Do a Google search for: texas dead last  You&#x27;ll find things like Texas being the worst in terms of:<p>Highest percentage of residents over age 25 without a high school diploma<p>Lowest funding of mental health care<p>Lowest funding of legal services for the poor<p>Lowest average credit score<p>Lowest voter participation<p>Highest percentage of uninsured residents<p>Highest per-capita gasoline consumption<p>Highest level of cancer-causing compounds released into the air&#x2F;ground&#x2F;water<p>Searching on other factors reveals other bits, like that Texas is:<p>40th in obesity<p>48th in child immunizations<p>46th in teen pregnancy<p>These are from a ton of different news stories and statistical summaries from 2008-2015, so I&#x27;m sure a bunch are out of date.  The point being that in many ways the Texas stereotype is backed up by real-world data.  It&#x27;s also interesting to see the things that Texas is good at that you would not expect based on stereotypes of Texas like levels of smoking (5th), drug deaths (7th), etc.