Capital: Austin
Population: 20,851,820
Source: U.S. Census Bureau GCT-PH1-R.
Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density (geographies ranked by total population): 2000
Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data
Governor: Rick Perry (R, to January 2011)
Entered the Union Dec. 29, 1845 as the 28th state
Motto: Friendship
Nickname: Lone Star state
Flower: Bluebonnet
Bird: Mockingbird
Song: Texas, Our Texas
Origin of Name: From a Native American word meaning friends
Top 3 Industries: Trade, Real Estate, Oil and Gas
Historical Sites:  The Alamo in San Antonio
Points of Interest: Gulf Coast resort area, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, State capital in Austin, and the Big Bend and Guadalupe Mountains National Parks

Bordering States: Texas borders New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana