How Texas's Population Is Built

Describe the structure of the population of Texas using demographic concepts such as growth rate and age distribution.

Part of The student understands the characteristics, distribution, and migration of population in Texas in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries

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Understanding Texas's Population

Texas has millions of people, and describing them means looking at how many there are, how fast that number grows, how old people are, where they live, and which groups make up the whole. This is called demography, and much of the data comes from the census, taken every ten years.

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