The large size of Texas and its location at the intersection of multiple climate zones gives the state highly variable weather. Texas has wide variations in precipitation patterns. It is the home to 65 species of mammals, 213 species of reptiles and amphibians, and the greatest diversity of bird life in the United States—590 native species in all. In the same manner they kill deer, encircling them with fires, and they do it also to deprive the animals of pasture, compelling them to go for food where the Indians want.[67]. [292] Trinity University, a private, primarily undergraduate liberal arts university in San Antonio, has ranked first among universities granting primarily bachelor's and select master's degrees in the Western United States for 20 consecutive years by U.S. The late Paleozoic mountains collapsed as rifting in the Jurassic period began to open the Gulf of Mexico. This group forms over 37 percent of Texas's population. Four of the state's universities, the Baylor Bears, Texas Longhorns, TCU Horned Frogs, and Texas Tech Red Raiders, compete in the Big 12 Conference. Texas's second-largest air facility is Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH). Quick Analysis with our professional Research Service: Content Marketing & Information Design for your projects: Figures may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding. [118], They also brought or purchased enslaved African Americans, whose numbers tripled in the state from 1850 to 1860, from 58,000 to 182,566. Statehood brought many new settlers. This began the movement of Native populations north into what would become Indian Territory—modern-day Oklahoma.[59]. Learn more about how Statista can support your business. [96] They took advantage of the lack of oversight to agitate for more political freedom. Constitution on March 23. The following is a list of the most populous incorporated cities, towns, and unincorporated census-designated places (CDPs) in the U.S. state of Texas with a population exceeding 50,000. During the Johnson Administration the first lady, Lady Bird Johnson, worked to draw attention to Texas wildflowers. Just over 200,000 Indian Americans make Texas their home. The founders of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) used the Texas agency as one of their models for petroleum price control.[195]. Texas Motor Speedway hosts annual NASCAR Cup Series and IndyCar Series auto races since 1997. Texas population increased from 28,628,666 in 2018 to 28,995,881 in 2019. German descendants inhabit much of central and southeast-central Texas. The most common accent or dialect spoken by natives throughout Texas is sometimes referred to as Texan English, which itself is a sub-variety of a broader category of American English known as Southern American English. The Houston and Dallas areas, and to a lesser extent, the Austin metropolitan area, all contain substantial Vietnamese communities. [210] Of immigrant residents, some 35.8 percent were naturalized U.S. [59][60], Whether a Native American tribe was friendly or warlike was critical to the fates of European explorers and settlers in that land.