South Texas

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For the nuclear power plant, see South Texas Nuclear Generating Station.

San Antonio is the largest city in south Texas.

Padre Island is a popular beach destination.

The San Agustin Cathedral in Laredo was built during the Spanish Texas period.

South Texas is a region of the U.S. state of Texas which lies roughly south of, or beginning at, San Antonio. The region includes San Antonio, as well as the communities of Beeville, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Eagle Pass, Edna, Kingsville, Laredo, McAllen, and Victoria, among others.

[edit] Counties in South Texas

County	Population^[1]	Majority^[2]	Major City
Atascosa County	38,628	58.6% Hispanic	Pleasanton
Bee County	32,359	53.9% Hispanic	Beeville
Bexar County	1,509,061	57.2% Hispanic	San Antonio
Brooks County	7,976	91.6% Hispanic	Falfurrias
Cameron County	385,734	86.1% Hispanic	Brownsville
Duval County	13,120	88% Hispanic	San Diego
Hidalgo County	695,456	89.5% Hispanic	McAllen
Jim Hogg County	5,281	90.0% Hispanic	Hebbronville
Jim Wells County	39,326	75.7% Hispanic	Alice
Kenedy County	414	79% Hispanic	Sarita
Kleberg County	34,367	72% Hispanic	Kingsville
La Salle County	5,866	77.12% White	Cotulla
Live Oak County	12,309	49% White	George West
Nueces County	315,831	58.8% Hispanic	Corpus Christi
McMullen County	851	55% White	Tilden
Maverick County	47,297	95% Hispanic	Eagle Pass
Refugio County	7,828	44.6% Hispanic	Aransas Pass
Starr County	53,597	97.5% Hispanic	Rio Grande City
Uvalde County	25,926	65.9% Hispanic	Uvalde
Webb County	229,905	94.28% Hispanic	Laredo
Willacy county	20,082	85.7% Hispanic	Raymondville
Wilson County	32,408	44.7% White	Crystal CIty
Zapata County	12,182	84.8% Hispanic	Zapata
Zavala County	11,600	91.2% Hispanic	Crystal CIty

[edit] Multicultural influences

Some good books to read about the native and non-native Latino population are Brownsville by Oscar Casares, Rio Grande Wetbacks by Carol Norquest, ...And the Earth Did Not Devour Him by Tomás Rivera, as well as other popular books, Border Towns and Poncho.

One might look at the writings of J. Frank Dobie, who was born and raised in South Texas, to begin to understand the Anglo viewpoint of the current society of the area.