Austin Is Blowing Away Every Other Big City in Population

[Lisa Bujulian]

Doing research today since the question keeps arising, "Yes we all know Austin is growing, but by how much, what are the official stats?" 

Austin, the capital of Texas and the 11th largest city in the United States, is also the 3rd largest state capital. The population of Austin in 2016 is estimated at 931,830, which is an increase of more than 3% over the last census in 2010.

Austin's 2016 population is estimated at 931,830, but its 5-county metropolitan area has an estimated population of over 2 million. Austin has a population density of 3,358.32 people per square mile (1,296.65/square kilometer), so there is definitely room to grow.

Austin is one of the fastest-growing cities in the country now, with a population growth rate of almost 3%.Which is to say, no other major city even came close to Austin's pace of expansion, much as has been the case ever since the recession ended.

[Eric Guiltinan]

@Lisa Bujulian @Account Closed

Pulled this off the census website this morning.  This is the latest data.  The next year (July 2015 to July 2016) is supposed to come out in December but it hasn't been released yet.  This chart is the growth rate of the 50 largest metros from July 2014 to July 2015.  I'd show more than the 50 largest metros but the graph gets sloppy.

Data comes from here:

https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=bkmk