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More Americans Are Moving to Texas
Texas continues to be America's fastest-growing state, the U.S. government Census Bureau says.
Six of the nation's top 10 largest-gaining counties between July 1, 2016 and July 1, 2017, were in Texas, the bureau recently said in a news release.
The fastest-growing area in the country was the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area which includes 13 counties in Texas. It gained 146,000 residents last year.
Molly Cromwell is a demographer at the Census Bureau. She said the Dallas area "attracts large numbers from both international and domestic migration." In other words, the area draws people moving within the United States and those moving to the United States from other countries.
Many large metro areas in the country, Cromwell explained, depend mostly on "international migration and natural population increase for growth.
Lloyd Potter is Texas state demographer at the University of Texas San Antonio. He said in a statement that people most likely relocate to Texas for its "resilient economy" and cheaper housing costs.
Potter added that oil and gas production continue to be a major part of the state's economy, but other sectors, such as information technology, manufacturing and biomedicine are important sources of job growth.
In addition to good jobs and cheap housing, Texas is one of the seven states with no state income tax.
Demographers expect Texas to continue to grow, though its rate of growth may slow down.
While domestic migration is a major reason for Texas's growth, recent international immigration is also up. And people are coming to the state from "a greater variety of nations than in the past," Potter added.
Texas state demographers have observed an increase in immigrants from Asian countries and a decrease from Latin American countries -- especially Mexico.
Potter said, "With this, migration will not only increase the size of the state's metro areas, but also will lead to greater population diversity in these areas."
I'm Jonathan Evans.
重点解析
1.a variety of 各种各样的
Minerals can be absorbed and utilized by the body in a variety of different forms.
人体可通过很多不同形式吸收和利用矿物质。
2.In addition to 除了...
In addition to my weekly wage, I got a lot of tips.
除了每周的薪水外，我还能得到不少小费。
3.depend on 依靠
Needy and handicapped people depend on government relief for their support.
穷人和残疾人依靠政府的救济维持生计。
4.income tax 收入所得税
This Government has set its face against putting up income tax.
这届政府执意反对提高所得税。
5.In other words, the area draws people moving within the United States and those moving to the United States from other countries.
In other words 换句话说
In other words, the system broke.
换句话说，系统瘫痪了。
In other words, we have to build different corporate cultures and ways of working.
换句话说，我们必须建立不同的企业文化和运作方式。
6.Demographers expect Texas to continue to grow, though its rate of growth may slow down.
slow down 放缓
The car slowed down as they passed Customs.
过海关的时候，车速慢了下来。
You will need to slow down for a while.
你需要放松一段时间。
参考译文
越来越多的美国人移居德克萨斯州
美国政府人口普查局表示，德州仍是美国人口增长最快的州。
国家统计局在最近的一份新闻稿中表示，从2016年7月1日至2017年7月1日，在美国人口增长最快的10个县中，有6个位于德克萨斯州。
德克萨斯州人口增速最快的地区是达拉斯-沃斯堡-阿灵顿都市区，其中包括得克萨斯州的13个县。去年，该地区增加了14.6万人口。
莫莉·克伦威尔（Molly Cromwell）是人口普查局的人口统计学家。她说，达拉斯地区“吸引了来自国内外的大量移民人口。”换句话说，该地区吸引了美国国内的移民和从其他国家移居到美国的移民。
克伦威尔解释说，德克萨斯州的许多大城市主要依靠“国际移民和人口自然增长来实现增长”。
劳埃德·波特（Lloyd Potter）是德克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥分校的德克萨斯州人口统计学家。他在一份声明中表示，人们移居德克萨斯州大多是因为该地“弹性经济”和廉价的住房成本。
波特补充说，石油和天然气产业仍然是该州经济的重要组成部分，而信息技术、制造业和生物医药等行业成为就业增长的重要来源。
除了好工作和廉价住房外，德州是美国免征个人所得税的七州之一。
人口统计学家预计，尽管德克萨斯州人口增长率可能会放缓，但人口会不断增长。
国内移民虽然是德州人口增长的主要原因，但近来国际移民也在不断增加。波特还指出，人们从“较过去更加多样化的国家”来到了德州。
德州的人口统计学家发现，来自亚洲国家的移民数量有所增加，而拉美国家(尤其是墨西哥)的移民数量有所下降。
波特表示:“这样一来，移民不仅会扩大都市区的面积，还会让这些地区人口更加多样性。”
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