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The U.S. Census Bureau recently released its growth report from 2024 to 2025, and Texas has the biggest numerical population growth, once again.
Though the southern region of the U.S. saw a one percent drop in growth for the first time since 2021, Texas was still deemed popular for migrants. This marks the third consecutive year that the Lone Star state has had the largest numerical population increase in the country.
The 2020 census recorded just over 29 million residents in Texas. And from June 2024 to July 2025, the data shows a net gain of 391,243 residents. As of July 2025, Texas has an estimated 31.7 million residents, according to Census data.
Interestingly enough, the states with the largest population numbers — California, Texas, New York and Florida — were also the states with the largest numbers of residents moving away. Census Bureau data also shows that Texas was the biggest supplier of new residents to nine other states– Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and Oklahoma.
Let’s take a closer look at Texas’ growing population.
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[Source: U.S. Census Bureau]Where are new Texas residents migrating from?
Though Texas had the highest population growth number, for the first time since 2021, the state had a drop in growth percentage rate. Texas saw a growth rate of 1.2 percent from June 2024 to July 2025, according to the Census Bureau.
South Carolina had the nation’s highest growth percentage, with a 1.5 percent rate. Factors that affect the growth percentage include size of the state and the amount of new residents added to its population.
The addition of new residents to Texas didn’t make as much of an impact (compared to South Carolina), as the state is much larger in scale and population size.
A Texas Migration Report that analyzed moving data from June 2024 to May 2025 showed that people from California, Florida, Colorado, Arizona and Illinois, respectively, moved to the Lone Star state the most.
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According to the Texas Migration Report, Dallas-Fort Worth is the leading metroplex for new residents.
In the following order, these metro areas grew the most from May 2024 to June 2025:
Dallas, Fort Worth, ArlingtonHouston, Pasadena, The WoodlandsAustin, Round Rock, San Marcos San Antonio and New BraunfelsKilleen and Temple
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Ella Gonzales is a service journalism reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. She is part of a team of local journalists who answer reader questions and write about life in North Texas. Ella mainly writes about local restaurants and where to find good deals around town.