Hispanics Outnumber Whites in Texas, New Census Numbers Show
Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Hispanics officially outnumber whites in Texas, according to the latest updated census numbers.
Latinos officially make up the largest share of Texas’ population. 🎉
Texas had a white majority since 1850. Latinos have been powering the state’s population gains for the last 20 years, surpassing white folks on July 2022.
Latinos can shape the future!https://t.co/3EuqzxM9la
— Voto Latino (@votolatino) June 22, 2023
Upon hearing the news, Texas Democrats immediately shifted from championing minority rights to demanding majority rights.
The point at which Latinos would outnumber white residents to make up the biggest share of the Texas population has been on the state’s demographic horizon for years.
It seemed that long-awaited milestone was reached in 2021 when a closely watched data release last year was the first to reflect the culmination of decades of transformative growth.