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