Is population growing or shrinking?

Refreshed annually
It shrank by 57 between 2024 and 2025. Changes in population reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. Garza County, TX’s 1.2% annual decrease was primarily driven by people moving to other states.
In the decade between 2015 and 2025, Garza County, TX’s population shrank by 29.4%.

-57

population change (2024 to 2025)

-1.2%

percent change in population (2024 to 2025)
Since 2000, Garza County, TX’s population increased 12 out of 25 years. The largest increase occurred between 2009 and 2010, when Garza County, TX gained 1,700 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2021 and 2022 when there were 1,800 fewer residents.

Garza County, TX lost 57 residents between 2024 and 2025.

Annual population change, 2001–2025

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What contributes to population change in Garza County, TX?

A county’s population is influenced by three factors:
  • Natural population change: If births outnumber deaths in a given year, natural population growth is positive. If deaths exceed births, it is negative. Between 2024 and 2025 natural population change was positive in Garza County, TX, with births exceeding deaths by two.
  • Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a county: If more people move in than move out, population change from immigration is positive. If more people move out than move in, it’s negative. Between 2024 to 2025, Garza County’s population change from immigration was positive with about 21 more people coming from another country directly to Garza County than leaving.
  • Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2024 to 2025, Garza County’s population change from domestic migration was negative with about 80 more people moving to any other county in the US.

Between 2024 and 2025, domestic migration was the primary driver of population decline in Garza County, TX.

Components of population change from previous year, 2011–2025

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