Essay On Texas Population

The population in Texas has changed miraculously over the years. The population in 1850 was almost eighty percent white, about twenty five percent African Americans, and Latinos percentage was a

Texas is currently dominated by the Republican culture with a popular belief in conservatism that has lasted for many years. Democratic and Liberal groups are also present in the Texas but play as the minorities. Although demographics through the years show that a change in the dominant party could very well be eminent, Texas remains a red state for the time being. Currently the population is estimated at 24.5 million and is dominantly Anglo with minorities including African American, and Hispanic. In the coming years though, it is estimated to change where as the Hispanic population will surpass become the new majority.

Molly Ivan was an author and political commentator, who was recognized for her ability to use satire and irony to discuss serious topics and messages. In Molly Ivan’s essay, “Is Texas America,” she ponders about unsuccessfully trying to “…explode the myths about Texas” during her journalist career (Ivan 782). Although Ivan discussed Texas as a massive and diverse state, and how the true Texas stereotype cannot be generalized and summed up into one area or type of Texan. However throughout her article she still continues to emphasize on a general stereotype of a white republican male. Even though Ivan failed to deeply analyze the topics she discussed such as homophobia, racism, and Texas identification, there are sources that do agree with her

Texas represents a national demographic shift that will cause the United States to become a “minority-majority” country in the near future. Texas achieved that status in 2004, when racial and ethnic minority populations, both native and foreign-born, collectively outnumber non-Hispanic whites; in addition, the state

The Texas population consists of people with a variety of different cultural and racial background. The Texas population seems to be very young with an approximate 27.3 percent of the population being under the age of 18, and about 11.5 percent being over the age of 65 (U.S. Census Bureau, “Texas.”). Factors that increase the Texas population include higher birthrates, lower death rates, as well as immigration from other countries and states. The population is changing from a primarily white population as recorded during the 1990s to a projected primarily Latino population by 2050. However, Latinos were not a considered a separate ethnic group until the 1990s but were counted to the white population which consisted of European whites and the Latinos. The African- American population decreased from over 20 percent during the 1850s to below 20 percent population as of 2015. Asian- Americans are considered the smallest population in Texas at 4.5 percent (The Asian Population,” 2010 Census Briefs). Due to the changing economy and

A study done by the Pew Hispanic Center in 2010 listed more 1.7 million undocumented residents living in the state of Texas. (Tannahill) The population growth rate, whether by legal or illegal means is only one of the issues that has been troubling state law makers and affecting the state’s water plan. The second issue that is affecting Texas’ water is the drought conditions that the state is currently suffering from.

When one thinks about Hispanics, all too often the image of a field full of migrant workers picking fruit or vegetables in the hot sun comes to mind. This has become the stereotypical picture of a people whose determination and character are as strong or stronger than that of the Polish, Jewish, Greek, or Italian who arrived in the United States in the early 1900's. Then, the center of the new beginning for each immigrant family was an education. An education was the "ladder by which the children of immigrants climbed out of poverty into the mainstream." (Calderon & Slavin, 2001, p. iv) That ideal has not changed, as the Hispanic population has grown in the United States to large numbers very quickly and with little fanfare. Now, the

These practices help maintain the status quo, helping low-income families remain poor. Moreover, it requires these low-income families to depend on government assistance, such as low-income housing and welfare. The reliance on assistance programs groups the poorest people in the same housing projects and communities, overwhelming schools with low-income students. Not only do these real estate practices concentrate the poorest in an area together, they also drive the often whiter, more affluent families out. The majority of poor feel they have no opportunity to transcend class restrictions, and the property taxes that fund our schools do not alleviate their stress. Further, homogeneous collections of poor means that school populations are rarely as diverse as we believe.

Texas is one of the strongest and Republican states among the fifty American states. However, Texas was politically dominated by the Democratic Party for more than a hundred years until the late 1960s, when the Republican party began to gain an increasing political strength. “In a reversal of alignments, since the late 1960s, the Republican Party has grown more prominent within the state based on an influx of primarily white voters (the majority in the state) from the Democratic Party. By the mid-1990s, it became the state 's dominant political party” (Politics of Texas). But this situation may not last so long because Texas is going through demographic shifts. The Hispanic or Latino population as well as minorities has been growing in the

