demographics

Political observers say the state's growing Latino population is why more education efforts are needed to help Latinos understand how redistricting affects their vote.

Every year, more people move to Texas from other states than leave. They come for jobs, higher education and a relatively lower cost of living, among...

Until somewhat recently, being a Texas Democrat was kind of a bummer. Jason Stanford, a longtime Democratic operative in the state, says he got data on...

Census Bureau workers are spreading out across the U.S. to make sure they have a list of every home address for next year's head count. Getting left out could lead to an inaccurate 2020 census.

For many years, the prospect that Hispanics would become the state’s largest population group has been a question of “when” and not “if.”With growth among…

America has a habit of following trends that occur in one of its states: Texas.The state and nation are in the midst of a demographic transformation. The…

Texas consistently ranks as one of fastest growing states in the U.S. On Think, Krys Boyd talked with conservationist David Todd about the ways that…

If demographics are destiny, the youngest Texans appear destined to make the state dramatically more diverse.While white Texans still make up the largest…

From Alaska to Maine, Texas to North Dakota, public schools have dramatically changed during the past two decades. Walk into these schools and you’ll…

More than a quarter of Texas’ growth from 2014 to 2015 was concentrated in the state's largest cities, but suburbs continued to grow at the fastest rates,…

Five stories that have North Texas talking: Everybody’s transplanting to Texas; Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants to cut financial aid to lower college tuition;…

As we near primaries to narrow down choices for president, the Pew Research Center and the National Conference of State Legislatures has released a study…