Digging deeper
North Texas, specifically around the Dallas-Fort Worth area, showed the largest overall population growth in 2024, but Central Texas had large gains as well.
Hutto was listed as one of the 15 fastest-growing cities in the state, with a population increase of 9.4% over 2023. Leander was ranked the 10th largest-gaining city with a population of more than 50,000 in the state, and added 7,004 new residents since 2023. This represents a growth of 8.7%.
Georgetown, which has been the fastest-growing city in the country for the last three years, dropped to 21st, but still showed growth at a pace of 4.8%. The city crossed the 100,000 population threshold and now has a population of 101,344.
Cities with a population under 50,000 also displayed significant growth. After Princeton, the Williamson County town of Jarrell is the fastest-growing small city in the state, showing a 28.78% population increase. Other small cities in the Austin metro grew as well, including Liberty Hill (up 14.99%), Dripping Springs (up 16.87%) and Marble Falls (up 23.95%).
Zooming out
Texas is home to the fastest-growing city in America for the fourth year in a row.
The Dallas-Fort Worth suburb of Princeton is now the fastest-growing city in the U.S., with 30% population growth from 2023 to 2024. Princeton joins six other Texas cities listed in the top 15, including Fulshear, Celina, Anna, Fate, Melissa and Hutto.
Among large cities, Houston showed the largest gain, adding 43,217 new residents since 2023. San Antonio and Fort Worth also showed increases of around 23,000 each. Austin showed a .4% increase over 2023 but has fallen behind other similar-sized cities. It has gone from the 10th largest city in America in 2022 to the 13th largest in 2024.
