dshs.texas.gov
May 30, 2026
A dataset containing Texas vital records compiled up to 2014, including birth records (1950–1995), death records (1965–1999), marriage records (1966–2014), and divorce records (1968–2014). Data includes full names, dates, counties, sexes, and marital statuses. Likely sourced from the Texas Department of State Health Services vital statistics unit. Circulated on BreachForums.
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TexasBirthDeathMarriageDivorce2014__Info.txt0 rows
File structure
Format: CSV·Delimiter: comma·Has header: yes·Quote: "
Notes: File is NOT DATA — this is a README/description file about a breach (headers, metadata fields, and prose text about the Texas vital statistics dataset). No structured PII records are present. The lines shown are breach context metadata (Date of Breach, Description, Amount of records, etc.) with no actual delimited rows containing personal information. This file should not be processed for data extraction.
TexasBirthDeathMarriageDivorce2014__data__Birth__1950-1995_.txt5 columns0 rows
File structure
Format: CSV·Delimiter: tab·Has header: no·Quote: "
| Source column | Mapped field | Confidence | LLM assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | dob | high | [0] month component of date of birth (values: 10, representing October) |
| 1 | dob | high | [1] day component of date of birth (values: 1–26) |
| 2 | dob | high | [2] year component of date of birth (values: 1950) |
| 3 | gender | high | [3] values are M/F, indicating biological sex |
| 4 | state | high | [4] values are Texas county names (BELL, HARRIS, MCLENNAN, etc.) |
Notes: Texas vital statistics birth records (1950–1995). No header row present. Date of birth is split across columns 0–2 (month/day/year). Five columns total, all containing PII: birth month, birth day, birth year, gender, and county of birth. Record structure is consistent across all 50 rows.
TexasBirthDeathMarriageDivorce2014__data__Death__1965-1999_.txt8 columns0 rows
File structure
Format: CSV·Delimiter: tab·Has header: no·Quote: "
| Source column | Mapped field | Confidence | LLM assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | lastName | high | [0] First column contains surnames (Abalos, Abbe, Abbey, Abbott, etc.) |
| 1 | firstName | high | [1] Second column contains given names (Manuel, Bobby, Oma, Cecil, etc.) |
| 2 | middleName | high | [2] Third column contains middle names or initials (Ray, Francis, Lynn, Malcolm, etc.) with many blank entries |
| 3 | suffix | high | [3] Fourth column contains generational suffixes (SR, JR) appearing after names |
| 4 | dob | high | [4] Fifth column contains dates in YYYYMMDD format (19650107, 19650223, etc.) representing dates of birth |
| 5 | skip | high | [5] County names (WEBB, BEXAR, GALVESTON, etc.) — geographic location, not PII identifier |
| 6 | gender | high | [6] Single letters M/F representing biological sex |
| 7 | skip | high | [7] Marital status values (UNKNOWN, MARRIED, SINGLE, WIDOWED, SEPAR/DIVORCED) — demographic flag, not PII |
Notes: Texas vital statistics death records (1965–1999) with 8 columns total. 5 columns contain PII (lastName, firstName, middleName, suffix, dob). Columns 5 and 7 are non-PII demographic/administrative flags (county, marital status). No header row present. Tab-delimited format.
TexasBirthDeathMarriageDivorce2014__data__Divorce__1968-2014_.txt9 columns2,546,716 rows
File structure
Format: CSV·Delimiter: tab·Has header: no·Quote: "
| Source column | Mapped field | Confidence | LLM assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fullName | high | [1] Groom/spouse name column containing full names with first, middle, and last names (e.g., 'KMALLEN WILLIAM ERNEST', 'ABBOTT MELVIN LEE') |
| 2 | skip | high | [2] Age of groom at time of marriage (numeric values like 46, 44, 36); temporal/transactional data, not PII |
| 3 | fullName | high | [3] Bride/spouse name column containing full names (e.g., 'THELMA LOIS', 'JUANITA'); second PII name field |
| 4 | skip | high | [4] Age of bride at time of marriage (numeric values like 54, 43, 41); temporal/transactional data, not PII |
| 5 | skip | high | [5] Numeric code (00, 01, 03, 05, 07); likely marriage type/status code, internal classification flag |
| 6 | dob | high | [6] Date values in M/D/YYYY format (e.g., '8/29/1963', '7/8/1967'); matches date_of_birth pattern |
| 7 | skip | high | [7] Date values in M/D/YYYY format (e.g., '7/23/1968', '8/26/1968'); marriage license/ceremony date, transactional timestamp, not personal DOB |
| 8 | skip | high | [8] Numeric values (57, blank, 220, 14, 165, etc.); likely internal record/document ID or county code |
| 9 | skip | high | [9] County names (DALLAS, TARRANT, BELL, EL PASO, HARRIS, etc.); geographic jurisdiction, not personal address PII |
Notes: Texas vital statistics marriage records (1966-2014). Tab-delimited format with no header row. Contains groom and bride full names as the only PII fields. Column 6 is groom DOB; column 1 is groom name; column 3 is bride name. Column 7 is marriage date (transactional, not DOB). Columns 2, 4, 5, 8, 9 are non-PII metadata (ages, codes, county jurisdiction).
TexasBirthDeathMarriageDivorce2014__data__Marriage__1966_-_2014_.txt5 columns6,003,814 rows
File structure
| Source column | Mapped field | Confidence | LLM assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fullName | high | [1] Groom full name with first, middle, last names (e.g., 'IMENEZ MARTIN MENCHOCO', 'SMITH WILLARD KAY'). Marriage record context confirms this is a full name field. |
| 3 | fullName | high | [3] Bride full name with first, middle, last names (e.g., 'RODRIQUEZ JOSEPHINE', 'DONAHOO BARBARA HELEN'). Marriage record context confirms this is a full name field. |
| 5 | dob | high | [5] Marriage date in MM/DD/YYYY format (e.g., '11/19/1966', '12/23/1966'). All values are dates in 1966, consistent with vital statistics marriage records. |
| 6 | skip | high | [6] County code/identifier (numeric, e.g., '21', '97', '188'). Non-PII internal identifier. |
| 7 | skip | high | [7] County name (e.g., 'BRAZOS', 'HAMILTON', 'POTTER'). Geographic location; not PII under standard definitions. |
Notes: Texas vital statistics marriage records (1966). Tab-delimited format with 8 columns total. Column 0 is record ID (skip). Columns 1 and 3 are groom and bride full names respectively; column 5 is marriage date (dob field per vital records context); columns 2, 4 are ages (skip); columns 6–7 are county code and name (skip). Only PII columns listed above.