TEXAS Power Point Data

Population: July 2007 est.  =  23,904,380

Population growth 2006-2007 = 2.1%

Population density:  91.5 per sq mi

ethnic distribution

82.6%  white

12.0% black

3.4% asian

0.7% Native American

0.1% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

1.2% Two or more ethnicities

36.0% Hispanic

Geography

total area = 268,581 sq mi

Land area = 261,797 sq mi

Forested acres = 17.3 mil

Location

Southwestern state, bounded on the SE by the Gulf of Mexico; on the SW by Mexico, separated by the Rio Grande; sourounding states are Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico.

Climate

extremely varied, driest region is the Trans Pecos; wettest is the NE

Topography

Gulf Coast Plain in the S and SE; North Central Plains slope upward with some hills; the Great Plains extend over the Panhandle, are broken by low mountains; the Trans-Pecos is the southern extension of the Rockies.

Economy

Chief Industries

manufacturing, trade, oil and gas extraction, services

Chief Manufactured Goods

petroleum, chemicals & resins, computers & electronics, animal slaughtering & processing, plastics, aerospace

Chief crops

cotton, greenhouse & nursery, corn, wheat, sorghum, hay, peanuts, onions, rice, pecans, grapefruit

Livestock (2007)

14.0 mil cattle

24.9 mil chickens

930,000 hogs/pigs

1.1 mil sheep/lambs

Commercial Fishing (2006)

$197.3 mil

Chief Port

Houston, Galveston, Brownsville, Beaumont, Port Authur

Gross State Product (est 2007)

$1.1 tril

Employment Distribution (june 2008)

16.2% govt

20.1% trade/trans/util

8.8%% mfg

12.1% ed/health

12.8% prof/bus svc

9.8% leisure/hosp

6.2% finance

6.4% construction

3.4% other svc

2.1% info

Unemployment (2007)

4.3%

Mean earner's income (2007)

$37,187

Commercial Banks (2007)  652

deposits = $329.3 bil

Savings Institutions (2007) 54

deposits = $120.7 bil

Lottery

Total Sales = $3.8 bil

Profits = 1.0 bil

Federal Government

Federal employees (2007)

124,577

Avg Salary = 62,482