TEXAS, USA — This story originally appeared in the Dallas Business Journal, a WFAA news partner.
Texas has been named the fastest-growing state in the U.S., according to data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.
According to the report, Texas has increased by 470,708 people since July 2021. The total state population is now 30,029,572.
Texas joins California as the only state with a resident population above 30 million.
Population growth was fueled by net domestic migration (230,961), net international migration (118,614) and natural increase (118,159), according to the study.
Here are the top 10 states that saw the most numeric growth as of July 2022:
- Texas - 470,708
- Florida - 416,754
- North Carolina - 133,088
- Georgia - 124,847
- Arizona - 94,320
- South Carolina - 89,368
- Tennessee - 82,988
- Washington - 45,041
- Utah - 41,687
- Idaho - 34,719
After a historically low rate of change in 2020 and 2021, the U.S. population increased by 1,256,003 to 333,287,557 in 2022.
“There was a sizeable uptick in population growth last year compared to the prior year’s historically low increase,” Kristie Wilder, a demographer in the Population Division at the Census Bureau, said in the report. “A rebound in net international migration, coupled with the largest year-over-year increase in total births since 2007, is behind this increase.”
After a historically low rate of change in 2020 and 2021, the U.S. population increased by 1,256,003 to 333,287,557 in 2022.
“There was a sizeable uptick in population growth last year compared to the prior year’s historically low increase,” Kristie Wilder, a demographer in the Population Division at the Census Bureau, said in the report. “A rebound in net international migration, coupled with the largest year-over-year increase in total births since 2007, is behind this increase.”
Here are the top 10 most populous states as of July 2022:
- California - 39,029,342
- Texas - 30,029,572
- Florida - 22,244,823
- New York - 19,677,151
- Pennsylvania - 12,972,008
- Illinois - 12,582,032
- Ohio - 11,756,058
- Georgia - 10,912,876
- North Carolina - 10,698,973
- Michigan - 10,034,113
The study is from the Bureau's Population Estimates Program. The analysis looked at current data on births, deaths and migrations to calculate population change.
In 2023, the Census Bureau will release estimates of the 2022 populations for counties, cities, towns, metropolitan and micropolitan areas.
In Oct., Dallas was named one of the fastest-growing economies in the U.S., according to a study by the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise.
