STATE · ADMITTED 1845 · 1990 CENSUS

Texas

16,986,510 residents · 254 counties · 1863 cities · 261,232 sq mi · 6,896 census tracts

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Texas is home to 16,986,510 people. The typical home is worth $58,900. The population has fallen 19% since 2000. 18.1% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Median household income is $27,016, under the $30,130 national median. About 20% of adults have finished a four-year degree.

Section 01

Population & growth

Total population

16,986,510

−19%vs 2000

vs 20,851,820 in 2000

1990 – 2024

Median age

30.9

−4%vs 2000

vs 32.3 in 2000

US average: 33.0

Land area

261,232 sq mi

Population, 1990 – 2024

202430.2M

Age distribution, 1990

Under 58.1%(1,380,688)

US avg: 7.3%

5 to 98.3%(1,401,436)

US avg: 7.3%

10 to 147.6%(1,297,592)

US avg: 6.9%

15 to 197.6%(1,298,690)

US avg: 7.1%

20 to 247.6%(1,297,499)

US avg: 7.5%

25 to 3418.4%(3,118,695)

US avg: 17.5%

35 to 4415%(2,548,948)

US avg: 15.1%

45 to 549.7%(1,649,740)

US avg: 10.2%

55 to 647.6%(1,284,964)

US avg: 8.5%

65 to 745.9%(1,001,093)

US avg: 7.3%

75 to 843.2%(545,130)

US avg: 4%

85 and over1%(162,035)

US avg: 1.2%

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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income

$27,016

−11%inflation adjusted, since 2000

vs $39,927 in 2000

US average: $30,130

1990 – 2024

Per capita income

$12,904

−34%vs 2000

vs $19,617 in 2000

US average: $14,340

Poverty rate

18.1%

+2.7 ptsvs 2000

vs 15.4% in 2000

US average: 13.2%

Section 03

Housing

Median home value

$58,900

Unchangedinflation adjusted, since 2000

vs $77,800 in 2000

US average: $93,722

1990 – 2024

Median gross rent

$395

−9%inflation adjusted, since 2000

vs $574 in 2000

US average: $450

Owner-occupied

60.9%

−2.9 ptsvs 2000

vs 63.8% in 2000

39.1% rent

Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000

White, non-Hispanic52.4%(10,933,313)

Black11.3%(2,364,255)

Hispanic / Latino32%(6,669,666)

Asian2.7%(554,445)

Other0%

1990

White, non-Hispanic75.3%(12,787,521)

Black11.9%(2,018,543)

Hispanic / Latino25.3%(4,294,120)

Asian1.9%(315,072)

Other11%(1,865,374)

No data for the years selected.

Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Detailed origin tables are available for 2024; showing 2024 data.

Hispanic origin

Mexican32.1%(9,677,014)

Central American2.8%(835,220)

Salvadoran1.2%(377,336)

South American1.2%(350,933)

Puerto Rican0.8%(255,632)

Honduran0.8%(238,720)

Cuban0.5%(150,621)

Guatemalan0.5%(138,962)

Venezuelan0.4%(122,900)

Spaniard0.4%(122,799)

Colombian0.4%(108,851)

Nicaraguan0.1%(42,941)

+ 10 more hispanic origin groups with data

Peruvian0.1%(41,737)

Dominican0.1%(40,149)

Ecuadorian0.1%(26,296)

Panamanian0.1%(22,052)

Argentine0.1%(22,018)

Chilean0%(14,005)

Costa Rican0%(12,020)

Bolivian0%(7,165)

Uruguayan0%(3,601)

Paraguayan0%(2,206)

Asian origin

Asian Indian1.8%(551,305)

Vietnamese1%(301,815)

Chinese0.8%(227,789)

Filipino0.5%(157,275)

Pakistani0.3%(97,985)

Korean0.3%(90,252)

Nepalese0.1%(37,316)

Japanese0.1%(25,748)

Taiwanese0.1%(21,530)

Cambodian0.1%(18,753)

Kazakh0.1%(17,957)

Bangladeshi0.1%(16,601)

+ 13 more asian origin groups with data

Burmese0.1%(16,451)

Thai0%(14,038)

Laotian0%(13,976)

Sri Lankan0%(6,922)

