Understanding Texas Women:
Inside Their Life Stage Experiences Texas women are not monolithic and reflect the diversity of our state. We built this dashboard to show girls and women throughout critical phases of their life span to understand their hardships and achievements. scroll Love this dashboard? Support more work like this. THE STATE OF TEXAS WOMEN

Demographics Today, over 15 million women live in Texas and account for 50.1% of the state’s population.

Learn more about this population and their income.
SEE THE DATA 01 05 Childhood Girls perform better than boys in math by 8th grade.

Learn more on the grade school years of Texas children.
SEE THE DATA 02 05 Young Adults Women achieve more higher education degrees and certificates than men.

Learn more about educational attainment and mental health. SEE THE DATA 03 05 Adulthood Women are suffering from birth complications more than ever before, especially among minority groups.

Learn more about parenthood and Texas women in the workforce. SEE THE DATA 04 05 Aging Women live longer but spend more years disabled.

Learn more about the largest growing aging population in Texas. SEE THE DATA 05 05 Texas Women Lifespan

Projected Population: TDC Marriage and First Birth: American Community Survey
Childhood Math Performance: Texas Education Agency Adverse Experiences: National Survey of Children’s Health Poverty: IPUMS Adverse Experiences: Child Trends Demographics Marriage and First Birth: WONDER Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Young Adults Higher Education: Texas Higher Education Accountability System Mental Health: Kaiser Family Foundation Adulthood Labor Force: ACS Juvenile Justice Education: Texas Juvenile Justice Department Population Pyramid: Texas Demographic Center Wage and Earnings: ACS Maternal Health: Texas Department of State Health Services Mental Health: CDC Resources Aging Other Resources Life Expectancy and Disability: American Journal of Public Health Savings and Retirement: ACS Girl Scout Research Institute, 2017 Institute for Women’s Policy Research, 2023 National Women’s Law Center, 2023 Texas Women’s Foundation, 2023 Texas Demographic Center, 2023 Child Care: County Health Rankings and Roadmaps