Hispanic Trending points to an article in the Houston Chronicle that suggests that the social and demographic shifts taking place today in the state of Texas are early indications to what we should expect in the rest of the US in the future. The paper says:
Texas will have about two Hispanics for every Anglo, according to state demographer Steve Murdock. Blacks will make up 8 percent to 10 percent of the population, Asians and other ethnic groups 6 percent to 8 percent.
In Texas, Hispanic and black children are about three times more likely to live in poverty than Anglos. They also are more likely to lag in educational achievement, a key indicator of potential income.
Unless Texas closes gaps in education, income, health and adapting to culture, the children expected to make up the bulk of the state’s future labor force will likely be poorer and less economically competitive than young people across the nation.
“And that will be devastating,” said Bob Stein, a political science professor at Rice University.
“If we don’t educate our population,” Stein said, “we won’t be able to attract and retain the jobs that we want, that we need, for people to buy homes, to be taxed, to produce public goods and services we need to sustain the state.”
HispanicTrending: ‘Texas of today’ is a mirror for the U.S. of tomorrow
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