State symbols:flower: bluebonnet, tree: pecan, bird: mockingbird, song: “Texas, Our Texas”, fish: guadalupe bass, seashell: lightning whelk , dish: chili , folk dance: square dance , fruit: Texas red grapefruit, gem: Texas blue topaz, gemstone cut: Lone Star cut, grass: sideoats grass , reptile: horned lizard, stone: petrified palm wood, plant: prickly pear cactus, insect: monarch butterfly, pepper: jalapeño pepper, mammal: longhorn, small mammal: armadillo, flying mammal: Mexican free-tailed bat
Nickname: Lone Star State
10 largest cities (2010 est.):Houston, 2,099,451; San Antonio , 1,327,407; Dallas, 1,197,816; Austin, 790,390; Fort Worth , 741,206; El Paso, 649,121; Arlington, 365,438; Corpus Christi, 305,215; Plano, 259,841; Laredo, 36,091