Why America is going to look more like Texas
Lessons from the surge of the Lone Star State
Texas keeps getting bigger. In the year to June 2022 the Lone Star State added 471,000 people, nearly as many as live in Atlanta, Georgia. More than one in three of the net new jobs created in America since February 2020 was created there. A thriving energy industry has helped, but, as our briefing explains, the boom is remarkably broad-based. Sometime in the 2040s, Texas is likely to pass California in population. Like it or not, America is becoming a bit more Texan every day.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “Lean, mean and surprisingly green”
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