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; The state is a leader in renewable energy commercialization; it produces the most wind power in the nation in 2014 10.6% of the electricity consumed in Texas came from wind turbines the Roscoe Wind Farm in Roscoe Texas is one of the world's largest wind farms with a 781.5 megawatt (MW) capacity the Energy Information Administration states the state's large agriculture and forestry industries could give Texas an enormous amount biomass for use in biofuels the state also has the highest solar power potential for development in the nation. Nowhere were the wartime effects greater than in Houston which in 1940 was a city of 400,000 population dependent on shipping and oil the war dramatically expanded the city's economic base thanks to massive federal spending Energetic entrepreneurs most notably George Brown James Elkins and James Abercrombie landed hundreds of millions of dollars in federal wartime investment in technologically complex facilities Houston oil companies moved from being refiners and became sophisticated producers of petrochemicals Especially important were synthetic rubber and high octane fuel which retained their importance after the war the war moved the natural gas industry from a minor factor to a major energy source; Houston became a major hub when a local firm purchased the federally-financed Inch pipelines Other major growth industries included steel munitions and shipbuilding, Harris County ESD #16 Fire Klein VFD 1% .05 Vietnamese 0.75% A birth is considered preterm when it takes place more than 3 weeks before the estimated due date. Preterm birth rates in Texas are consistently higher than the nationwide rate in 2016 10.4% of live births in Texas were preterm the rate for Black mothers specifically was elevated - 13.6%. Numerous factors have been associated with premature birth including lack of prenatal care race obesity smoking and even air pollution. ! . Vte 1960 938,219 57.4%, Main article: Transportation in Texas, Texas flag map.svg.

1970 1,232,802 31.4% In the 2014 Texas elections the Tea Party movement made large gains with numerous Tea Party favorites being elected into office including Dan Patrick as lieutenant governor Ken Paxton as attorney general in addition to numerous other candidates including conservative Republican Greg Abbott as governor. . Many (estimate of about 1 in 70 (1.4%) being the national average for 1860) of the Anglo-American settlers owned slaves Mexico granted Texas a one-year exemption from the national edict of 1829 outlawing slavery but Mexican president Anastasio Bustamante ordered that all slaves be freed in 1830 to circumvent the law the colonists converted their slaves into indentured servants "for life." by 1836 there were 5,000 enslaved African Americans in Texas, 9 References Texas 6.svg State Highway 6, Crosby ISD Main article: Mexican Texas.