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The primary duties of the comptroller's office are to collect substantially all tax revenue owed to the State of Texas (this involves more than 60 different types of taxes from the sales tax-- the largest source of the state's tax revenue, since Texas does not have a personal income tax-- to minor items such as the "battery sales fee" -- a $2–$3 fee on sales of lead-acid batteries) and to ...
DA. Texas has a total of 254 counties, by far the largest number of counties of any state. Counties in Texas have limited regulatory (ordinance) authority. [1] Counties also have much less legal power than home rule municipalities. They can only pass ordinances (local laws with penalties for violations) in cases where the Texas statutes have ...
Bexar County, Guadalupe County and Karnes County: James Charles Wilson, a Texas state senator (1851–1853) 54,183: 807 sq mi (2,090 km 2) Winkler County: 495: Kermit: 1887: Tom Green County: Clinton Winkler, an appeals court judge, Texas state representative, and Confederate colonel 7,414: 841 sq mi (2,178 km 2) Wise County: 497: Decatur: 1856 ...
In 2005 Travis County was the only county in Texas to vote against the Proposition 2 state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, with slightly under 60% of voters being against it. [28] In 2020, Travis County backed Democrat Joe Biden with nearly 72% of the vote, his strongest showing in the state and the best showing for any ...
Website. www.collincountytx.gov. Collin County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the Dallas - Fort Worth - Arlington metropolitan statistical area, and a small part of Dallas is in the county. At the 2020 United States census, the county's population was 1,064,465, making it Texas's sixth-most populous county and the 43rd ...
Texas population density map. As of May 2024, the 1,225 Texas municipalities [3] [a] include 971 cities, 231 towns, and 23 villages.These designations are determined by United States Census Bureau requirements based on state statutes and may not match a municipality's self-reported designation. [4]
Coke County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas.As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,285. [1] [2] Its county seat is Robert Lee. [3]The county was founded in 1889 and is named for Richard Coke, the 15th governor of Texas and later a U.S. senator.
Edinburg (/ ˈ ɛ d ɪ n b ɜːr ɡ / ED-in-burg) is a city in and the county seat of Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. [6] The population was 100,243 at the 2020 census, [3] and in 2022, its estimated population was 104,294, [4] making it the second-largest city in Hidalgo County, and the third-largest city in the larger Rio Grande Valley region.