STATE · ADMITTED 1845 · 2020 ACS
Texas
29,145,505 residents · 254 counties · 1863 cities · 261,232 sq mi · 6,896 census tracts
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Texas is home to 29,145,505 people. 8,293,685 more people live here than in 2000. This skews young, with a median age of 35.6. The typical home is worth $187,200, having more than doubled since 2000. About 31% of adults have finished a four-year degree. Households earn $63,826 at the median, near the US median.
Section 01
Population & growth
Land area
261,232 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
202430.2M
Age distribution, 2020
Under 56.2%(1,819,260)
5 to 96.9%(2,006,756)
10 to 147.4%(2,163,739)
15 to 197.4%(2,156,098)
20 to 247%(2,048,184)
25 to 3414.1%(4,122,639)
35 to 4413.5%(3,941,163)
45 to 5412.3%(3,582,295)
55 to 6411.6%(3,384,236)
65 to 748.2%(2,402,389)
75 to 843.8%(1,121,201)
85 and over1.4%(397,545)
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Section 02
Income & economy
$63,826
+6%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $39,927 in 2000
US average: $66,278
1990 – 2024
Households earning $100K+
43.0%
+12.5 ptssince 2009
from 30.5% in 2009
US average: 43.9%
Workforce by industry, 2020
Information11.2%
Wholesale trade8.6%
Retail trade8.4%
Other services6.8%
Finance & insurance6%
Professional, scientific, technical5.1%
Public administration4.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing2.8%
Transportation & warehousing2.8%
Manufacturing2%
Arts, entertainment, food1.7%
Education & health services0.9%
Construction0.8%
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Section 03
Housing
$187,200
+60%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $77,800 in 2000
US average: $265,253
1990 – 2024
2.9
+19%since 2009
from 2.5 in 2009
2009 – 2024
Years of local income it takes to buy a local home, on a scale of about 0 to 15. Lower is more affordable.
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%
2020
White, non-Hispanic39.7%(11,584,597)
Black11.8%(3,444,712)
Hispanic / Latino39.3%(11,441,717)
Asian5.4%(1,561,518)
Other2.5%(739,243)
No data for the years selected.
Section 04 · Origins
Detailed origins & ancestry
Hispanic origin
Mexican33.3%(9,530,419)
Central American2.3%(668,532)
Salvadoran1.2%(335,407)
South American0.8%(230,518)
Puerto Rican0.8%(217,113)
Honduran0.6%(166,194)
Guatemalan0.4%(107,809)
Spaniard0.4%(101,929)
Cuban0.3%(99,954)
Colombian0.3%(81,601)
Venezuelan0.2%(59,213)
Peruvian0.1%(34,463)
+ 10 more hispanic origin groups with data
Dominican0.1%(26,138)
Nicaraguan0.1%(25,835)
Panamanian0.1%(19,918)
Ecuadorian0.1%(17,365)
Argentine0.1%(16,886)
Costa Rican0%(9,807)
Chilean0%(9,151)
Bolivian0%(5,889)
Uruguayan0%(3,530)
Paraguayan0%(1,185)
Asian origin
Asian Indian1.5%(434,221)
Vietnamese1%(278,124)
Chinese0.7%(206,762)
Filipino0.5%(138,677)
Korean0.3%(80,349)
Pakistani0.3%(80,079)
Japanese0.1%(22,369)
Nepalese0.1%(21,764)
Burmese0.1%(16,709)
Cambodian0.1%(16,079)
Taiwanese0.1%(15,598)
Laotian0.1%(14,554)
+ 9 more asian origin groups with data
Thai0%(12,818)
Bangladeshi0%(11,505)
Indonesian0%(5,902)
Sri Lankan0%(5,685)
Hmong0%(2,482)
Malaysian0%(2,165)
Bhutanese0%(924)
Mongolian0%(351)
Okinawan0%(86)
