In new figures released Thursday, the bureau confirmed Latinos have made up the largest share of the state’s population since at least July 2022.
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Alexa Ura is the demographics reporter for The Texas Tribune. She covers the complex dynamics of race, ethnicity, wealth, poverty and power and how they are shaping the future of Texas and Texans, in the long and short term. Alexa started at the Tribune as a reporting intern in 2013 before graduating from The University of Texas at Austin and joining the staff full time. Originally from Laredo on the Texas-Mexico border, she is a native Spanish speaker and is based in Austin.
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