Texas' rank among states in spending for teachers' salaries: 50.

Texas' rank among states in spending for the environment: 49.

Texas' rank among states in per-capita funding for public health: 48.

Texas' rank among states in delivery of social services: 47.

Texas' rank among states in child-support collections: 42.

Texas' rank among states in per-capita spending on public education: 41.

Texas' rank among states in percentage of population living in poverty: 5.

Texas rank among states in water and air pollution: 1.

Texas rank among states in percentage of poor working parents without insurance: 1.

Texas rank among states in percentage of children without health insurance: 1.

Texas rank among states in executions: 1.

Proportion of adult Texans who are currently locked up in a state prison facility: 1 in  98.

Proportion of adult Texans who are currently under supervision of the penal system (in jail or on probation, for example): 1 in 26.

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