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| | | TEXAS: The Lone Star State
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| State Home Page: | | http://www.state.tx.us/ | | Capital: | | Austin | | Year Admitted to Union: | | 1845 - 28th | | Population: | | 22,859,968 (2005) |
| Density: | | 79.6 persons per sq. mi. (28th) | | Per Capita Income: | | $29,706 (32nd) | | Land Area: | | 266,807 sq mi (2nd) | | Percent of Land Federally Owned: | | 1.5 | | Governor:
| | Rick Perry(R) | | Lottery start-up year:
| | 1992 | |
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| | Ethnicity | | White persons: | | 19,019,493 (83.2%) |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin: | | 8,023,849 (35.1%) |
| African-American or Black persons: | | 2,674,616 (11.7%) |
| American Indian & Alaska Native persons: | | 160,020 (0.7%) |
| Asian, Pacific Islander & Native Hawaiian persons: | | 777,239 (3.4%) |
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| | Legislature | | Seats in House: | | 150 | | Seats in Senate: | | 31 | | Number of Constitutions: | | 5 | | Effective Date of Present Constitution: | |
Feb. 15, 1876 | | U.S. Congressional Representatives: | | 32 | | Curious Facts:
| | In the mid-1990s, only 7 percent of the workers in Texas were unionized. The state has a right-to-work law, which prohibits union membership as a condition of employment. In 1966 Barbara Jordan of Houston became the first black woman elected to the state senate. |
| | | Texas is the country's biggest
producer of oil, cattle, sheep, minerals and cotton. | |
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