Indonesian0%(6,387)

Hmong0%(3,297)

Malaysian0%(3,014)

Bhutanese0%(1,194)

Uzbek0%(1,010)

Mongolian0%(378)

Singaporean0%(378)

Okinawan0%(80)

Mien0%(45)

Pacific Islander origin

Native Hawaiian0.1%(27,106)

Chamorro0.1%(15,175)

Samoan0%(11,849)

Tongan0%(2,523)

Guamanian0%(1,903)

Marshallese0%(1,393)

Fijian0%(633)

Chuukese0%(139)

Ancestry

German8.3%(2,498,429)

English7.9%(2,381,413)

Irish6%(1,801,243)

American4.6%(1,387,673)

Italian1.9%(575,667)

Subsaharan African1.5%(462,867)

French1.5%(445,202)

Scottish1.4%(414,486)

Polish0.9%(286,778)

Scotch-Irish0.7%(217,090)

Czech0.6%(186,078)

Arab0.6%(178,004)

+ 51 more ancestry groups with data

Dutch0.5%(151,972)

Norwegian0.5%(145,895)

Nigerian0.5%(141,307)

Swedish0.5%(140,876)

British0.3%(102,970)

West Indian0.3%(102,722)

Welsh0.3%(100,047)

Russian0.3%(76,588)

French Canadian0.2%(60,196)

Danish0.2%(50,767)

Portuguese0.2%(49,501)

Greek0.2%(45,602)

Iranian0.1%(44,171)

Lebanese0.1%(43,108)

Jamaican0.1%(41,148)

Hungarian0.1%(38,174)

Ethiopian0.1%(36,364)

Swiss0.1%(34,926)

Ukrainian0.1%(34,536)

Canadian0.1%(31,517)

Brazilian0.1%(27,574)

Austrian0.1%(26,249)

Egyptian0.1%(21,282)

Turkish0.1%(19,561)

Romanian0.1%(18,784)

Iraqi0.1%(18,377)

Kenyan0.1%(18,124)

Haitian0.1%(17,604)

Lithuanian0.1%(17,089)

Finnish0.1%(16,674)

Palestinian0.1%(16,617)

Ghanaian0.1%(15,341)

Jordanian0%(14,237)

Croatian0%(14,053)

Belgian0%(13,752)

Slovak0%(12,195)

Syrian0%(11,470)

Trinidadian & Tobagonian0%(11,216)

Moroccan0%(9,913)

Serbian0%(8,872)

Armenian0%(8,062)

Israeli0%(7,431)

Slovene0%(6,426)

Australian0%(6,321)

Guyanese0%(4,411)

Somali0%(3,883)

Bulgarian0%(3,786)

Latvian0%(2,675)

Barbadian0%(2,472)

Macedonian0%(1,933)

Cape Verdean0%(868)

RANKED:Largest Mexican population · Largest German population · Largest English population · Largest Irish population · Largest American population

Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

20.3%

−2.9 ptsvs 2000

vs 23.2% in 2000

US average: 20.3%

High school or higher

72.1%

−3.5 ptsvs 2000

vs 75.7% in 2000

US average: 75.2%

Graduate degree

6.5%

−1.2 ptsvs 2000

vs 7.6% in 2000

US average: 7.1%

Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute

21.4 min

+22%vs 2000

vs 17.5 min in 2000

US average: 21.9

Section 07

Work & employment

No data for the years selected.

Section 08

People & community

No data for the years selected.

Marital status (2024)

Men 15+

Never married36.9%(4,385,265)

Married52.3%(6,221,497)

Widowed2.3%(277,914)

Divorced8.5%(1,006,791)

Women 15+

Never married31.4%(3,790,551)

Married49.7%(6,008,043)

Widowed7.4%(896,605)

Divorced11.5%(1,387,799)

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Section 09

Health coverage

Showing 2024 (the nearest year with coverage data).

