re: LEXIT

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Texas has an independent power grid...

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More facts and additional pros to TEXIT (using 2019 Census data, among other sources):


Texas billionaires: 56
After secession, Texas would have the 7th most billionaires in the world.
More billionaires than: Brazil, Italy, Canada, France, Japan and South Korea


Texas area: 268,820 sq. miles
After secession, Texas would be the 40th biggest country in the world.
Bigger than: France, Ukraine, Spain, Iran and Afghanistan


Texas population: 29 million
After secession, Texas would be the 50th most populated country in the world.
More populated than: Madagascar, North Korea, Australia, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Taiwan and Niger.

*Note: One in 12 Americans lives in Texas.


Texas GDP: $1.803 trillion
After secession, Texas would have the 10th largest GDP in the world.
Bigger than: Canada, South Korea, Turkey, the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia

*Note: Due to the natural resources of the land, Texas has more farms and ranches than any other U.S. state and is responsible for producing 35% of the crude oil in the U.S. When Texas is an independent nation it will bank about $1.5 trillion per year, putting it between Australia and Spain in terms of large economies.


Texas produces more than $13 billion worth of wine each year. Texas is the nation's fifth-largest producer of wine, with more than 400 wineries generating over $13 billion annually. That number increases annually.

*Note: Texas is completely self-sufficient in beef, poultry, pork, grain, fruits, vegetables, seafood, beer, wine, and spirits.


Texas has more miles of roads and rail than any other state

*Note: In order to keep the massive volume of goods produced in and shipped out of Texas, the state has built up the largest transportation network in the U.S., with more than 313,200 miles of public roads. Texas also has 16 seaports and more than 380 airports.

- The fifth largest port in the U.S., the Port of Houston is: the busiest port in the U.S. in terms of foreign tonnage; the second-busiest in the U.S. in terms of overall tonnage; and the sixteenth-busiest in the world.


Texas oil production: 8.08 million barrels per day in 2019
After secession, Texas would have the 4th most barrels per day of crude oil production in the world.

*Notes: Texas refines over 85% of the gasoline in the U.S. Texas produces almost 40% of America's oil. In 2017, Texas accounted for a whopping 37% of America's crude oil production, according to the US Energy Information Administration. The state is also responsible for 24% of the nation's marketed natural gas production.


Texas is the largest producer of wind power in America
A genuine energy superstar, Texas not only produces more petroleum than any other state, but it also dwarfs other states in wind-power production. In 2017, Texas windmills produced 21,044 megawatts. Iowa, the second-largest producer, reached just 6,952 megawatts.


Most Texas exports go south to Mexico.
In 2015, Texas exported $11.5 billion worth of goods to China and $25.5 billion worth of product to Canada. That same year, it sent more than $92.4 billion worth of exports down to Mexico.


Texas accounts for 10% of total manufacturing in the U.S.
In 2017, Texas' manufacturing output topped $226 billion, meaning the state accounted for one-tenth of all manufacturing dollars generated in the U.S.. Manufacturing provided about 865,000 jobs in Texas that year.


Texas is home to nearly 1 million women-owned businesses.
It’s amongst the nation’s best for women-owned businesses.

*Note: The state ranks third overall in the number of women-owned businesses, with nearly 150% growth in female-owned establishments over the last two decades. About one-half of the overall workforce in Texas is female, slightly edging out the national average of 47%.


The Texas Medical Center (TMC) is the largest medical city in the world.
*Note: Home to the world’s largest children’s hospital & world’s largest cancer hospital. TMC delivers one baby every 20 minutes, resulting in approximately 26,280 births per calendar year. TMC begins one surgery every three minutes.


- Texas leads the U.S. in producing computer chips and communications equipment.

- Texas houses at least six [registered] guns for every man, woman, and child.

- In 2018 Texas opened the first state-backed bullion depository. The depository provides Texans with a place to store their precious metals and allowed Texas to repatriate its gold from New York.