February 20, 2017      4:37 PM

Murdock: Fastest growing populations have the lowest levels of education and income

County Affairs Chairman Coleman adds “How we fund our education system does make a difference to whether or not those individuals go to college.”

Demographer Steve Murdock, director of the Hobby Center for the Study of Texas, told the House Committee on County Affairs Monday that the state’s future is tied to its minority populations.

“How well they do is how well we all do, “Murdock said.

The former official state demographer of Texas and former director of the U.S. Bureau of the Census laid out demographics data to the committee, hammering down that the data shows minority populations, particularly Hispanic populations, are growing the fastest, meanwhile those same people have lower levels of education and income.

“The fastest growing populations are those who have the lower levels of education, the lower levels of income, and if we want Texas to be greater we have to raise the income and the education that goes with that for our minority populations,” Murdock said.

By Eleanor Dearman

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