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Updated annually
In 2025, there were 31.7 million people living in Texas. That makes Texas the second-most populous state, home to 9.3% of people living in the US.

31.7M

population of Texas (2025)

9.3%

Texas share of the US population (2025)
The population of Texas was about 10.4 times higher than it was in 1900. Between 2024 and 2025, the population of Texas grew by about 391,200 people.

About 31.7 million people lived in Texas in 2025. That's about 10.4 times more than in 1900.

Annual population estimates

What are Texas's age demographics?

About 4.36 million Texas residents were aged 65 and older in 2024. That represents 14% of the state’s population compared with 18% in the US overall.
Another 7.67 million Texas residents, or 24.6% of the state’s population, were aged under 18. For comparison, children account for 21.6% of the US population.

A lower share of Texas's population is is 65 and older than the US overall.

Population share by age group (2024)

What are Texas's racial and ethnic demographics?

A state’s population may have racial and ethnic differences compared with the US overall. These figures reflect how people identified their race alone (not in combination with other races), and separate Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, following Census Bureau reporting standards.
Non-Hispanic white residents make up 73% of Texas’s population, higher than the national share of 57.5%. Texas also has a larger share of people identifying as Hispanic (40.2%) than the US overall (20%).
In contrast, Texas’s non-Hispanic two or more races population accounted for 1.7%, below the 2.5% share nationwide. The non-Hispanic white population makes up 38.6% of the state, compared with 57.5% nationally.

A higher share of Texas's population is is Hispanic than the US overall.

Population share by race and ethnicity (2024)

What are Texas's most populous counties?

In 2024, seven out of 254 counties accounted for over half of Texas's population:
  • Harris County, 5.01 million (16% of the population)
  • Dallas County, 2.66 million (8.5%)
  • Tarrant County, 2.23 million (7.1%)
  • Bexar County, 2.13 million (6.8%)
  • Travis County, 1.36 million (4.4%)
  • Collin County, 1.25 million (4%)
  • Denton County, 1.05 million (3.3%)

In 2024, Harris County was the most populous county in Texas.

Population estimates

What are Texas's most populous cities?

The largest city in Texas is Houston with about 2.39 million residents in 2024.

Cities and counties in Texas ranked by population

Cities and counties in Texas ranked by population
1.

Houston 

2,390,125
2.

San Antonio

1,526,656
3.

Dallas 

1,326,087
4.

Fort Worth

1,008,106
5.

Austin 

993,588
6.

El Paso

681,723
7.

Arlington 

403,672
8.

Corpus Christi

317,317
9.

Plano 

293,286
10.

Lubbock 

272,086

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Methodology

USAFacts standardizes data, in areas such as time and demographics, to make it easier to understand and compare.

The analysis was generated with the help of AI and reviewed by USAFacts for accuracy.

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