Texas

Key Details

• With 29,200,000 residents, Texas is the second-largest U.S. state by population.
• In 2024, Texas had 11,589,324 housing units and an 8.6% vacancy rate. Texas households had 2.83 persons living in them on average.
• 33.9% of Texans over 25 have obtained a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 24.2% who have finished high school or an equivalent educational program.
• In 2024, Greg Abbott of the Republican Party holds the office of governor of Texas.
• After taking inflation into account, the median household income in Texas is $72,284, which is less than the national average.
• In Texas, a person's life expectancy at birth is 76.5 years.

Texas Population Demographics

Texas is ranked second in terms of total population, with 760,000 more inhabitants than Florida, the third most populated state. White (non-Hispanic) people make up 40.1% of the population, which is the majority.

12.5 percent of people identify as multiracial, 19% as white (Hispanic), and 28.35 percent are of other races. Based on these population measures, Texas ranks as the sixth most ethnically diverse state in the US, with a Diversity Index of 67%.

In the state, both males and females are divided equally at 50%. At the benchmark age of 55–59, the gender ratio begins to tilt toward a female-led society, and the proportion of men in the population begins to fall even further with age.

Furthermore, Texas boasts the nation's seventh-highest immigrant population. 17.2% of the nation's foreign-born population resides in the Lone Star State.

Elections and Voting

Texas has had Republican governors since 1995, the year when its most well-known governor—who would go on to become President George W. Bush—was elected. However, Texas had historically leaned Democratic, with as many as 41 Democratic governors.

The last Democratic governor of Texas, Ann Richards, left office in 1995. Today, Greg Abbott, the third Republican governor since Richards, sits in office.

Both chambers are controlled by the Republican party, creating a Republican trifecta.

The Republican domination continues at the federal level. The two senators and the majority of US Representatives from Texas are currently members of the Republican Party.

The Republic Party won Texas' popular vote in the 2020 presidential election, with 52.1% of the vote. The Democratic Party came in second place, with 46.5%, while the Libertarian Party had 1.12%.

Housing, Income, and Employment

Texas has 11,589,324 housing units, many of which are one-, two-, or three-bedroom residences. Four bedrooms or more are found in just 24.8% of households.

In 2022, just 10.5% of residents moved into their own homes, while 41.6% moved into rentals. This makes sense when you consider that 63.2% of properties are priced between $200,000 and $999,999.

The state has a higher employment rate than the US as a whole. In 2021, Texas' employment rate was 62.1%, which was slightly higher than the 60.3% national average.

Texas Crime Rates

Texas has a higher crime rate than the US as a whole. In 2022, the state's violent crime rate was 431.9 per 100,000 residents, while the national average was 380.7 per 100,000.

In Texas, where there are 2300 crimes committed for every 100,000 citizens, property crime is a serious problem.

Houston is by far the most dangerous city in the state, with a violent crime rate of 2670 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1070 per 100,000 persons. It has one of the highest rates of crime in the entire state. Among the safest cities in Texas are Fulshear, Melissa, and San Elizario.

How to Find People in Texas

Thanks to social media and public records, people can be easily located. To find a person's basic information, search engines like Google look through billions of government papers, professional profiles, Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok, and more.

These technologies make it possible to pinpoint an individual's address history and make a map of their previous whereabouts. Finding a long-lost relative, former roommate, or childhood buddy is not difficult. It's also excellent for locating someone to help with legal issues.

Still, getting someone's address is just the first step in the information train. Also available is a list of their professional and social media accounts. You can contact them by phone, email, or chat apps to find out what they're up to.

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