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Reducing the racial achievement gap is especially important because the United States is becoming an increasingly diverse country. The percentage of African-American and Hispanic students in school is increasing: in 1970, African-Americans and Hispanics made up 15% of the school-age population, and that number had increased to 30% by 2000.
Texas' population growth between 2000 and 2010 represents the highest population increase, by number of people, for any U.S. state during this time period. At the 2020 United States census it was reported that Texas had a resident population of 29,145,505, [ 1 ] a 15.9% increase since the 2010 U.S. census .
As of the 2020 U.S. Census, Hispanics and Latinos of any race were 39.3% of the state's population. [1] Moreover, the U.S Census shows that the 2010 estimated Hispanic population in Texas was 9.7 million and increased to 11.4 million in 2020 with a 2,064,657 population jump from the 2010 Latino population estimate. [2]
This is a list of the 50 U.S. states, the 5 populated U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia by race/ethnicity. It includes a sortable table of population by race /ethnicity. The table excludes Hispanics from the racial categories, assigning them to their own category.
Considering only those who marked "black" and no other race in combination, as in the first table, the percentage was 12.4% in 2020, down from 12.6% in 2010. [1] Considering those who marked "black" and any other race in combination, as in the second table, the percentage increased from 13.6% to 14.2%.
% High school graduate or higher (2010 census) % Bachelor's degree or higher (2010 census) % Advanced degree (2010 census) Total population (2010 census) Population with high school degree or higher (2010 census) Population with bachelor's degree or higher (2010 census) Population with advanced degree (2010 census) American Samoa: 82.1%: 9.9% ...
University of Texas, argued the constitutionality of “race-conscious admissions policies” at the University of Texas at Austin after two white female applicants were denied admission in 2008. An initial ruling for the university was unsuccessfully appealed to the Fifth Circuit twice before the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case again in ...
English: In 2222222, there were 1.11 times more White residents (11.8b people) in Texas than any other race or ethnicity. There were 10.7M Hispanic and 3.21M Black residents, the second and third most common racial or ethnic groups. The following bar chart shows the 8 races and ethnicities represented in Texas as a share of the total population.