East Texas isn't "mostly" black. It's that most blacks in Texas are in East Texas, where they form a significant minority -- 20-30% of the population in some counties.
Fort Worth-Arlington jobless rate rises to 8.3 percent
StarTelegram.com ^ | July 18, 2009
AUSTIN — The unemployment rate jumped to 8.3 percent in June in Fort Worth-Arlington, leaving 89,400 workers without jobs and reflecting the spreading fallout from the national recession.