Texas added more residents than any other state between July 2023 and July 2024, gaining 562,941 people, according to new Census data. The surge was attributed to a combination of international and domestic migration, as well as a high birth rate.
📊 U.S. Population Growth Hits Fastest Rate Since 2001 — Over 340M Residents 🇺🇸📈
🔹 2024 Growth: +3.3M residents (+1% growth).
🔹 Immigration Impact: 2.8M new arrivals, accounting for 84% of growth. 🌍✈️
🔹 Top Gainers: Texas (+563K) & Florida (+467K) lead the way. 🌟
🔹… pic.twitter.com/wY7SE3XXMv— BitLogicX (@bytecoderman) December 23, 2024
International migration accounted for 319,569 of the state’s new residents, ranking third behind Florida and California in this category. Texas also topped the charts for domestic migration, gaining 85,267 people from other states.
Here in our little rural SE Texas town the school population in 2021-2022 was just over 2k students. Now it’s over 11k with 85% of that being Hispanic students. Immigration overload is overwhelming resources. We can thank Colony Ridge for that. And yes we’re pissed.
— Belinda Kalas (@KalasBelinda) December 29, 2024
The state’s total population now stands at 31,290,831, second only to California, which remains the most populous state with over 39 million residents. Florida, with a population of 23,372,215, came in third.
We should absolutely not be flooded with Indians at all, under any circumstance.
The population should grow, but through much higher birth rates and larger families. Not through more mass immigration.
These same open-borders advocates WANT birth rates in the West to be low.
— Red Texas (@Red_Texas_22) December 27, 2024
Only three states experienced population declines: Vermont, Mississippi and West Virginia. In these states, losses were attributed to negative domestic migration or natural decreases, with deaths outnumbering births.
Texas also recorded the nation’s largest natural population increase, with 158,753 more births than deaths, far surpassing other states.
Central Texas cities, including New Braunfels and Georgetown, were named among the fastest-growing communities in the country by Smart Asset, reflecting broader trends of growth across the region.
