"Texas, of course, has been at the forefront of that process,"
said Steve Murdock, a demographer and professor at Rice
University. In 2000, 43 percent of Texas children younger than
18 were non-Hispanic white. In 2010, that number dropped to 34
percent. The new data for 2011 shows that percentage continuing
to drop, as only 30 percent of Texas children under age 5 are
non-Hispanic white. Overall for Texas children under age 5,
minorities outnumbered non-Hispanic white children 2.2 to 1 in
2011. The map below shows the ratio of minority to non-Hispanic
white children under age 5 by county. Click on a county to see
its specific figures. "All 50 states -- all 50 -- had increases
in the number of Hispanic children [from 2000 to 2010]," Murdock
said. "We're seeing a very dramatic change, but it's a change
that's been taking place for a very long period of time." Of all
counties in the nation, Maverick County (Eagle Pass) and Webb
County (Laredo) had the highest and second-highest percentage of
minority populations