Driven by youthful growth and diversity, Texas sees record increases in Hispanic and Black communities, according to the census.
Church leaders from Texas and other states described the growth of the Latino community in the Southern Baptist Convention and the need to keep young people involved.
Princeton was the fastest-growing overall while Fort Worth topped 1 million residents.
Between 2010 and 2020, Dallas County’s Black population grew by almost 46,000
North Texas counties leveraged population growth in the last year, according to Texas Demographic Center data; Fort Worth is inching too close to reach 1 million people.
Hot summers and increasing home prices cited for softening the state’s runway population growth.
Data does not detail the countries that fueled the immigration to Lone Star State.
A study by the nonprofit Asian Texans for Justice found that from 2022 to 2023, Dallas-Fort Worth saw the largest increase in the number of Asian residents moving there of any U.S. metro area
Harris, Travis and Collin counties were three of the top five U.S. counties that led housing gains, and North Texas’ Celina was fastest-growing city with population of 20,000 or more.
The population of the county to the east grew 18% from 2016 to 2021, according to census estimates.
Kaufman, Rockwall and Ellis counties grew the most since 2016.