Uninsured

17.1%

−5.7 ptssince 2013

from 22.8% in 2013

US average: 8.4%

Employer-based

51.3%

−0.4 ptssince 2020

from 51.7% in 2020

US average: 54.8%

Direct-purchase

12.3%

+0.8 ptssince 2020

from 11.5% in 2020

US average: 13.8%

Medicare

14.2%

+0.6 ptssince 2020

from 13.6% in 2020

US average: 18.4%

Medicaid

16.2%

−0.3 ptssince 2020

from 16.5% in 2020

US average: 20.9%

VA health care

2.3%

+0.1 ptssince 2020

from 2.2% in 2020

US average: 2.2%

Any private

62.8%

Unchangedsince 2020

from 62.8% in 2020

US average: 67.1%

Any public

29.0%

+0.4 ptssince 2020

from 28.6% in 2020

US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024

Gulf War (2001 or later)34.5%(483,213)

US avg: 26.4%

Gulf War (1990s)28.9%(405,737)

US avg: 24.3%

Vietnam era28.2%(394,982)

US avg: 33.1%

Korean War3.2%(45,562)

US avg: 4.5%

World War II0.6%(8,215)

US avg: 1%

Share of the 1,402,357 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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Section 02

Largest cities

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1.Houston2,397,315

2.San Antonio1,548,422

3.Dallas1,329,491

4.Fort Worth1,028,117

5.Austin1,002,632

6.El Paso683,012

7.Arlington402,134

8.Corpus Christi317,247

9.Plano293,028

10.Lubbock273,071

11.Laredo269,515

12.Irving257,076

13.Garland249,625

14.Frisco236,955

15.McKinney236,001

16.Grand Prairie209,434

17.Amarillo205,130

18.Brownsville192,957

19.Denton169,431

20.Killeen161,883

21.Mesquite150,693

22.McAllen150,640

23.Pasadena148,539

24.Waco147,788

25.Midland147,615

26.Round Rock141,282

27.Lewisville139,006

28.Carrollton134,562

29.Abilene131,588

30.Pearland129,930

31.College Station127,472

32.Odessa122,707

33.New Braunfels122,492

34.The Woodlands121,002

35.League City119,905

36.Conroe119,564

37.Richardson118,542

38.Tyler113,723

39.Allen113,447

40.Beaumont112,967

41.Edinburg110,700

42.Sugar Land107,726

43.Georgetown106,907

44.Wichita Falls101,951

45.San Angelo100,640

Section 03

Metropolitan & micropolitan areas

Metropolitan areas (26)

1.Dallas8,477,157

2.Houston7,904,627

3.San Antonio2,813,140

4.Austin2,620,945

5.McAllen921,549

6.El Paso881,291

7.Killeen511,497

8.Corpus Christi451,191

9.Brownsville433,946

10.Beaumont399,310

11.Lubbock368,431

12.Waco308,807

13.Longview297,315

14.College Station287,476

15.Laredo281,224

16.Amarillo276,235

17.Tyler252,549

18.Midland193,139

19.Abilene185,429

20.Odessa173,801

21.Sherman153,613

22.Wichita Falls149,448

23.Texarkana146,816

24.San Angelo122,065

25.Victoria99,864

26.Eagle Pass58,823

Micropolitan areas (41)

1.Athens88,595

2.Lufkin88,154

3.Huntsville83,842

4.Granbury70,501

5.Rio Grande City66,319

6.Nacogdoches66,035

7.Paris63,319

8.Palestine59,805

9.Corsicana57,181

10.Mount Pleasant57,076

11.Kerrville54,037

12.Jacksonville53,337

13.Del Rio47,835

14.Alice45,383

15.Gainesville44,461

16.Stephenville43,911

17.El Campo42,060

18.Bonham39,265

19.Sulphur Springs39,063

20.Brownwood38,711

21.Brenham38,288

22.Plainview36,700

23.Bay City36,463

24.Beeville32,515

25.Mineral Wells30,791

26.Big Spring30,504

27.Kingsville30,315

28.Fredericksburg28,527

29.Uvalde24,963

30.Dumas21,891

31.Pampa21,786

32.Raymondville19,971

33.Borger19,633

34.Port Lavaca19,599

35.Andrews18,914

36.Hereford18,626

37.Snyder16,162

38.Sweetwater14,117

39.Zapata13,753

40.Vernon12,481

41.Town of Pecos12,138

Metropolitan areas are built around an urban core of 50,000 or more people; micropolitan areas around a core of 10,000 to 50,000. A statistical area can cross state lines, so each is listed under its primary state.

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