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Demographics of Texas. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2023, Texas was the second largest state in population after California, with a population of 30,503,301, an increase of more than 1.3 million people, or 4.7%, since the 29,145,505 of the 2020 census. [1][2] Its apportioned population in 2020 was 29,183,290. [3]
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.
In 1911 an extremely bloody decade-long civil war broke out in Mexico. Hundreds of thousands of refugees fled to Texas, raising the Hispanic population from 72,000 in 1900 to 250,000 in 1920. Most job opportunities for them involved working on a ranch or a farm starting from South Texas and moving north and northeast.
African Americans left Texas by the tens of thousands during the Great Migration in the first half of the 20th century, seeking work and political opportunities elsewhere. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, African Americans were 11.8% of the state's population which mirrors the national average of 12.1%.
This category has the following 14 subcategories, out of 14 total. Ethnic groups in Austin, Texas (2 C, 1 P) Ethnic groups in Houston (5 C, 11 P) Ethnic groups in San Antonio (2 C, 1 P) Ethnic museums in Texas (2 C, 8 P) Ethnic enclaves in Texas (12 P)
Mexican Americans have the highest fertility rate in the United States. While only 10% of the United States's population was Mexican American in the year 2008, 16% of the country's births were to Mexican mothers. Mexican-Americans are generally younger than other racial and ethnic groups in the United States.
The plurality (not majority) ethnic background in each county in the US in 2000: German English Norwegian Dutch Finnish Irish French Italian Mexican Native Spanish American African American Puerto Rican The largest ethnic backgrounds in each county in the US in 2016. Plurality ancestry in each state, ranging from 11.8% (FL) to 43.9 % (ND).
U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 12, 2008. [There were 39.5 million Hispanic and Latino Americans aged 5 or more in 2006. 8.5 million of them, or 22%, spoke only English at home, and another 156,000, or 0.4%, spoke neither English nor Spanish at home. The other 30.8 million, or 78%, spoke Spanish at home.