Census Data Shows Many Texas Cities Growing Faster Than Most In U.S.

The U.S. Census Bureau released data on May 20 which is evidence of Texas’ surging population in cities large and small.

From 2010 to 2019, Frisco led the nation’s cities in terms of population percentage growth for cities with greater than 50,000 persons with a 71.1 percent increase. The city grew from 116,989 residents in the 2010 Census to 200,490 residents as of July 1, 2019.

Other Texas cities joining Frisco in the top 15 fastest-growing large cities by percentage change were New Braunfels as the third-fastest at 56.4 percent, McKinney as the fourth fastest at 51.9 percent, Cedar Park in seventh with 44.2 percent, Conroe in ninth with 39.3 percent growth, and Round Rock in 13th at 33.3 percent.

Smaller cities in Texas also stood out nationwide for their population growth.

Leander’s addition of 35,320 new residents resulted in a 129.4 percent surge, which placed it second for cities with populations of 10,000 or more.

It also was the fastest-growing city in the country from July 1, 2018, to July 1, 2019 with a 12 percent growth rate, which was 24 times faster than the nation’s growth rate of .5 percent during that time.

Little Elm grew 105.2 percent from 2010 to 2019 with 27,234 new residents, which placed it third in the nation. Forney came in fourth in the U.S. with a 97.1 percent increase, an increase of 13,417 new residents.

Kyle was 13th in the country with a 71.3 percent increase owing to its population boost of 20,146. Frisco was 14th when included with smaller cities, and Boerne was 15th with a 71 percent increase of 7,571 new residents.

Hutto placed 16th with 11,486 new residents, which accounted for a 69.8 percent increase. Georgetown came in 18th with 32,121 new residents, which resulted in a 67.6 percent increase, and Farmers Branch was 19th with 19,017 new residents, a 65.3 percent increase.

Based on total numeric population gains from 2018 to 2019, San Antonio recorded the second-highest total in the country with 17,237 new residents – second only to Phoenix’s 26,317.

Austin was third with 16,439 new residents from 2018 to 2019 and Fort Worth was fourth with 16,369 new residents. Frisco was sixth with an increase of 12,038 people, and McKinney was 17th with 7,429. Leander recorded 6,684 new residents in that timespan to place 21st, and New Braunfels was 24th with 5,714 new residents.

Texas claimed five of the 15 most populous cities in the nation as of July 1, 2019, with Houston’s population of 2.32 million making it to fourth-largest, San Antonio ranking seventh with 1.55 million, and Dallas placing ninth with 1.34 million. Austin took 11th with 978,908, and Fort Worth came in 13th with 909,585 residents.

This story originally published by Strategic Partnerships.