Texas is in the midst of a population boom and demographic sea change. It's grown faster than any other state and has more than doubled its population in just 40 years, from 11 to 26 million people.
And overwhelmingly, the fastest growth is among Hispanics who now make up 38 percent of the state's population and will be the largest single group in Texas by 2020.
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When demographer Steve Murdock started tracking this trend decades ago he was met with resistance.
"At first there was a lot of denial," Murdock says.