Texas is the second-largest state by area, surpassed only by Alaska. It also has the second-largest population size, at 30.5 million as of July 2023, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

Texas’ centers of population haven’t followed much of a pattern. The interactive map below shows all of the Lone Star State’s centers of population using Census data dating back to 1880.

we expressed a desire to once and for all make the ultimate map of Texas’s regions. We requested your help. How far south does the Panhandle reach? Is Houston located in East Texas? Where does ...

The Census Bureau’s most recent American Community Survey estimates more than 15.8 million Americans previously served. Unsurprisingly, the nation’s most-populated states — Texas ...

(Elías Valverde II / Staff Photographer) Rapid growth in Texas’ suburbs has sparked a population boom adding millions more homes, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Texas is only getting bigger. Recent census data from 2020 to 2023 support this claim with a boom in population growth. According to the latest U.S. Census Bureau figures, Texas cities ...