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.
Majority Minority State
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. "I like to say that I've become increasingly brilliant over time."
Murdock was named state demographer by Gov. Rick Perry in 2001. He drove all over the state and what he saw was clear: Texas was zooming toward becoming a majority minority state.
"People would say, 'That'll never happen; you're wrong,'" he says
