The six flags of Texas:
- Spanish 1519-1685
- French 1685-1690
- Spanish 1690-1821
- Mexican 1821-1836
- Republic of Texas 1836-1845
- United States 1845-1861
- Confederate States 1861-1865
- United States 1865- present
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Texas Military Forces Museum
Texas state symbols:
Statehood: Dec. 29, 1845; the 28th state
Nickname: Lone Star State
Bird: Mockingbird
State Reptile: The Texas horned
lizard
Flower: Bluebonnet
Tree: Pecan
Motto: Friendship
Song: "Texas, Our Texas."
Texas Data
Area: 692,245 Square meters (267,277 Square
miles); rank: 2d.
Capital: Austin (1998 est. pop., 552,434).
Largest City: Houston (1998 est. pop.,
1,786,691).
Counties: 254.
Elevations: highest--2,667 m (8,749 ft), at
Guadalupe Peak; lowest--sea level, at the Gulf
of Mexico.
Population: (1998 est.): 19,759,614; rank:
2d; density: 29.1 persons per Square meters
(75.4 per Square miles).
Distribution (1990): 80.3% urban, 19.7%
rural.
Average annual change (1990Ð97 est.): +2.1%.
Public enrollment: elementary
(1995)--2,757,273; secondary (1995)--990,894;
higher (1996)--838,000.
Nonpublic enrollment: elementary and
secondary (1993)--211,337; higher
(1996)--117,000.
Institutions of higher education (1995): 179.
State personal income (1997): $459.9 billion;
rank: 3d.
Median household income (1996 constant
dollars): $33,072; rank: 32d.
Nonagricultural labor distribution (1997):
manufacturing--1,081,000 persons;
Wholesale and retail trade--2,046,000;
government--1,482,000;
Services--2,392,000; transportation and
public utilities--514,000; finance,
Insurance, and real estate--464,000;
construction--458,000.
Agriculture: income (1996)--$13.05 billion.
Fishing: value (1992)--$181 million.
Lumber production (1991): 1.1 billion board
feet.
Mining, value: non-fuel (1997)--$1.7 billion;
oil and natural gas (1996)--$25.8 billion.
Manufacturing: value added (1996)--$116.6
billion.
Services: value (1992)--$116.4 billion.
Texas Government (2002)
Governor: Rick Perry, Republican.
U.S. Congress: Senate--2 Republicans;
House--17 Democrats, 13 Republicans.
Electoral college votes: 32.
State legislature: 31 senators, 150
representatives.
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