The Southwest is a culture region distinguished by coexisting Spanish American, American Indian, and Northwest European American people. Texas in general, has a very large Hispanic population.
More than one-third (36% in 2007) of Texas residents are of Hispanic origin and some are recent arrivals from Mexico, Central America, or South America, while others, known as Tejanos in English, have ancestors who have lived in Texas since before Texan independence, or at least for several generations. Tejanos are the largest ancestral group in southern Duval County and among the largest in and around Bexar County, where San Antonio with over one million Hispanics alone is located. The Hispanic population in Texas is increasing as more immigrants (including illegal aliens) from Latin America—primarily from Mexico—look for work in Texas. The state has the second-largest Hispanic population in the United States—California has the largest Hispanic population. Numerically, Hispanics dominate south, south-central, and west Texas and are a significant part of the residents in the cities of Dallas, Houston, and Austin. This influx of immigrants is partially responsible for Texas having a population younger than the union average. Hispanic births have outnumbered Anglo ones since early 1990-s. In 2007, for the first time since early 19th century, Hispanics accounted for more than half of all births (50.2%), 34.3% of all new-borns were non-Hispanic White.
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