Texas is a "tax donor state"; in 2005 for every dollar Texans paid to the federal government in federal income taxes the state got back about $0.94 in benefits to attract business Texas has incentive programs worth $19 billion per year (2012); more than any other US state. Geology Asian: 3.8 percent (1.0 percent Indian 0.8 percent Vietnamese 0.6 percent Chinese 0.4 percent Filipino 0.3 percent Korean 0.1 percent Japanese 0.6 percent other Asian), Houston Texas Business Directory, Many immigrants openly flouted Mexican law especially the prohibition against slavery Combined with United States' attempts to purchase Texas Mexican authorities decided in 1830 to prohibit continued immigration from the United States. New laws also called for the enforcement of customs duties angering both native Mexican citizens (Tejanos) and recent immigrants. ; The Great Depression and the Dust Bowl dealt a double blow to the state's economy which had significantly improved since the Civil War Migrants abandoned the worst hit sections of Texas during the Dust Bowl years Especially from this period on blacks left Texas in the Great Migration to get work in the Northern United States or California and to escape the oppression of segregation in 1940 Texas was 74 percent Anglo 14.4 percent black and 11.5 percent Hispanic. . .
Texas is the second-largest U.S state after Alaska with an area of 268,820 square miles (696,200 km2) Though 10% larger than France and almost twice as large as Germany or Japan it ranks only 27th worldwide amongst country subdivisions by size If it were an independent country Texas would be the 40th largest behind Chile and Zambia, The Niels Esperson Building stood as the tallest building in Houston from 1927 to 1929. . Around 2006 Taiwanese people became owners of several independent and small chain hotels in the Houston area in December 2006 C.Y Ling the director of the commercial division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston said that Taiwanese owned more hotels than any other ethnic group except for the Indians. Houston Texas Business Directory, The University of Houston System's annual impact on the Houston-area's economy equates to that of a major corporation: $1.1 billion in new funds attracted annually to the Houston area $3.13 billion in total economic benefit and 24,000 local jobs generated. This is in addition to the 12,500 new graduates the UH System produces every year who enter the workforce in Houston and throughout Texas These degree-holders tend to stay in Houston After five years 80.5 percent of graduates are still living and working in the region, Other devastating Texas hurricanes include the 1915 Galveston hurricane Hurricane Audrey in 1957 which killed over 600 people Hurricane Carla in 1961 Hurricane Beulah in 1967 Hurricane Alicia in 1983 Hurricane Rita in 2005 and Hurricane Ike in 2008 Tropical storms have also caused their share of damage: Allison in 1989 and again during 2001 and Claudette in 1979 among them.
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