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A Picture of Texas-
COMPARATIVE DATA FOR TEXAS AND THE U.S.
(All figures are for 1960 unless otherwise indicated.)
The following comparative figures show at a glance the relationship of Texas to the entire United States
in a number of significant categories.Texas United States
Area, Land, So. Mi. ............. 263,513
Population .......... ....... 9,579,677
Population Gain (1950-60) ....... 24.2%
Population Per Sq. Mi. ......... 36.5
Population Per Cent Urban ..... 75.0%
Population, Median Age, Years . 27.0
Personal Income, 1961, Total
(millions of dollars) .......... $19,304
Personal Income, 1961,
Per Capita ........ ........ $1,972
Birthrate, 1961, Per 1,000 ....... 25.7
Death Rate, 1961, Per 1,000 ..... 7.8
Minerals Value (millions of
dollars) ...................... $4,134
Natural Gas Production (billions
of cubic feet) .. ......... 5,893
Crude Petroleum Production
(thousands of 42-gal. bbls.) ... 927,479
Farms, 1959, Number ........... 227,071
Farm Products Sold, 1959,
(millions of dollars) .......... $2,108
Farms, Value Land & Buildings,
1959, (millions of dollars) ..... $11,759
Farms, Acres in, 1959, (millions) 143
Value Added by Manufacture,
1959, (millions of dollars) ..... $5,6293,615,211
179,323,175
18.5%
50.5
69.9%
29.5
$414,362
$2,265
23.4
9.3
$17,892
12,771
2,574,933
3,711,000
$30,492
$129,095
1,123
$161,220Manufacturing, New Capital
Expenditures, 1959, (millions
of dollars) ................... $426
Manufacturing Payrolls, 1959,
(millions of dollars) .......... $2,409
Manufacturing, 1959, No.
Employes .................... 486,000
Cement Production, 1961,
(thousand bbls.) .............. 24,890
Sulphur Production (thousand
long tons) . .............. 2,688
Electricity (million kilowatt
hours) ...... ..... ..... 39,200
Construction Contracts, 1961,
Total Value (millions of
dollars) ................ $2,140
Wholesale Sales, 1958, (millions
of dollars) . ... ........ $14,389
Retail Sales, 1958, (millions of
dollars) ................ $10,792
Receipts for Services, (Lodging,
Personal, Repair, Amusement),
1958, (millions of dollars) .... $1,388
Bank Assets, 1960, End of Year,
(millions of dollars).......... .$13,550
Public School Students, No. ....2,068,000
Total College Students, 1961 .... 198,784Texas' Rank Among States
The relative rank of Texas among states
in many significant categories appears in the
following table. Each ranking is based upon
authentic data, usually from U.S. govern-
ment reports, and is for the latest year for
which reliable comparisons can be made.
Rankings for other years may be different,
because of annual variations. Texas' per cent
of U.S. total, median or average is given,
also.
Texas' Texas'
Rank Per
Among Cent
Category States of U.S.
Minerals Value, Total...................... 1 23.1
Petroleum Production ..................... 1 35.0
Petroleum-Gas, Proved Reserves............ 1 47.7
Asphalt .................................... 1 N.A.
Sulphur ..................................... 1 46.6
Bromine ................................... 1 N.A.
Harvested Acreage......................... 1 7.2
Cotton Production.......................... 1 28.8
Cottonseed Production...................... 1 29.3
Sorghum Grain, Production ................ 1 49.9
Rice Production............................ 1 26.8
Cowpeas, Production ...................... 1 27.0
Goats, No. Clipped ........................ 1 94.2
A ll Cattle, N o............................... 1 9.2
Beef Cattle, No ............................ 1 12.5
Sheep, N o................................... 1 17.8
Land Area, Sq. Mi ........................ 2 7.3
Farm Land, Bldgs., Total Value........... 2 9.0
Livestock, Total Value.................... 2 8.0
Civil A ircraft, No........................... 2 8.4
Salt Production, tons....................... 2 18.2
Total Crop V lue .......................... 2 8.6
Total Livestock Value on Farms.......... 2 8.0
Pecans. Production ......................... 2 21.2
Grapefruit, Production.................... 2 7.0
Turkeys, No............. .................. 2 8.4
Farm Products. Value of Sales............ 3 7.0
U.S. Defense Expenditures ................ 3 6.0
Motor Vehicles ............................ 3 6.1
Construction ............................... 3 5.3
Cement Production ........................ 3 7.6
Stone ..................................... 3 6.3
Oranges, Production ........................ 3 1.4
Calves, Commercial Slaughter............. 3 9.7
Sheep & Lambs, Commercial Slaughter.... 3 11.3
Public School Enrollment, Total............ 3 5.7
22Population of School Age (5-17 yrs.) ...... 4
Population, Numerical Increase 1950-1960.. 4
Gas, Total Utility Customers............... 4
Clays ..................................... 4
Gypsum ................................... 4
Talc ....................................... 4
Value Commercial Vegetables, Fresh...... 4
Cattle, Commercial Slaughter .............. 4
Peanuts, Production (Picked, threshed).... 5
Flaxseed, Production ....................... 5
Chickens, No. (Excl. Broilers) ............. 5
Population, Total.......................... 6
Employment. Nonagricultural............. 6
Life Insurance, Value..................... 6
Retail Trade ....................... . .... 6
Livestock & Products, Value Marketings ... 6
Chickens, Broilers Grown .................. 6
Telephones, Total........................... 7
Electric Energy (mil. kwhrs.).............7
Milk Cows, No ............................. 8
Manufacturing, Value Added ...............10
Ice Cream, Mfg.............................10
Employment, Manufacturing.............11
Population, Pct. Increase, 1950-1960........ 14
Pigs, No ...................................14
Value Commercial Vegetables, for
Processing ......................... ....15
W heat, Production.......................... 15
Hogs, Commercial Slaughter ...............15
Education, Higher-Pct. of Total State
Ex . for ... ..............................17
Corn Production ...........................18
College Education, Rank in Pct. With
4 Y ears ...................................20
Hay, Production ............................21
American Cheese, Prod.....................21
Home Ownership, (Pct. of Units Occupied
by Owners) ..............................23
Per Capita Income, Pct. Incr. 1951-1961....26
Avg. Weekly Earnings, Manufacturing
Employes ................................26
Debt, State Govt. Per Capita...............26
Creamery Butter, Prod.....................26
Retail Sales, Per Capita ..................28
Personal Income, Per Capita...............29
Education, Higher, Per Capita State
Expenditures ............................29
Education, State-Local Expend., as Pct,
of Personal Income......................33
Total Taxes, State & Local Govts., Per
Capita ..................................40
N.A.-Not available.Texas United States
$8,762
$85,746
16,671,000
323,405
7,171
753,350
$37,135
$285,727
$200,365
$32,376
$298,105
36,087,000
3,860,6435.7
6.5
6.8
8.0
11.1
11.2
7.1
5.9
11.1
1.4
4.5
5.3
4.7
4.9
5.4
5.2
6.7
4.8
5.2
3.9
3.5
3.0
3.0
2.1
1.6
3.0
2.2
122.0
1.3
1.6
0.6
104.6
100.1
49.2
0.4
98.7
88.0
93.2
98.0
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