Racial Diversity in Texas

1. Racial Diversity in Texas

2. The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 offered amnesty to Hispanics living illegally in the U.S. before 1982.

3. The dominant characteristic of the transition in the population of Texas at the beginning of the twenty-first century is the increase in the number of Hispanics.

4. Projected Proportion of Population by Race/Ethnicity in Texas, 2000-2040* http://txsdc.utsa.edu/presentations/ Demographers predicted that by the early twenty-first century, Anglos would comprise less than half of the Texas population.

5. Demographers predicted that by the early twenty-first century, Anglos would comprise less than half of the Texas population.

8. Runaway fear found at http://www.alpinesurvival.com/

11. NAFTA has clearly resulted in astronomical trade increases between the U.S. and Mexico. Since 1993, the value of two-way U.S. trade with Mexico almost tripled, reaching $232 billion in 2002, and continues to grow twice as fast as U.S. trade with the rest of the world. As the numbers increase, so do the opportunities for entrepreneurs.

12. Texas has increased its exports to Canada and Mexico by over $10 billion since NAFTA started. The Department of Commerce claims that 19,000 jobs are created for every $1 billion in added exports. Using that formula, NAFTA has created 190,000 jobs in Texas. Other job estimates claim higher numbers. NorAm Energy (Houston), J.C. Penney (Dallas), Dave & Buster's Inc. (Dallas), and American Telesource International Inc. (San Antonio) are among those Texas companies that have benefited from NAFTA.

20. Hilda, a factory worker, stands with her children in front of a typical tarpaper dwelling outside Ciudad Juarez near the U.S. border. Workers do not give last names for fear of losing their jobs. Source: www.anglicanjournal.com/127/05/

21. A woman draws water from a well in a squatter community where she lives in Tijuana, Mexico. The vast majority of the people in this community work in assembly plants in a nearby industrial park and lack basic services such as running water, sewage, electricity and adequate roads.

22. Toxic waste, Tijuana. Outside a closed battery recycling plant on Otay Mesa in Tijuana, Mexico, open pits of toxic waste pit the landscape, and chemicals leaching up from the ground form a crust on the ground. In the barrio of Chilpancingo, below the mesa, 19 children were born with no brains in 1993 and 1994, because of pollution from this and other maquiladoras on top of the mesa.

23. Many of the poorest barrios in Cd. Juárez are shrouded in pollution. Their residents generally work at one of the maquiladoras, making at most the equivalent of around $5 a week.

25. Population Change in Texas Counties, 1990-2000 Source: Texas State Data Center http://txsdc.utsa.edu/presentations/

26. Population Change in Texas Counties, 2000-2003 Source: Texas State Data Center http://txsdc.utsa.edu/presentations/

27. Population Change in Texas Counties, 2000-2005 Source: Prepared from U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2005 County Estimates by Texas State Data Center, The University of Texas at San Antonio http://txsdc.utsa.edu/presentations/

28. While welfare rolls expanded, Texas ranked as one of the least generous states in all categories of public assistance.

29. “In 1993, Texas ranked forty-sixth among the states in the amount spent on public welfare, forty-eighth in AFDC payments to children, forty-ninth in aid to the mentally ill, and dead last in immunizations provided for children and the number of citizens with health insurance.” “Clearly, though, the state’s overall approach to the problem of poverty has been consistent with the individualistic, limited-government philosophy that so many Texans continue to hold dear.” (See pages425-427.)

37. Age trends in the Texas population in the twenty-first century: The percentages of the old will both increase.

38. Median Age in the United States and Texas, 1900-2000 http://txsdc.utsa.edu/presentations/

39. Percent of Texas Population by Age Groupand Ethnicity, 2000 http://txsdc.utsa.edu/presentations/

40. Percent of Texas Population by Age Groupand Ethnicity, 2040* http://txsdc.utsa.edu/presentations/

41. Median Household Income in 1999 in Texas by Age of Householder Thousands http://txsdc.utsa.edu/presentations/

42. Median Household Income In 1999 in Texas by Race/Ethnicity of Householder http://txsdc.utsa.edu/presentations/

43. Educational Attainment in 2000 in Texas for Persons 25+ Years of Age By Race/Ethnicity Percent http://txsdc.utsa.edu/presentations/

44. States Ranked by Median Household Income in 1999 http://txsdc.utsa.edu/presentations/

45. States Ranked by Per Capita Income in 1999 http://txsdc.utsa.edu/presentations/

46. States Ranked by Percent High School Graduates + in the Population 25 Years of Age or Older, 2000 http://txsdc.utsa.edu/presentations/

47. States Ranked by Percent College Graduates +in the Population 25 Years of Age or Older, 2004 Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Current Population Survey (CPS), 2004 Annual Social and Economic Supplement http://txsdc.utsa.edu/presentations/

48. The Texas Challenge in the Twenty-First Century: Implications of Population Change for the Future of Texas The Institute for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research by Steve H. Murdock The Institute for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research The University of Texas at San Antonio

49. Ethnic Diversity of the Population, Householders, and Labor Force in Texas, 2000 and 2040* http://txsdc.utsa.edu/presentations/

50. Ethnic Diversity of the Population Enrolled in Elementary and Secondary Schools and Colleges in Texas, 2000 and 2040* http://txsdc.utsa.edu/presentations/