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1/ Texas gained almost nine Hispanic residents for every additional white resident last year.
A demographics trend continues: The gap between Texas’ Hispanic and white populations is quickly narrowing. #txlege bit.ly/2Xkr3fj
A demographics trend continues: The gap between Texas’ Hispanic and white populations is quickly narrowing. #txlege bit.ly/2Xkr3fj
2/ New census estimates show Texas' Hispanic population is on pace to soon represent a plurality.
Hispanic Texans will be the state’s largest population group as soon as 2022. #txlege bit.ly/2Xkr3fj
Hispanic Texans will be the state’s largest population group as soon as 2022. #txlege bit.ly/2Xkr3fj
3/ The Hispanic population climbed to nearly 11.4 million — an annual gain of 214,736 through July 2018 and an increase of 1.9 million since 2010.
The white population, meanwhile, grew by just 24,075 last year. #txlege bit.ly/2Xkr3fj
The white population, meanwhile, grew by just 24,075 last year. #txlege bit.ly/2Xkr3fj
4/ Meanwhile, the rate of growth of the Asian population in Texas has outpaced other races, while the growth of the white population has been significantly slower. #txlege bit.ly/2Xkr3fj 
5/5 These new estimates come as lawmakers begin to sharpen their focus on the 2021 redistricting cycle, when they’ll have to redraw the state’s congressional and legislative maps to account for population growth. #txlege bit.ly/2Xkr3fj
