Out of 934 active hate groups in the U.S. Texas is home to 66. That’s according to The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Hate Map of Texas. Texas leads the nation in the number of hate groups. California comes in 2nd on this list with 60. SPLC didn’t include individuals with hateful websites alone. They focused on organizations of individuals that “have beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people, typically for their immutable characteristics.”
Various Texas groups from all over the state made the SPLC’s list. From the Austin chapter of League of the South to the Houston chapter of the Nation of Islam. All of major metropolitan and many rural areas are home to the groups on the list.
