Richard Linklater film-maker Huntsville Walker County, Spring Valley Village, Main article: Economy of Houston Brownsville 94/76 34/24 70/51 21/11 World War II had a dramatic impact on Texas as federal money poured in to build military bases munitions factories POW detention camps and Army hospitals; 750,000 young men left for service; the cities exploded with new industry; the colleges took on new roles; and hundreds of thousands of poor farmers left the fields for much better paying war jobs never to return to agriculture. Texas manufactured 3.1 percent of total United States military armaments produced during World War II ranking eleventh among the 48 states. Two or more races: 2.7 percent, Downtown Houston 3.1 Storms.
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