the major cities of Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, and El Paso. "The demographics-is-destiny thing is based on the growing Hispanic population. [12], In recent years, the Asian American population in Texas has grown, especially in west Houston, Fort Bend County southwest of Houston, the western and northern suburbs of Dallas, and Arlington near Fort Worth. Chicano English is also widely spoken, as well as African American Vernacular English, and General American English. There are also three cities with a population over 500,000, which are El Paso, Fort Worth and the capital, Austin, which are among the 25 largest cities in the US.