28 Dec, 2023
By AIPG-TX News

Texas is Getting Bigger than You May Know ….

We all know the State of Texas is huge. Most people don’t know about the TEX-A-PLEX. Do you?
It will be surprising. It was to us.
  • The triangular region framed in by the cities of Austin, Dallas–Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio is experiencing a wave of growth of historic proportions more than anywhere in the world;
  •  In 2020, the population of the Texas Triangle reached nearly 21 million;
  • The Texas Triangle contains five of the 20 largest cities in the U.S., and was home to more than 70% of all Texans: City of Dallas, City of Fort Worth, City of Austin, City of Houston and City of San Antonio;
  • The Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is bigger than all of Manhattan;
  • The University of Texas at Austin is the third largest land owner in the United States;
  • San Antonio is bigger than New York City and Detroit combined;
  • Houston area has a bigger population than Colorado and 34 other states;
  • Four of the top ten metro statistical areas are in Texas;
  • The Texas economy is on fire. The state added 660,000 new jobs last year – more jobs than any other, and twice the number of new jobs compared to its historical average. With Dallas by far leading the growth;
  •  50,000 jobs a month, I mean, that’s almost 2,000 jobs a day every day of the week for an entire year;
  • No state income tax;
  • The Tex-A-Plex is home to over 50 Fortune 500 companies. And has more Fortune 1000 companies than any other state;
  • At $2.4 TRILLION, Texas is ranked as the 9th largest economy among nations of the world by GDP, ahead of Canada, South Korea, Russia, and Australia;
  • Texas is the largest exporter of goods in the United States;
  • Dallas is home to the fourth most BILLIONAIRES in the world;
  • Houston has more than 5,000 energy related firms and is the energy capital of the world;
  • The Texas Medical Center is the largest in the world located in Houston, with major extensions to Katy, Texas (“Western Suburbs”);
  • 25% of ALL retail space in the United States is in Texas;
  • Austin is the live music capital of the world. South By Southwest Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater (ACL Live);
  • The are 12 professional sports teams in the Tex-A-Plex;
  • You can further your education in the great state of Texas at any one of the 159 universities and colleges in order to prepare yourself for a successful and prosperous career. Including 6 medical schools;
  • Texas A&M University has an enrollment of 74,829 the largest student body in the United States
Tex-A-Plex REFERENCE for additional information!
With this base to work with, we, the members of the Texas Board of the AIPG, should be doing much more. Let’s think about this and let’s discuss it at the next Board meeting in January, 2024.

Henry Wise, P.G., C.P.G., President

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Michael D. Campbell, VP, P.G., P.H., C.P.G., Eastern Texas