demographics

The long-predicted downturn in the number of 18-year-olds is almost here. And it isn't just a problem for higher education. It's a looming crisis for the economy.

Texas added nearly 563,000 residents within the last year, new U.S. Census Bureau estimates show.

Local leaders and rural revitalization experts say Texas’ smallest towns can survive — despite a shift to urban and suburban counties — but it will take investments.

Black and Asian American voters collectively made up just 15% of the turnout in Texas’ 2020 and 2022 elections, according to exit polls.

U.S. Census Bureau is projecting that the U..S. population will become much older within a few decades — and more than a quarter of the population will be Hispanic.

Latinos will make up the largest minority voting group in 2020. What can the history and rise of the Latino vote tell us about the changing U.S. political…

On This episode of "Texas Matters":The Texas population boom.The shrinking White population (9:00).Wind power is clean, cheap and under attack…

The Texas Identity – what do you think that might be? What does it mean to be “a Texan.” What is a Texas thing to do or say? Most people might think of a…

Thousands of immigration born in other counties are finding their way to Texas. And they are doing so at a rate that’s out pacing native Texas births. The…

Researchers have put together a comprehensive look at alcohol, tobacco and illegal drug use — and broken down the data by region.