Descripcion De Texas En Inlges

TEXAS
Located in the South. The south by the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas, and the U.S. states of Louisiana, Oklahoma and NewMexico to the east, north and west respectively. Both in size and population is the second U.S. state, covering 696,241 km ² and has a population of 24.7 million, growingsteadily. The capital of Texas is Austin, but the largest city is Houston. The state flower of Texas is the lupine, the state bird is the mockingbird or mockingbird,the mascot is the armadillo and the typical food is chili con carne. Texas has not declared any official language, although the most widely spoken language is English,used by 68.8% of the population. Second is Spanish, because Texas was part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain for much of its history, and Mexico for a few decades afterindependence. The Spanish language is on the rise due to the significant immigration of Mexicans and Hispanics from other countries. Currently, Spanish is spoken by27% of the population. In contrast, the rest of the languages ​​recorded by state residents, a total of 143, speaks less than 1% of the population. Texas is the onlystate in the United States that has three cities with over one million people in the list of the ten most populous cities in the nation, Houston, San Antonio and Dallas.Austin and Fort Worth are among the 20 most populated. The Texas economy is among the fastest economic growth and is the second largest in the country, second only toCalifornia The abundance of natural resources, its varied terrain and diverse population will provide a most economic burden on the economy of the United States.