Among the 50 states, Texas is No. 1 in:

• Jobs created in the 1990s
• Manufacturing jobs created in the 1990s
• Crude petroleum production (559.6 million barrels
  in 1995)
• Natural gas marketed production (6.4 trillion cubic feet in 1994)
• Cattle (15.1 million head on farms in 1995)
• Farm and ranch land (129 million acres in 1995)
• Number of farms (202,000 in 1995)
• Percent of U.S. exports to Mexico (47%)
• National highway system miles (15,649 as of 1994)
• Miles of rail for freight service (10,681 in 1994)
• Aircraft departures (surpassing California in 1995)
• Number of foreign trade zones (27 vs. 17 in second-
  place Florida)

Among the 15 most populous states, Texas is No. 1 in:

• Youngest population (median age 31.9)
• Lowest total energy prices (76% of the national average in 1993)
• Lowest natural gas costs for industrial users (6.8% below average.)

Sources: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts; Texas Department of Commerce; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; U.S. Bureau of the Census; U.S. Department of Transportation; Associaton of American Railroads; U.S. Department of Energy.