The population of Texas is always changing and growing causing Texas as a whole to change in order to accompany the needs of everyone involved. When the year 1900 hit, Texas had over 3 million people with the majority living in rural areas. When the price of oil collapsed the growth rate dipped down to 1 percent, but as soon as the economy started healing the population numbers grew greatly. “By 2010, the number of people was estimated to be 25.1 million. Forty-five percent of the population were non-Hispanic white in 2009…Eleven percent were African American. Thirty-eight were Hispanic, up from 25 percent in 1990” (21). The domestic immigration, international immigration, and the difference between births and deaths have contributed to the population growth in Texas. Texas was not being defined by the majority of the population being natives of Texas but by others coming to this great state

According to the State and County People QuickFacts, there were an estimated 91.0% Hispanic or Latinos in Hidalgo County, Texas in 2013 and the total population estimate in Hidalgo County was 818,942. "Hispanic" and "Latino" are often used interchangeably to describe the same group of people. A large percentage of the Hispanic population is of Mexican origin, so therefore, Hispanic has been referred to the language and Latino referred to geography. The southernmost portion of Texas is referred to as the Rio Grande Valley and this is where Hidalgo County is at. The Rio Grande Valley is on the Mexican border, with a constant influx of immigrants. The educational levels are lower than that of the State of Texas is this

Republicans in Texas offer free higher education to minorities that are here on work visas, which has always brought more votes for the Republican Party. More scholarships are awarded to minorities in Texas. The result of higher education allow minorities to receive more than minimum wage paying jobs. With these jobs minorities are able to get off of the welfare system. A large percentage of minorities find it easier to live off of the system that provides housing, food for the table, dental care, medical care, vision care, and care at the expense of tax payers. Without the option of higher education many minorities get involved with crime regarding gangs and drug issues statewide. When it comes to higher education, scholarships and grants are offered so more minorities get the education they deserve and/or need. According to texaseducationexcellence.org “[t]he Texas Coalition for Excellence in Higher Education is a group of concerned citizens who believe strongly in the power of higher education to transform lives, build our economy and shape Texas’ future”. With more minorities receiving a higher education it allows all citizens of Texas to be equal. Having more people that are qualified to perform jobs that corporate companies are looking for will attract more companies down to Texas thus making the state more competitive, which creates more job opportunities.

As shown in table 1 above, Texas’ overall population has been comparatively higher than that of the United States population since the year 1970. Even during the year 1990, when Texas had faced a major oil and real estate decline the state of Texas and was still able to come out on top with a gain of nearly 3.9 million citizens (chart site). When looking deeper into the population of Texas one may question what keeps Texas’ population from decreasing and only two things are to blame. That is that the state of Texas has a higher than average birth rate and that Texas’ new population growth is growing at strong pace of net migration. Texas’ higher than average birth rate can partially be an outcome of the amount of the states “Hispanic heritage and its ties to Mexico, where total fertility rates were 2.5 percent in 2004, quite a bit higher than the United states 2.1 percent” (chart site). However, “most growth in the Hispanic population from 2000 to 2010 was due to births, not immigration, a change from the long-time pattern” (Passel). When taking this statistic into account and looking into table 2 and 3 above Texas’ overall population from the year 2000 to 2040 will begin to decrease in the amount of Anglos, where as the amount of Hispanic individuals will begin to increase and will be overall younger. This proves that the state of Texas will continue to see a large increase in its population, whether or not there are changes in economic conditions and even in something as

Texas has a reputation throughout history of differing views from the federal government in laws and politics pertaining to social, fiscal, and educational issues. On the whole, Texas operates as a largely conservative state. Because of this, policy-making is often right wing. With the institution of a Democratic, liberal president, the State’s dissent from the Federal government has only increased over certain issues. One hot topic of the 2012 Presidential election was immigration. With the major increase in immigration, it is no surprise that the issue was so emphasized. Between 2000 and 2011 there was a 30 percent

As of February 2016, Texas unemployment rate had fell 0.1 percentage points to 4.4 percent (1) according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). There were 1,011,882 people unemployed in Texas in Septemeber 2009, but now is 436,912 fewer people unemployed. Although the economy is adding more jobs but the unemployment rate is still a problem in Texas. The reason that Texas had higher unemployment rate than the other state because Texas had the most immigrant. The unemployment rate in Texas of African American is 11.4 percent, which “has been well over twice the white rate for much of the last five years” (Gable 2). Also, Hispanic is 7 percent, which is much more than the white unemployment rate of 4.3 percent. The closing down companies and