Pacific Islander origin
Native Hawaiian0.1%(17,728)
Chamorro0%(14,260)
Samoan0%(8,828)
Tongan0%(2,332)
Fijian0%(610)
Marshallese0%(300)
Ancestry
German8.5%(2,429,525)
English6.2%(1,772,914)
Irish6.1%(1,745,532)
American5.4%(1,543,181)
Italian1.8%(523,680)
French1.8%(508,696)
Subsaharan African1.4%(392,518)
Scottish1.3%(378,812)
Polish1%(291,864)
Scotch-Irish0.9%(249,798)
Czech0.7%(193,058)
Dutch0.6%(178,457)
+ 51 more ancestry groups with data
British0.5%(156,106)
Norwegian0.5%(145,580)
Swedish0.5%(140,123)
Welsh0.4%(110,262)
Nigerian0.3%(94,055)
West Indian0.3%(82,997)
Russian0.3%(78,118)
French Canadian0.2%(67,510)
Danish0.2%(49,957)
Greek0.2%(48,697)
Iranian0.1%(39,586)
Portuguese0.1%(36,655)
Swiss0.1%(35,815)
Hungarian0.1%(35,341)
Lebanese0.1%(34,353)
Canadian0.1%(34,084)
Jamaican0.1%(29,614)
Ethiopian0.1%(27,321)
Austrian0.1%(27,095)
Ukrainian0.1%(24,059)
Brazilian0.1%(22,140)
Arab0.1%(19,684)
Iraqi0.1%(19,213)
Romanian0.1%(18,931)
Finnish0.1%(18,063)
Egyptian0.1%(16,745)
Lithuanian0.1%(16,653)
Turkish0.1%(14,687)
Belgian0%(14,255)
Kenyan0%(13,267)
Palestinian0%(12,301)
Slovak0%(11,787)
Jordanian0%(11,235)
Croatian0%(10,927)
Haitian0%(10,865)
Trinidadian & Tobagonian0%(9,731)
Syrian0%(9,561)
Ghanaian0%(9,151)
Australian0%(7,529)
Armenian0%(7,286)
Serbian0%(6,250)
Slovene0%(5,561)
Israeli0%(5,464)
Moroccan0%(4,858)
Bulgarian0%(4,386)
Somali0%(3,612)
Guyanese0%(3,038)
Barbadian0%(2,684)
Latvian0%(2,373)
Macedonian0%(903)
Cape Verdean0%(381)
Section 05
Education
High school or higher
84.4%
+8.7 ptssince 2000
from 75.7% in 2000
US average: 88.5%
Section 06
Commute & transportation
Section 07
Work & employment
Women 20-64 in the labor force
70.7%
US average: 73.3%
Section 08
People & community
Computer in household
92.7%
US average: 91.9%
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)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09
Health coverage
Direct-purchase
11.5%
US average: 13.7%
VA health care
2.2%
US average: 2.3%
Any private
62.8%
US average: 68.1%
Any public
28.6%
US average: 35.2%
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, 2020
Gulf War (2001 or later)27.3%(391,956)
Gulf War (1990s)26.3%(377,223)
Vietnam era32.2%(461,679)
Korean War5.8%(83,667)
World War II1.9%(27,453)
Share of the 1,435,527 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
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.
Frequently asked
How many people live in Texas?
Texas has about 29,145,505 residents according to the 2020 American Community Survey.
What is the median household income in Texas?
The typical household in Texas earns about $63,826 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.
Is Texas expensive?
In Texas, the median home is worth about $187,200, and the typical rent is about $1,082 a month.
How educated are people in Texas?
About 30.7% of adults age 25 and over in Texas hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
What is the poverty rate in Texas?
About 14.2% of people in Texas live below the federal poverty line.
Has Texas grown since 1990?
Yes, Texas has grown since 1990. The population has added about 12,158,995 residents, a change of about 72 percent over that period.
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