All About Texas

1. Texas is the second-largest U.S. state in both population (nearly 28 million) and size (about 268,600 square miles).

2. Houston, home to 2.3 million residents, has the largest population among cities in the South and the fourth-largest nationwide.

3. Texas’ industrial base has drawn many businesses and workers in recent decades because of light regulation and low taxes – it’s one of a handful of states without a personal income tax – and low labor costs.

4. Traditionally, agriculture has been among the state’s largest industries, and it produces the most livestock and livestock product in the country. The state also leads the U.S. in export revenues, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Other industries driving growth include business, education and health services, hospitality and manufacturing.

5. The State Fair of Texas is the country’s longest-running, held for more than three weeks each fall in Dallas.

6. Texas Medical Center – of which University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and 20 other hospitals are part – is the largest medical complex in the world. Its ZIP code, 77030, is home to 21,000 physicians, scientists, researchers and other advanced-degree life sciences professionals.

7. A variety of flags have flown over Texas, depending on who governed it at the time: Spain (1519-1685 and 1690-1821), France (1685-1690), Mexico (1821-1836), Republic of Texas (1836-1845), Confederate States of America (1861-1865), and the United States (1845-1861 and 1865-present).

8. Texas is home to more species of bats than in any other state. The nation’s largest urban bat colony is located under Austin’s Congress Avenue Bridge.

9. Two U.S. presidents were born in the Lone Star State: Dwight Eisenhower (in 1890) and Lyndon Johnson (in 1908). The state’s voters tended Democratic until the mid-1970s; now, mirroring politics across the country, its urban voters continue to favor Democrats, and its rural and suburban voters tend to support Republicans.

10. Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885 and the soda was served at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis.

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Texas Chamber Of Commerce
316 W. 12th Street, #200
Austin, TX 78701
(512) 320-8223
City of Texas
1801 9th Avenue North
Texas City, Texas 77592
(409) 948-3111
Texas College
2404 North Grand Avenue
Tyler, TX 75702
800-306-6299
Texas Medical Center
6550 Bertner Avenue, Executive Offices
Houston, TX 77030
(713)-791-8800