Is population growing or shrinking?

Updated annually
It grew by 562,900 between 2023 and 2024, the most among all states. That’s more than the population of Arlington. Changes in population reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. Texas' 1.8% annual increase was primarily driven by immigration to the state. In the decade between 2014 and 2024, Texas' population grew by 16.3%.

+563K

population change (2023 to 2024)

+1.8%

percent change in population (2023 to 2024)
Since 2000, Texas's population increased in 24 of 24 years. The largest increase occurred between 2022 and 2023, when it gained 614,400 residents. The state's smallest increase during the 21st century occurred between 2017 and 2018 when it gained 319,500 residents.

Texas gained 562,900 residents between 2023 and 2024.

Annual population change

A state’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 2023 to 2024 natural population change was positive in Texas, with births exceeding deaths by 158,800.
  • Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a state. 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. Texas’s population change from immigration was positive, with about 319,600 more people coming from another country to Texas than leaving.
  • Domestic migration, moving between states:  Texas’s population change from domestic migration was positive, with about 85,300 more people moving to Texas from other states than leaving.

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Between 2023 and 2024, immigration was the primary driver of population growth in Texas.

Components of population change

Among 254 county equivalents, Harris County had the largest population growth in Texas, welcoming 105,852 new residents. Potter County lost the most, with a loss of 660 residents.
Kaufman County led Texas in percent population increase between 2023 and 2024 at 6 percent. Kenedy County ranked last with a 6 percent decline.

Between 2023 and 2024, Kaufman County gained 6% in population, the largest increase in Texas.

Population change

Between 2014 and 2024, Texas’s population has increased by 16.3%. During that same period, the US population grew by 6.5%. Texas ranks 5th among states in population growth over that decade.

Texas ranked fifth in population growth between 2014 and 2024.

Percent change in population

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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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