Statistical works on specific subjects will be found in their respective subject sections. Although not individually listed, annual reports of many state agencies are important sources of current statistics on topics under the purview of each agency. Annual reports of most state agencies are available through the Texas State Depository program, as well as through direct contact with individual agencies and on agency websites.
T-CG1 Texas almanac. Dallas: A.H. Belo, 1857-1999; Dallas Morning News, 2000- . Annual, 1857-1937; Biennial, 1939/40- .
Important compendium of Texas statistical data of all types over an extensive time period. See T-AB15.
T-CG2 State and county QuickFacts: Texas. URL: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48000.html
U.S. Census Bureau summary population, business, and geography statistics for the state and individual counties compared to U.S. totals. Links to additional Census Bureau data sets on Texas.
T-CG3 Texas QuickLinks. URL: http://quickfacts.census.gov/cgi-bin/state_QuickLinks?48000
U.S. Census Bureau links to Texas data. Population, business, geography, and other.
T-CG4 About Texas. URL: http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/#population
Population figures for counties and cities arranged by size and by name. Population of Texas and the U.S. from 1850 to the present.
T-CG5 Texas online population and demographics. URL: http://www.texasonline.state.tx.us/category.jsp?language=eng&categoryId=1.7
Population and demographic section of the official Texas website. Links to city and county web sites, county clerk addresses, and the population of cities and counties. Includes business and industry data center demographic profiles by geographic level, population and economic detail data from the U.S. Bureau of the Census and U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, population forecasts for Texas counties by race/ethnicity, and Texas population rank and percentages compared to the U.S. Links to the Texas State Data Center.
T-CG6 Texas vital statistics. Austin: Texas Dept. of Health, 1956- . Annual. Available by request. TexDoc H600.8 V83st
Also available: http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/bvs/reports.htm#annual
The Bureau of Vital Statistics annual statistical report covers births, deaths, abortions, marriages, and divorces. Information is broken down by disease, geographic region, ethnicity, and gender. Includes glossary, maps, and sample forms. Online .wk1 spreadsheet and PDF copies of reports begin with 1994.
T-CG7 Texas fact book. Austin: Legislative Budget Board, 1996- . Biennial. TexDoc L1300.8 F119
Also available: http://www.lbb.state.tx.us/Fact_Book/Texas.htm
Brief sections of population and demographic statistics, including population by age, changes, and annual growth compared to the United States. Includes maps. Online PDF copies begin with 2000.
T-CG8 Texas area facts. Austin: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, 1996. 600 p. ill., maps. TexDoc C2600.8 Ar31 1996
T-CG9 Texas fact book. Rita J. Wright, Lisa Sparkman, ed. Austin: Bureau of Business Research, 1978-1989. Irregular. ISSN 0163-4666
T-CG10 How Texas compares with the most populous states. Austin: Texas Dept. of Economic Development, 1995- . Irregular. $10 TexDoc C2300.8 T312r
T-CG11 Texas, where we stand: comparative facts and figures about the Lone Star State. Austin: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Research and Policy Development Div., 1996- . Annual. TexDoc C2600.8 W574
T-CG12 Forgotten Texas census: first annual report of the Agricultural Bureau of the Department of Agriculture, Insurance, Statistics, and History, 1887-88. Lafayette Lumpkin Foster. Austin: Texas State Historical Assoc., Nov. 2001. xxiii, lv, 351 p. ill., 1 map. (Fred H. and Ella Mae Moore Texas history reprint ser.) $29.95 ISBN 0-87611-183-5
T-CG13 Resources, soil and climate of Texas: report of A. W. Spaight, Commissioner of Insurance, Statistics, and History. Galveston: A. H. Belo & Co., 1882. x, 360 p. ill., col. map.
T-CG14 Texas State Data Center. URL: http://txsdc.tamu.edu/
T-CG15 Texas challenge: population change and the future of Texas. Steve H. Murdock, Nazrul Hoque, Martha Michael, Steve White. College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 1997. 262 p. $19.95 ISBN 0-89096-724-5
T-CG16 Population of Texas: an overview of Texas population change, 1970-1980. R. L. Skrabanek, Steve H. Murdock, Patricia K. Guseman. Austin: Texas State Data Center, 1985. xi, 145 p. ill., maps. (Texas State Data Center, no. 2, ser. 1985) TexDoc I1150.7 D262 no.85-2
T-CG17 Size, distribution, and growth of the Texas population, 1980 to 2030. Robert K. Holz. Austin: Bureau of Business Research, 1987. ix, 51 p. ill., maps. ISBN 0-87755-307-6 TexDoc Z UA215.7 R311 no.1987-4
T-CG18 Historical statistics of the South, 1790-1970: a compilation of state-level census statistics for the sixteen states of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia. Donald B. Dodd, Wynelle S. Dodd. University, AL: Univ. of Alabama Pr., 1973. vi, 85 p.
