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Texas' population growth between 2000 and 2010 represents the highest population increase, by number of people, for any U.S. state during this time period. At the 2020 United States census it was reported that Texas had a resident population of 29,145,505, [ 1 ] a 15.9% increase since the 2010 U.S. census .
Dallas–Fort Worth is the most populous metropolitan area of Texas, and the Southern United States.Having 7,637,387 residents at the 2020 U.S. census, [1] the metropolitan statistical area has experienced positive growth trends since the former Dallas and Fort Worth metropolitan areas conurbated into the Metroplex.
In some states, these numbers can be tremendously different, for example in Missouri, a state with relatively strict controls on abortion, the abortion rate by state of occurrence dropped from 4 in 1000 women aged 15–44 for 2017 to 0.1 for 2020, because 57% of abortion recipients went out of state in 2017, while 99% did so in 2020. [28]
The number of women in Texas who died while pregnant, during labor or soon after childbirth skyrocketed following the state’s 2021 ban on abortion care — far outpacing a slower rise in ...
During the state's first year banning the procedure, data from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission showed six children aged 11 or younger, two children aged 12-13 and nearly 30 children ...
Global population decline is a threat to our long-term economic health. | Opinion
The Trust for America's Health ranked Texas 15th highest in adult obesity, with 27.2 percent of the state's population measured as obese. [29] The 2008 Men's Health obesity survey ranked four Texas cities among the top 25 fattest cities in America; Houston ranked 6th, Dallas 7th, El Paso 8th, and Arlington 14th. [ 73 ]
Texas added 470,708 since July 2021, growing the state’s total population to 30,029,572.