Texas U.S. - statistics & facts
Texas is the second most populous state in the United States, with about 30.5 million residents. Nicknamed the Lone Star State, Texas is also the second-largest state by land size in the country, although most of the population lives in major cities such as Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, and Austin. In 2023, the population of the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown metropolitan area alone was about 2.47 million people.
The population density in Texas has continued to increase and is greater than the national average, with about 109.9 residents per square mile of land area. This is nearly three times greater than the population density in 1960. When distributed by generation, around 14.4 percent of the resident population were between the ages of 25 and 34 in 2023. That same year, the number of people in Texas of Hispanic or Latino origin surpassed the number of white residents, with 12.14 million and 11.82 million respectively.
Behind Texas’s growing economy are 53 Fortune 500 companies that are headquartered there, which include ExxonMobil, AT&T, American Airlines, and Sysco. Thus, it follows that Texas was the state with the highest Gross Domestic Product second only to California. In 2023, the real GDP of Texas stood at 2.03 trillion U.S. dollars, which was an increase from the previous year.
The population density in Texas has continued to increase and is greater than the national average, with about 109.9 residents per square mile of land area. This is nearly three times greater than the population density in 1960. When distributed by generation, around 14.4 percent of the resident population were between the ages of 25 and 34 in 2023. That same year, the number of people in Texas of Hispanic or Latino origin surpassed the number of white residents, with 12.14 million and 11.82 million respectively.
Economy
The Texas economy is highly driven by oil and exports. In 2023, Texas was the leading producer of crude oil nationwide. In total, Texas exported more than 444.6 billion U.S. dollars’ worth of goods, making it the leading state for exported goods by more than a 250 billion dollar margin. Not only did the lone-star state have the highest number of exported goods, but it was also the leading state for chemical exports.Behind Texas’s growing economy are 53 Fortune 500 companies that are headquartered there, which include ExxonMobil, AT&T, American Airlines, and Sysco. Thus, it follows that Texas was the state with the highest Gross Domestic Product second only to California. In 2023, the real GDP of Texas stood at 2.03 trillion U.S. dollars, which was an increase from the previous year.