T-CG19 1990 census profile of Texas compiled from the Bureau of the Census web page. URL: http://txsdc.tamu.edu/txprof.php
T-CG20 Counties by detailed race/ethnicity population counts. URL: http://txsdc.tamu.edu/txdata/redistrict/dre-popcnt.php
T-CG21 Population, Texas counties. URL: http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/population.html
T-CG22 Texas population of counties by decennial census: 1900 to 1990. Richard L. Forstall, ed. URL: http://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/tx190090.txt
T-CG23 Slowdown in Texas population growth: post-1980 population change in Texas counties. Steven H. Murdock, Sean-Shong Hwang. Austin: Texas State Data Center, 1986. iv, 26 p. ill., map. TexDoc I1150.7 D262 no.86-1
T-CG24 Update 1987, the continued slowdown in Texas population growth: 1980-1985 population change in Texas counties. Steven H. Murdock, Kenneth Backman, Sean-Shong Hwang. Austin: Texas State Data Center, 1987. 38 p. ill., maps. TexDoc I1150.7 D262 no.87-1
T-CG25 Projected population changes in Texas districts: congressional, legislative, and State Board of Education. Austin: Texas Legislative Council, Apr. 1990. x, 271 p. ill., map. (Information report, no. 90-2) TexDoc L1400.7 In2 no.90-2
T-CG26 Projected population changes in Texas districts, 1990-2000. Carol Nemir, ed. Austin: Texas Legislative Council, 1999. 45 p. ill., map. (Facts at a glance ser.) TexDoc L1400.8 P943po 1999
T-CG27 Population 1990 and 2000, numerical and percent change in population by race/ethnicity from 1990-2000 in places in Texas. URL: http://txsdc.tamu.edu/data/census/2000/redistrict/pl94-171/desctab/re_tab49.txt
T-CG28 Population, Texas cities. URL: http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/population2.html
A collection of economic and demographic data broken down into regional facts, councils of government facts, and county facts of the most requested information about Texas. Includes economic, employment, and population forecasts with labor supply and markets. 1990-2000 period. Prior ed.: 1994.
Tables show Texas ranked among 10 most populous states on selected variables. Tables for various other statistics for the state, counties, and metropolitan areas. Looseleaf supplements issued in 1990 and 1991.
Also available: http://www.bidc.state.tx.us/booksummary/htcexecs.htm (executive summary)
63 tables compare the 15 most populous states on over 200 variables. Includes sections on population, business climate, infrastructure and energy, taxes and government finance, quality of life, education, labor force, and income. Population categories of race, age, growth, and metropolitan and non-metropolitan. Includes bibliographic references.
Also available: http://www.window.state.tx.us/comptrol/wwstand/wwstand.html
Texas ranked among the 50 states in population, labor, crime, government, education, business, etc. Online access to most recent issue.
Originally published: Austin: State Printing Office, 1889.
First annual report of the Agricultural Bureau, Dept. of Agriculture, Insurance, Statistics, and History. Political, agricultural, economic, criminal, vital, social, railroad, and population statistics for the state and counties. Important and exceptionally expansive snapshot of Texas in 1887. Includes index.
"This is the first reliable statistical account of Texas." (John H. Jenkins, Basic Texas Books, 1983). Descriptive and statistical review of 170 organized counties. Arranged alphabetically by county names. For each county, includes population in 1870 and 1880, colored population, property values, land prices, agricultural products, railways, and schools. Unorganized counties (pp. 353-360). Errata on verso of title page. Contents serves as an index. Official map includes state and county statistics: population in 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880; taxable property, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880; area; railway lines and mileage, 1872-1882; and mean annual and monthly rainfall. Some existing copies lack the map.
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POPULATION
GENERAL WORKS:
Current and historical census and related data for Texas by state, county, Council of Governments regions, place, MSA, and congressional district. Data available includes current population estimates for all counties and places in Texas and projections through the year 2030 of the population of the state and counties by age, sex, and race/ethnicity. Lists reports describing recent population patterns in the state and their implications for socioeconomic change in Texas. Census block maps (PDF), glossaries of census terms, abbreviations and acronyms, and TIGER/Line files are provided.
Online versions of research briefs, PDF and PowerPoint copies of staff presentations, PDF copies of the Texas population newsletter and Atlas of mortality for Texas. Links to the U.S. Census Bureau and other related statistical sites.
Describes recent population patterns, population forecasts, and implications of recent population trends, especially effects on businesses and government. Focus is on the changing rate of Texas population growth and the relative role of migration and immigration, the aging of the state's population, growth in the number and percentage of the minority population, and the changing composition of Texas households. 100 statistical tables on population trends between 1990 and 2030 in variables of households, income, business activity, fiscal resources, labor force, education, human services, criminal justice, and corrections. Detailed analysis of tables and statistics. Chapter 9 summarizes trends.
Selected characteristics of the population of Texas, with emphasis on changes between 1970-1980, with some projections to 1990. Trends include population growth and movement, age, sex, racial and ethnic composition, rural and urban distributions, and socioeconomic characteristics of education and employment.
Population forecast compares Texas with the other 10 most populous states and shows projected growth and changes in Texas population by 10 year periods from 1930-1980. The top 15 counties projected for 2030, as well as major and minor regional population projections.
General population, agriculture, and manufacturing statistics for Texas, 1790-1970 (p.54-57). General statistics for manufacturing establishments for Texas, 1899-1963 (p. 72). Population of cities having 50,000 or more in 1950, 1900-1970 (p. 74-76). Includes references and glossary of terms.
1990 U.S. Census data, database: C90STF1A, summary level: state. Texas State Data Center.
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COUNTIES:
2000 county census data on ethnicity.
1990 and 2000 census data and estimates. Tables arranged by county name and by size.
Table of county and state population totals for each decennial census from 1900 to 1990.
Patterns of change for counties and county types with historical comparisons. Statistics on population growth and changes and migration, most data from early 1980’s, some from 1970-1984. Bibliography (p. 8).
Trends in statewide growth, patterns in population growth in Texas metropolitan areas, annual population changes in the early to mid 1980’s, migration, and number and percent of counties with population decline and migration outwards.
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DISTRICTS:
Population forecasts and election districts changes between 1980 and 1990. Changes in racial and ethnic composition, population growth, and distribution. Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-271).
10 fastest growing Texas counties by number and percentage and the projected population in Texas House, Senate, congressional, and Board of Education districts. Discusses population trends in Texas.
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CITIES AND TOWNS:
1990 and 2000 census data on ethnicity in cities and towns of Texas.
1990 and 2000 census data and estimates. Tables arranged by city name and by size.
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Updated: 4 February 2007
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