Culture As of 2009 Walmart was the largest employer in Houston with 31,900 employees the second-largest was Administaff (now Insperity) with fewer than 21,900 employees. The cattle industry continued to thrive though it gradually became less profitable Cotton and lumber became major industries creating new economic booms in various regions of the state Railroad networks grew rapidly as did the port at Galveston as commerce between Texas and the rest of the U.S (and the rest of the world) expanded As with some other states before the lumber industry quickly decimated the forests of Texas such that by the early 20th century the majority of the forest population in Texas was gone (later conservation efforts restored some of it but never to the level it once was)! . 273 Group 1 Automotive 3 Demographics South Houston; . .
. East Texas lacks the strong influence of late 19th and early 20th-century European immigrants from Germany and Central Europe Similarly the new waves of immigrants since the late 20th century primarily from India other Asian nations and Latin America and their influences have been less prevalent in East Texas, 1.2 Big Thicket 12.5 Shift to the Republican Party; Members of the oil and gas industry are representatives of most of the boards of Houston's arts bodies charities and museums the energy companies spent funds in order to make Houston a more attractive community for their employees to live in.
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