Texas experienced the largest population gain in the US from July 2023 to July 2024, according to the Census Bureau. The state’s population rose by 562,941, fueled by both international migration and domestic moves.
📊 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 added 319,569 people to Texas, making it the third-largest state for international newcomers, after Florida and California. Domestic migration also played a significant role, with 85,267 people relocating to Texas 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
Florida ranked second in numeric growth with 467,347 new residents, followed by California with 232,570. Texas’ total population now stands at 31,290,831, making it the second-most populous state, behind only California, which has over 39 million residents.
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
The Census report noted that Washington, D.C., and Florida had higher percentage growth rates than Texas, with increases of 2.2% and 2%, respectively. Texas, however, outpaced all states in natural population increases, with 158,753 more births than deaths.
In contrast, states like California and New York saw significant domestic migration losses. California experienced the largest drop, losing 239,575 residents to other states.
A separate analysis highlighted the rapid expansion of Central Texas cities, including New Braunfels, Georgetown and Conroe, which ranked among the nation’s fastest-growing communities.
