NPR and ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº spent Independence Week drilling deep into the Lone Star state, and the demographic revolution that's reshaping it, with the series .
But a story this big can't be contained to just one week, as data editor Matt Stiles proves today with an insightful blog post, .
Stiles, himself an ex-Texan, crunches numbers provided by the state demographer, . And a couple of those numbers are eye-popping:
- Hispanic 2-year-olds rule! -- Plenty has been written about how young the Latino population is in Texas. But one set of 2010 stats really stands out: There were more Hispanic 2-year-olds than any other age: 197,000. The most popular age for non-Hispanic whites was 50 years old -- and there were 192,000 of them.
- 2023 is the big year -- Sure, the series is called Texas 2020. But a key point comes three years later -- that's when Hispanics will outnumber non-Hispanic whites.
All this gives us another chance to point out ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº's contribution to this national series: Shelley Kofler's look at aired amid the fireworks on July 4.
