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12/29/2007: "Texas hate crime stats decline"
Recently released FBI "hate crime" statistics suggest Texas and its largest city, Houston, could be growing more tolerant than many other parts of the country.
The FBI report identified 7,722 crimes in the United States last year, including 245 in Texas, that were motivated by prejudice against race, religion, sexual orientation or a disability.
The numbers represent nearly a 7 percent increase from the year before in the United States, but a 6 percent drop in Texas.
Anglos living in Harris County have declined to 37 percent today from 63 percent in 1982, while the Hispanic population has exploded to 38 percent from 20 percent.
The percent of Asian residents has grown to 7 percent from 2 percent, while the black population has dipped slightly to 18 percent from 20 percent.
[ The city is also more corrupt, and less friendly, than before, leading to less contact between neighbors. This is the inward curvature of a bell curve before its peak. ]
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5409752.html