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Texas rank U.S. rank Metropolitan area Metropolitan division Population (2023 est.) 1 4 Dallas–Fort Worth 8,100,037: 2 5 Houston 7,510,253: 3 24 San Antonio 2,703,999: 4 26 Austin 2,473,275: 5 65 McAllen 898,471: 6 68 El Paso 873,331: 7 110 Killeen-Temple 501,333: 8 121 Corpus Christi 448,323: 9 127 Brownsville-Harlingen 426,710: 10 140
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated 13 combined statistical areas, 26 metropolitan statistical areas, and 41 micropolitan statistical areas in Texas. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK CSA , encompassing the area around the twin cities of Dallas and Fort Worth in the northern part of the state.
As of the 2020 U.S. census, the Austin–Round Rock–Georgetown MSA is the 26th-largest metropolitan area in the United States, with a total population of 2,352,426. [1] The metropolitan area contains the City of Austin—the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 10th-largest city in the United States with a population of 974,447 people. [5]
The center published its latest population estimates evaluating data from July 1, 2023, through Jan. 1, 2024, and from April 2020 to July 2023, analyzing county population data.
Numerically, Greater Houston is the second fastest growing metropolitan area in the U.S. [35] There were a total of 7,122,240 residents within the Greater Houston metropolitan area as of 2020, according to the United States Census Bureau. [36] [37] In 2010, Greater Houston had 5,920,416 residents and in 2000, it had a population of 4,177,646.
The metropolitan area straddles South Texas and Central Texas and is on the southwestern corner of the Texas Triangle. The official 2020 U.S. census showed the metropolitan area's population at 2,558,143—up from a reported 1,711,103 in 2000—making it the 24th largest metropolitan area in the United States.
Imagine a metro area with nearly 34 million people.
In 2015, the conurbated metropolitan area would rank the ninth-largest economy if it were a U.S. state. [10] In 2020, Dallas–Fort Worth was recognized as the 36th best metropolitan area for STEM professionals in the U.S. [11] The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex comprises the highest concentration of colleges and universities in Texas.