Downtown Fort Worth on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. The parking lot on the far right across from the Fort Worth Central Station are slated as a site for a future 12-story, 408-apartment complex by Miami-based developer Resia.
Amanda McCoy
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Dallas-Fort Worth grew by 123,557 people between 2024 and 2025, the second most of any metro area in the country, according to estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
The Houston metro area ranked first in numeric growth, gaining 126,720 people. Austin ranked sixth (53,796 people) and San Antonio was ninth (38,402 people.)
When looking at the largest metro areas, the fastest growing counties tended to be on the outer edges. The Bureau said the pattern was particularly true in Texas.
The metro’s population is at 8,477,157; Houston’s is 7,904,627.
In Dallas-Fort Worth, there were 104,378 births and 53,559 deaths, which means 50,819 of the area’s new residents were a result of natural population change.
International migration accounted for 55,444 new people and domestic migration accounted for 18,197 new people.
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Eleanor (Elly) Dearman is a Texas politics and government reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. She’s based in Austin, covering the Legislature and its impact on North Texas. She grew up in Denton and has been a reporter for more than six years.
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