You can find the state of Texas in the middle of the Southern part of USA. Texas is surrounded by Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Mexico. The capital of Texas is Austin. Its greatest city is Houston. Texas is usually associated with Hollywood films of cowboys, because cattle used to be prime business of Texas. Texas is also known for its oil fields. The important cities in Texas are Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth and San Antonio. Texas is the number one state in the US in livestock, cotton crop and farm lands. It has considerable fishing industry and mineral resources. Texas has many places of interest. Though Texas is known to be a desert country, it has a desert land of only less than ten percent.

The first colony in Texas was made by Spain. France and Mexico had colonies in Texas. Many people from different parts of the world settled in Texas. Slavery was rampant in Texas. A Confederate State, Texas fought against Union of America in American Civil War. Texas is the second most populous state in the United States of America. The question how many people live in texas can be answered in detail. The bulk of Texas population consists of White American people. African American people occupy next position. They are followed by Asian Americans. The population of Texas is increasing since 1850. It is estimated that four million people are added to the population of Texas during the period from 2005 to 2009. That is about a twenty percent increment.

More than one third of Texas population is Hispanic. While attempting to find how many people live in texas, one should consider the racial distribution of Texas population. White Americans take a lion's share by being 84.14 percent of the population. Black Americans have a share of 12.09 percent. American Indian or Alaskan Natives claim a share of 1.10 percent, Asian Americans make 3.62 percent and Native Hawaiians or Pacific Islanders take a minority share of 0.17 percent of the total population of Texas.

If we want to know how many people live in texas, we can find the official figure with United States Census Bureau. According to this federal body the figure is 24,782,302 as on July 2009. Texas is next only to California in terms of population in United States. New York occupies third place population wise. Texas has always attracted settlers from around the globe.