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Usa Texas State COUNTRY PROFILES USA TEXAS STATE A condensed version will appear in the VinIntell March 2015 No 23 edition. February 2015 Table of content Page 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................... 1 2. DEMOGRAPHICS .............................................................................................................................. 4 2.1 Geography ............................................................................................................................... 4 Area ................................................................................................................................................. 4 Land boundaries .............................................................................................................................. 4 Coastline.......................................................................................................................................... 4 Climate ............................................................................................................................................ 5 Terrain ............................................................................................................................................. 6 Elevation extremes ......................................................................................................................... 7 Natural resources ............................................................................................................................ 9 2.2 People and Society .................................................................................................................. 9 Table 6: Ethnic groups ..................................................................................................................... 9 Languages...................................................................................................................................... 11 Religions ........................................................................................................................................ 11 Population ..................................................................................................................................... 12 Age structure ................................................................................................................................. 12 Table 8: Age structure ................................................................................................................... 12 Median age ................................................................................................................................... 12 Population growth rate ................................................................................................................. 12 Table 9: Population growth rate ................................................................................................... 12 Birth rate ....................................................................................................................................... 12 Death rate ..................................................................................................................................... 13 Life expectancy at birth ................................................................................................................. 13 Urbanisation .................................................................................................................................. 13 Net migration rate ........................................................................................................................ 13 2.3 Infrastructure ........................................................................................................................ 14 Telephones - main lines in use ...................................................................................................... 14 Telephones - mobile cellular ......................................................................................................... 14 Internet users ................................................................................................................................ 15 Airports ......................................................................................................................................... 15 Railways ........................................................................................................................................ 15 Roadways ...................................................................................................................................... 15 ii | P a g e Waterways .................................................................................................................................... 16 Ports and terminals ....................................................................................................................... 16 2.4 Environment.......................................................................................................................... 16 Current issues ............................................................................................................................... 16 3. GOVERNMENT............................................................................................................................... 16 Government type .......................................................................................................................... 16 Capital ........................................................................................................................................... 17 Disputes - international ................................................................................................................ 17 Refugees and internally displaced persons ................................................................................... 18 Illicit drugs ..................................................................................................................................... 18 Corruption ..................................................................................................................................... 19 4. ECONOMIC SITUATION ................................................................................................................. 19 Gross State Product (GSP) ............................................................................................................. 19 GSP - real growth rate ................................................................................................................... 19 GSP - per capita (PPP) ................................................................................................................... 20 Industries ...................................................................................................................................... 20 Labor force - by occupation (Dec 2014) ........................................................................................ 21 Unemployment rate ...................................................................................................................... 22 Distribution of family income - Gini index .................................................................................... 22 Exports .......................................................................................................................................... 22 Exports – commodities ................................................................................................................. 22 Table 15: Total US Exports (Origin of Movement) via Texas based on 2013 Dollar Value ........... 23 Exports – partners ......................................................................................................................... 24 Export markets .............................................................................................................................. 25 Imports .......................................................................................................................................... 25 Table 17: Total US Imports via Texas based on 2013 dollar value ................................................ 25 Imports – partners ........................................................................................................................ 26 Commercial bank prime lending rate ........................................................................................... 27 Inflation rate (consumer prices) ................................................................................................... 27 5. AGRICULTURE................................................................................................................................ 27 Land use ........................................................................................................................................ 27 Total renewable water resources ................................................................................................. 28 Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) .......................................................... 28 6. WINE INDUSTRY ............................................................................................................................ 28 iii | P a g e 6.1 Areas under vines.................................................................................................................
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