Newcomers to the Lone Star State

Four Texas Metro Areas Collectively Add More Than 400,000 People in the Last Year, Census Bureau Reports

Have you noticed the influx of newcomers to your neighborhood?   According to a U.S. Census Bureau release, four Texas metro areas together added more people last year than any state in the country except for Texas as a whole, according to new U.S. Census Bureau population estimates released today. The population in these four metro areas increased by more than 400,000 people from July 1, 2014, to July 1, 2015.

The Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro areas added about 159,000 and 145,000 residents, respectively — the largest gains of any metro areas in the nation. Two additional Texas metro areas adjacent to each other — Austin-Round Rock and San Antonio-New Braunfels — were each also among the 16 nationwide to gain 50,000 or more people over the period.
These four Texas metro areas collectively added about 412,000 people. Texas as a whole gained about 490,000.

Eight counties drove Texas’ metro area growth and were among the 20 counties nationwide that gained the most population between 2014 and 2015. Altogether, they added 306,736 people:

• The Dallas metro area contained four of these counties: Tarrant, Dallas, Collin and Denton.
• The Houston metro area contained two: Harris, which led the nation by gaining more than 90,000 people, and Fort Bend.
• Bexar, in the San Antonio metro area.
• Travis, in the Austin metro area.

In the true Texas friendly spirit, make newcomers feel welcome and invite them to get involved. They're more than a number--they're neighbors!