Summary: Texas experienced massive growth in the last few years. Texas’ population grew by 4.7% from April 2020 to July 2023 but the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA, which includes Parker Co., reported the greatest percentage of growth of 34%.
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Texas’ population grew 4.7% from 2020 to 2023, while D-FW-A (includes Parker Co.) grew 34%.
Texas’ major metropolitan areas experienced massive growth in the last few years. Texas’ population grew by 4.7% from April 2020 to July 2023 but the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA [which includes Parker Co.] reported the greatest percentage of growth of 34%.
The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA, in turn, comprises two Metropolitan Divisions (MDs): the Fort Worth-Arlington MD, which includes Hood, Johnson, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant and Wise counties and the Dallas-Plano-Irving MD, which includes Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hunt, Kaufman and Rockwall counties. The Metroplex Region, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts,
One-third of counties experienced population decline, The Center Square, 08 January 2025, Excerpts
Texas’ major metropolitan areas experienced massive growth in the last few years as one-third of Texas counties reported declines, according to data published by the Texas Demographics Center.
Texas’ population grew by 4.7% from April 2020 to July 2023, according to Census data evaluated by the center, which created several maps to illustrate the percent change of county populations during this time-period.
One shows that the majority of Texas’ population growth, more than 95%, occurred in 26 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). Areas surrounding central counties reported the fastest growth rate, with the most concentrated in a triangle formed by the four largest MSAs: Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio.
The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA reported the greatest percentage of growth from 2020-2023 of 34%, followed by Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands’ 25%, Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos’ 15% and San Antonio-New Braunfels’ 10%.
The center notes that the lowest number of senior residents are residing in urban central counties, the Permian Basin and in border counties. A higher percentage of residents ages 65 and older are living in rural and what are known as “retirement counties,” it says.
It also notes that Hispanics make up a larger portion of younger age groups; non-Hispanic whites represent a greater number of those in older age groups.
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