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====Late 20th Century economic transformation====
====Late 20th Century economic transformation====
Starting during World War II, but lasting through the early 21st Century, Texas's economy transformed and the state saw massive growth as a part of the [[Sun Belt]].<ref name="Calvert">Robert A. Calvert. [https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/npt02 Texas Since World War II]. ''Handbook of Texas Online''. Retrieved December 25, 2016.</ref> The states went from being a predominantly rural and agricultural state to an urban and industrial state, and it saw massive migration and growth, particularly during the 1970s and early 1980s.<ref name="Calvert"/> Texas's economy diversified, lessening its reliance on the [[petroleum]] industry.<ref name="Calvert"/> By 1990, [[Hispanics]] overtook blacks to become the largest minority group in the state.<ref name="Calvert"/>
Starting during World War II, but lasting through the early 21st Century, Texas's economy transformed and the state saw massive growth as a part of the [[Sun Belt]].<ref name="Calvert">Robert A. Calvert. [https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/npt02 Texas Since World War II]. ''Handbook of Texas Online''. Retrieved December 25, 2016.</ref> The states went from being a predominantly rural and agricultural state to an urban and industrial state, and it saw massive migration and growth, particularly during the 1970s and early 1980s.<ref name="Calvert"/> Texas's economy diversified, lessening its reliance on the [[petroleum]] industry.<ref name="Calvert"/> By 1990, [[Hispanics]] overtook blacks to become the largest minority group in the state.<ref name="Calvert"/>
By the early 21st century, Texas's economy was booming,<ref>Solomon, Dan (September 30, 2015). [https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/this-list-of-the-fastest-growing-economies-in-the-u-s-are-almost-all-in-texas/ This List Of The Fastest-Growing Economies In The U.S. Are Almost All In Texas]. ''Texas Monthly''. Retrieved January 13, 2018.</ref><ref>Hope, Merrill (January 12, 2018). [http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2018/01/12/u-haul-names-texas-leader-u-s-growth/ U-Haul Names Texas Leader for U.S. Growth]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 13, 2018.</ref><ref>Hope, Merrill (January 11, 2018). [http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2018/01/11/texas-2018-economy-firing-cylinders-dallas-fed-predicts/ Texas 2018 Economy ‘Firing on All Cylinders,’ Dallas Fed Predicts]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 13, 2018.</ref> and it saw large population growth.<ref>Wallace, Terry (May 25, 2017). [https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2017-05-25/fastest-growing-us-cities-are-in-south-4-of-top-5-in-texas Fastest Growing Cities Are in the South]. ''U.S. News & World Report'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved January 13, 2018.</ref> In October 2017, Texas's unemployment rate fell to a 40-year record low of 3.9%.<ref>Hope, Merrill (November 21, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/11/21/texas-jobless-rate-hits-40-year-record-low-3-9-percent/ Texas Jobless Rate Hits 40-Year Record Low of 3.9 Percent]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 13, 2018.</ref>
===Politics: move to the GOP===
===Politics: move to the GOP===