The Texas Population

After reading both the articles “The Changing Face of Texas: Population Projections and Implications” and “The Explosive Growth of the Latino Population May Hurt the U.S. in the Long Run,” I plan to point out several statistics in the growing population of Texas and provide possible solutions to them.
The most visually stunning statistic to me was the implication that Texas’ future population would contain nearly sixty percent Hispanics. The outcome could be viewed in a couple of different areas, with the first being found in the Texas population by age and ethnicity chart. In the year 2000, it was recorded that there were more Hispanics under the age of five, than there were Anglo-Americans age sixty-five. It seems that there are many Hispanic
If this continues, the ever-growing minority majority will be poorly educated. The purpose in pointing out the birthrate out is because I believe that if we were to teach the young minorities more in sexual education, then the birthrate could possibly decrease. On the other side of the coin though: If we were to better educate these students, they would eventually develop the skills and be qualified to work these jobs that could help them financially support all of their children… thus helping boost the economy. The other area being the implication that Texas’ future population, with the growth of the Hispanic race, could become less competitive, poorer and in more need of state services such as welfare and healthcare. The same ideals of the previous statistic can be applied in response to this one. It is stated in the reading that, “Texas’ challenge is to reduce these socioeconomic differences through increased educational attainment and training, so Texas can compete in the nation’s workforce.” Here, it all boils down to education. Whether we are leaning more towards teaching the youth the skills in which they need to succeed, or whether the public
Because they are increasingly becoming more than half of our population, their dropout rate is magnified. This is also prevalent because the majority of them reside in these areas of Texas where the levels of poverty are significantly higher than that of other cities and states. Locations such as Houston and Dallas, Texas are said to be “ranked in the bottom third among major U.S. cities in shares of high school graduates.” One solution to this statistic could be the idea of converting these poorly developed areas of poverty into more acceptable living areas, which could possibly increase drive and determination in the citizens. Maybe the people living in those areas are greatly affected by their surroundings. I have a sufficient parable for this idea: In Washington State, the suicide rate of citizens there are far greater than that of most other states. This is said to be true because of the amount of rain and gloomy weather conditions that they endure daily. Could it be that the conditions in which you live plays a huge role in your want to succeed? I have quoted the reading in saying, “Among ethnic groups, Hispanics are undoubtedly the largest segment in poverty in Texas.” Also, “… more than half of the Hispanic population in Texas did not have a high school diploma. Anglos are more likely to attain higher levels of education