Good news Texas - in case you've been wondering why there doesn't seem to be as many Anglos in the state as there were a few years back, they've finally worked out why! Get this - the Hispanics and other minorities are out-breeding the local Anglos! No!! I would never have guessed! A demographer has rung the warning bells on the Anglo demise in the state. The future looks bleak assuming the current trend line does not change because education and income levels for Hispanics lag considerably behind Anglos. If current trends continue, then by 2040 only 20% of the state's public school enrollment will be Anglo - which means only 30% of the state's labor force will not have a high school diploma as per the current Hispanic stats. Oh dear - I can see the writing on the wall as the Anglos flee to more "Anglo" states - maybe those that are currently cutting down on the illegals? This is the outcome of generous welfare/social/health programs. The educated have to pay for these programs on behalf of the lower income and non-earners - which tend mainly to be the minorities. The minorities generally breed all day long and don't have to pay for their kids upbringing - so they pop them out with impunity. The Anglos stop having children cause they can't afford them and/or nowadays it's also way cool not to have any as they may interfere with their new boob job, car, house or boat they want to buy right now! As is fashionable these days, they wait until they're 40 and then adopt an "other" to feel good about themselves. Maybe it's a blessing in disguise because who the heck wants them to pass on their liberal DNA anyway??
Two of every three Texas children are now non-Anglo and the trend line will become even more pronounced in the future, said Murdock, former U.S. Census Bureau director and now director of the Hobby Center for the Study of Texas at Rice University.
Today's Texas population can be divided into two groups, he said. One is an old and aging Anglo and the other is young and minority. Between 2000 and 2040, the state's public school enrollment will see a 15 percent decline in Anglo children while Hispanic children will make up a 213 percent increase, he said.
The state's largest county - Harris - will shed Anglos throughout the coming decades. By 2040, Harris County will have about 516, 000 fewer Anglos than lived in the Houston area in 2000, while the number of Hispanics will increase by 2.5 million during the same period, Murdock said. The projection assumes a net migration rate equal to one-half of 1990-2000.
Most of the state's population growth is natural, Murdock told the House Mexican American Legislative Caucus today. About 22 percent of the growth comes from people moving to Texas from other states.
About 6 percent of the state's population is not documented, he said.
By 2040, only 20 percent of the state's public school enrollment will be Anglo, he said. Last year, non-Hispanic white children made up 33.3 percent of the state's 4.8 million public school enrollment.
Of the state's 254 counties, 79 recorded declining population during the past 20 years. All are rural. An additional 30 Texas counties, he said, would have also lost population had they not experienced Hispanic growth.
The state's future looks bleak assuming the current trend line does not change because education and income levels for Hispanics lag considerably behind Anglos, he said.
Unless the trend line changes, 30 percent of the state's labor force will not have even a high school diploma by 2040, he said. And the average household income will be about $6,500 lower than it was in 2000. That figure is not inflation adjusted so it will be worse than what it sounds.
"It's a terrible situation that you are in. I am worried," Murdock said.
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