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. Texas 6.svg State Highway 6 6 Economy Small single-story structure with pitched roof a center door is flanked by a window on each side Wide stairs lead to a wide front porch with wood railing. Various consulates are located in the county mostly within the city of Houston, Geography 10.5 Infant health 15 References, In total 34.2% (7,660,406) of Texas's population aged five and older spoke a language at home other than English! .

. ; . Est 2018 4,698,619 14.8% Barker Tall glass-block tower with subtle setbacks and granite Mayan flat-topped pyramid at the top Directly under this is a granite reverse pyramid shape with rows of vertical bars with glass insets, Texas Southern University located in the Third Ward is the first public institution of higher education in Houston and the largest HBCU in Texas. Although Texas was essentially a one-party state during this time and the Democratic primary was viewed as "the real election," the Democratic Party had conservative and liberal factions which became more pronounced after the New Deal. Additionally several factions of the party briefly split during the 1930s and 1940s, In 1900 after Galveston was struck by a devastating hurricane efforts to make Houston into a viable deep-water port were accelerated the following year the discovery of oil at the Spindletop oil field near Beaumont prompted the development of the Texas petroleum industry in 1902 President Theodore Roosevelt approved a $1 million improvement project for the Houston Ship Channel by 1910 the city's population had reached 78,800 almost doubling from a decade before African Americans formed a large part of the city's population numbering 23,929 people which was nearly one-third of Houston's residents. Houston Texas Business Directory 5.1 Texian retreat: the Runaway Scrape! Texas Legislature The Republic of Texas including the disputed territory, The state's conservative white voters began to support Republican presidential candidates by the mid-20th century After this period they supported Republicans for local and state offices as well and most whites became Republican Party members the party also attracted some minorities but many have continued to vote for Democratic candidates the shift to the Republican Party is much-attributed to the fact that the Democratic Party became increasingly liberal during the 20th century and thus increasingly out-of-touch with the average Texas voter as Texas was always a conservative state voters switched to the GOP which now more closely reflected their beliefs. Commentators have also attributed the shift to Republican political consultant Karl Rove who managed numerous political campaigns in Texas in the 1980s and 90s. Other stated reasons included court-ordered redistricting and the demographic shift in relation to the Sun Belt that favored the Republican Party and conservatism.