Mark Wyatt, State of Texas

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• Mark Wyatt, State of Texas
• Office of Rural Community Affairs

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Demographic and Economic Trends How Does Texas
Stack Up With the National Statistics?
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Major Demographic Trends Affecting the Future

• Change in Rates and Sources of Population Growth
• Increase in the Non-Anglo Population
• Aging of the Population

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Total Population and Percent Population Change in
Texas and the United States, 1850-2003
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Ten Fastest Growing States in Numerical Terms in
the United States, 1990-2000
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Ten Fastest Growing States in Numerical Terms in
the United States, 2000-2003
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Population in 2000 for Council of Government
Regions in Texas
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Percent Change in Population from 1990 to 2000
for Council of Government Regions in Texas
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Numerical Change in Population by Race/Ethnicity
in Texas for 1980-1990 and 1990-2000
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Proportion of Net Population Change from 1990 to
2000 Attributable to Each Racial/Ethnic Group by
Each Metropolitan Status Type in Texas
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Median Age in the United States and Texas,
1900-2000
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PROJECTIONS
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Percent Change from 2000 to 2040 in Selected Age
Groups in the Texas Population Under the
2000-2002 Scenario
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Average Household Income in Texas,
2000-2040(in 2000 Dollars)
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Projected Proportion of Population by
Race/Ethnicity in Texas, 2000-2040
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States Ranked by Per Capita Income in 1999
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Projected Percent of Households in Poverty by
Family Type in Texas, 2000 and 2040
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ProgrammaticImplications
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Current Issues

• Colonia Conditions through-out the State Not Just
  the Border
• Set-asides for special projects
• When to stop investing in a community

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Current Strategies

• New Non-border Colonia Fund
• Space Port Fund (Set-aside special project)
• Task Force created to review the statewide
  allocation formula and the distribution of all
  program funds
• Viability Index Created to allow Communities to
  do a Self Check-up

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Issues That Are Beginning to Take Center Stage

• A Question of state priorities
• Request for more funding related to services vs.
  basic needs
• When do we stop investing in a community?

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Mark WyattOffice of Rural Community
Affairs512-936-6725
Statistics and Graphical Information Courtesy of
Steve H. Murdock The Center for Demographic and
Socioeconomic Research and Education Department
of Rural Sociology, Texas AM University System