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Texas population 2026

Q: What is the population of Texas in 2026?

The latest official figure is 31,709,821, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, Texas would have about 32.1 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Texas has 31,709,821 people on the latest official figure, for 1 July 2025, 391,243 more than a year earlier (+1.25%). It is 2nd of the US’s 50 states and DC by population, home to 9.3% of the US’s people.

If last year’s change continues: about 32.1 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.

Texas in numbers

Population: 31.7 million 1 July 2025
Change in a year: +1.25% +391,243 people
Change since 2020: +8.46% from 29.2 million
Share of the US: 9.3% 2nd of 50 states and DC
Population density: 47per km² 676,657 km²
Births in the year: 390 thousand deaths: 232 thousand
International migration: +167 thousand net arrivals from abroad
Moves within the US: +67 thousand more people moved in than left

In the latest year births outnumbered deaths by 157,711, 167,475 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 67,299 more people moved in from the rest of the US than moved out.

That is about as many people as Cameroon (30.6 million).

Population of Texas by year

31.7M

› Show the numbers as a table

Year	Population
2010	25,241,897
2011	25,645,504
2012	26,084,120
2013	26,479,646
2014	26,963,092
2015	27,468,531
2016	27,914,064
2017	28,291,024
2018	28,624,564
2019	28,986,794
2020	29,237,895
2021	29,572,672
2022	30,118,002
2023	30,719,247
2024	31,318,578
2025	31,709,821

Year	Population	Change	%
2025	31,709,821	+391,243	+1.25%
2024	31,318,578	+599,331	+1.95%
2023	30,719,247	+601,245	+2.00%
2022	30,118,002	+545,330	+1.84%
2021	29,572,672	+334,777	+1.15%
2020	29,237,895	+251,101	+0.87%
2019	28,986,794	+362,230	+1.27%
2018	28,624,564	+333,540	+1.18%
2017	28,291,024	+376,960	+1.35%
2016	27,914,064	+445,533	+1.62%
2015	27,468,531	+505,439	+1.87%
2014	26,963,092	+483,446	+1.83%
2013	26,479,646	+395,526	+1.52%
2012	26,084,120	+438,616	+1.71%
2011	25,645,504	+403,607	+1.60%

2010–2019 are Vintage 2020 estimates and 2020–2025 are Vintage 2025, so the step between 2019 and 2020 is partly a change of base.

Texas among the US’s states

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States of the US by population
#
1	California	39,355,309	−0.02%	11.5%	98
2	Texas	31,709,821	+1.25%	9.3%	47
3	Florida	23,462,518	+0.84%	6.9%	169
4	New York State	20,002,427	+0.01%	5.9%	164
5	Pennsylvania	13,059,432	+0.10%	3.8%	113
6	Illinois	12,719,141	+0.13%	3.7%	89
7	Ohio	11,900,510	+0.34%	3.5%	113
8	Georgia (US State)	11,302,748	+0.88%	3.3%	76
9	North Carolina	11,197,968	+1.32%	3.3%	89
10	Michigan	10,127,884	+0.28%	3.0%	69
11	New Jersey	9,548,215	+0.44%	2.8%	501
12	Virginia	8,880,107	+0.69%	2.6%	87
13	Washington State	8,001,020	+0.92%	2.3%	47
14	Arizona	7,623,818	+0.89%	2.2%	26
15	Tennessee	7,315,076	+0.88%	2.1%	69
16	Massachusetts	7,154,084	+0.22%	2.1%	354
17	Indiana	6,973,333	+0.56%	2.0%	75
18	Missouri	6,270,541	+0.43%	1.8%	35
19	Maryland	6,265,347	+0.32%	1.8%	249
20	Colorado	6,012,561	+0.40%	1.8%	22
21	Wisconsin	5,972,787	+0.26%	1.7%	43
22	Minnesota	5,830,405	+0.57%	1.7%	28
23	South Carolina	5,570,274	+1.46%	1.6%	72
24	Alabama	5,193,088	+0.58%	1.5%	40
25	Louisiana	4,618,189	+0.07%	1.4%	41
26	Kentucky	4,606,864	+0.50%	1.3%	45
27	Oregon	4,273,586	+0.19%	1.3%	17
28	Oklahoma	4,123,288	+0.62%	1.2%	23
29	Connecticut	3,688,496	+0.38%	1.1%	294
30	Utah	3,538,904	+1.02%	1.0%	17
31	Nevada	3,282,188	+0.88%	1.0%	12
32	Iowa	3,238,387	+0.25%	0.9%	22
33	Arkansas	3,114,791	+0.60%	0.9%	23
34	Kansas	2,977,220	+0.40%	0.9%	14
35	Mississippi	2,954,160	+0.14%	0.9%	24
36	New Mexico	2,125,498	−0.06%	0.6%	7
37	Idaho	2,029,733	+1.44%	0.6%	10
38	Nebraska	2,018,006	+0.62%	0.6%	10
39	West Virginia	1,766,147	−0.07%	0.5%	28
40	Hawaii	1,432,820	−0.15%	0.4%	86
41	New Hampshire	1,415,342	+0.48%	0.4%	61
42	Maine	1,414,874	+0.46%	0.4%	18
43	Montana	1,144,694	+0.63%	0.3%	3
44	Rhode Island	1,114,521	+0.37%	0.3%	416
45	Delaware	1,059,952	+0.94%	0.3%	210
46	South Dakota	935,094	+0.86%	0.3%	5
47	North Dakota	799,358	+0.75%	0.2%	5
48	Alaska	737,270	+0.10%	0.2%	1
49	District of Columbia	693,645	+0.34%	0.2%	4,381
50	Vermont	644,663	−0.29%	0.2%	27
51	Wyoming	588,753	+0.35%	0.2%	2

Largest cities in Texas

City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.

Houston2,314,157
San Antonio1,526,656
Dallas1,326,087
Fort Worth1,008,106
Austin974,447
El Paso678,815

Air quality in Texas today

Hourly AQI and a 48-hour forecast.

Houston San Antonio Dallas Fort Worth Austin El Paso

Questions

What is the population of Texas in 2026?

The latest official figure is 31,709,821, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, Texas would have about 32.1 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Is Texas’s population growing or shrinking?

It grew by 391,243 people (+1.25%) in the latest year, and has changed +8.46% since 2020. In the latest year births outnumbered deaths by 157,711, 167,475 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 67,299 more people moved in from the rest of the US than moved out.

How does Texas rank in the US?

Texas is 2nd of the US’s 50 states and DC, with 9.3% of the people. California is the largest, with 39.4 million.

What is the population density of Texas?

About 47 people per km², on 676,657 km². Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer.

What is the largest city in Texas?

Houston, with about 2.3 million people in the city proper. Metro areas are larger, and years differ (GeoNames).

Source and method

US Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates. US government work, public domain. Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for the US, which uses a different method. The 2026 figure above carries last year’s change forward; it does not come from the source.

Cite this page: Texas population, US Census Bureau, 1 July 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/united-states/texas/

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