
Unexpected: Austin Dethroned As Fastest Growing City In Texas
Wow, how did this happen? Austin to San Antonio, Texas, had been the fastest growing area in the USA in the last few years, especially since the COVID craziness.
Culture Map Dallas reports that according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Vintage 2023 Population Estimates, released Thursday, May 16, Celina—which straddles Collin and Denton counties—topped the list of fastest-growing cities with a population of 20,000 or more. Many new businesses have also moved there recently.
The census estimates eight cities in Texas are still quickly growing.
- Fulshear (No. 2) with 25.6 percent growth (42,616 total population)
- Princeton (No. 3) with 22.3 percent growth (28,027 total population)
- Anna (No. 4) with 16.9 percent growth (27,501 total population)
- Georgetown (No. 8) with 10.6 percent growth (96,312 total population)
- Prosper (No. 9) with 10.5 percent growth (41,660 total population)
- Forney (No. 10) with 10.4 percent growth (35,470 total population)
- Kyle (No. 11) with 9 percent growth (62,548 total population)
San Antonio saw the most significant growth in the United States last year. The Alamo City added about 22,000 residents. San Antonio now has nearly 1.5 million people, making it the seventh-largest city in the U.S. and second-largest in Texas.
Fast-growing Fort Worth (978,000) surpassed San Jose, California (970,000) to become the 12th most populous city in the country.
Meanwhile, the population slowed in the Austin area. Jacksonville, Florida (986,000) outpaced Austin (980,000), pushing the Texas capital to the 11th largest city in the U.S. (barely ahead of Fort Worth).
The report says population growth in Georgetown, outside Austin, slowed by more than one-fourth of its development in 2022, from 14.4 percent to 10.6 percent. It's the same story in the Central Texas city of Kyle, whose population growth decreased by nearly 2 percent to 9 percent in 2023.
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