Texas - Facts and Figures. GENERAL INFORMATION Capital Statehood Austin December 29, 1845 the 28th state State nickname Name for residents State motto Abbreviation The Lone Star State Texans Friendship TX LAND Total area 695,622 sq km 268,581 sq mi Rank among states in total area Land area 2nd 678,358 sq km 261,916 sq mi Highest point Guadalupe Peak 2,667 m/8,749 ft Forested land as a share of total area Federally owned land as a share of land area 10.2 percent (2002) 1.9 percent (2002) PEOPLE Population Rank among states in population Ten-year population growth Population density 23,904,380 (2007 estimate) 2nd 22.8 percent (1990-2000) 35 persons per sq km (2006 estimate) 90 persons per sq mi (2006 estimate) Urban population 82.5 percent (2000) Largest cities, with population Houston 2,144,491 (2006) San Antonio 1,296,682 (2006) Dallas 1,232,940 (2006) Austin 709,893 (2006) El Paso 609,415 (2006) Ethnic groups Whites 71 percent (2000) Blacks 11.5 percent (2000) Asians 2.7 percent (2000) Native Americans 0.6 percent (2000) Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders Mixed heritage or not reporting Hispanics (of any race) 0.1 percent (2000) 14.2 percent (2000) 32 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATION Life expectancy Infant mortality rate 75.1 years (1989-1991) 6 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 470 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 394 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance Number of students per teacher (K-12) Government spending per student (K-12) Share of students attending private school Share of people over age 25 with high school diploma 24.5 percent (2006) 15 (2003) $8,598 (2002-2003) 5.7 percent (1999) 78.6 percent (2006) GOVERNMENT State government Governor Rick Perry (term ends January 2011) Legislature Senate, 31 members House of Representatives, 150 members National representation Members of the U.S. Senate 2 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives 32 Electoral votes 34 ECONOMY Gross state product (GSP) Income per capita $1,066 billion (2006) $30,697 (2004) GSP by economic sector Agriculture, forestry, and fishing 0.9 percent (2004) Industry Construction 4.5 percent (2004) Manufacturing 12.1 percent (2004) Mining 6.4 percent (2004) Transportation and utilities 6.6 percent (2004) Services Finance, insurance, and real estate 16.9 percent (2004) G overnment 11.5 percent (2004) Information technology 5 percent (2004) Retail trade 6.9 percent (2004) Wholesale trade 6.7 percent (2004) Other services 22.9 percent (2004) Employment Number of workers 11,487,000 (2006 estimate) Unemployment rate 4.9 percent (2006 estimate) Share of workers in unions 5.3 percent (2005) ENERGY, COMMUNICATIONS, AND TRANSPORTATION Electricity production Share from geothermal, solar, and wind 1.3 percent (2005 estimate) Share from hydroelectric 0.3 percent (2005 estimate) Share from nuclear 9.6 percent (2005 estimate) Share from thermal 88.7 percent (2005 estimate) Daily newspaper circulation per 1,000 people Share of households with Internet access Number of library books circulated per resident Length of highways 112 newspapers per 1,000 people (2006 estimate) 51.8 percent (2003 estimate) 4.5 books per person (2002) 489,516 km (2005) 304,171 mi (2005) Length of interstate highways 5,203 km (2005) 3,233 mi (2005) Length of railroad tracks 16,489 km (2004) 10,246 mi (2004) Airports 31 (2007) SOURCES The Association of American Railroads (www.aar.org), Bureau of Economic Analysis (www.bea.doc.gov), Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov), Census Bureau (www.census.gov), Energy Information Administration (www.eia.doe.gov), Federal Aviation Administration (www.faa.gov), Federal Highway Administration (www.fhwa.dot.gov), Forest Service (www.fs.fed.us), General Services Administration (www.gsa.gov), National Agricultural Statistics Service (www.usda.gov/nass), National Center for Education Statistics (nces.ed.gov), National Center for Health Statistics (www.cdc.gov/nchs), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (www.ntia.doc.gov). Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
