Texas comes in No. 1 for new residents in latest Census data

[Neil Narayan]

Texas added more new residents than any other state over the past year and now has a population of over 31 million people.

According to estimates released Dec. 19 by the U.S. Census Bureau, Texas added just under 563,000 new residents between July 1, 2023, and July 1, 2024.

Florida came in second, adding 467,000 new residents over the 12-month period, and California came in third, adding 233,000.

The new figures indicate Texas is still in the midst of a population boom, with the state adding over 2 million new residents since 2020 when the last official decennial census took place. It’s now estimated that Texas has 31.29 million residents, up from the 2020 count of 29.15 million.

But Texas also ranked as the top state in the nation for domestic migration and natural increases over the past year.