Coahuila Y Tejas - Demographics

Demographics

Despite the influx of settlers from the United States after the colonization laws were passed, the majority of settlers within Coahuila y Tejas were native Mexican citizens. Within Texas, however, by 1830 approximately 80% of the population was from the United States or Europe.

In the frontier areas of the state, similar to the rest of the Mexican frontier, there was more ethnic intermarriage than in the interior regions. Although both the federal and state constitutions established the Catholic Church as the official religion, the frontier areas often disobeyed the rule.