This Texas city is the fastest-growing in the nation, census data shows. What about DFW?

Megan Cardona

Everything is bigger in Texas, and its cities are no exception.

Texas is home to four of the top 10 most populous cities in the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Houston ranked fourth with 2,302,878 people, San Antonio ranked seventh with 1,472,909, Dallas is ninth at 1,299,544 and Austin is tenth with 974,447.

Fort Worth is listed at 13th with a population of 956,709. Between 2010 and 2021, Fort Worth grew by 25%, with 194,000 people moving to the city.

Data from the Census Bureau indicates a migration to Southern cities, listing six Texas cities as the fastest-growing large cities in the country.

Georgetown had the highest growth rate among U.S. cities and towns with at least 50,000 people, and remained the fastest-growing city by percent change in 2022, according to the Census Bureau.

The North Texas city of Little Elm had the fifth-highest growth rate with an 8% change from July 2021 to July 2022.

Here are the most populous cities in the United States:

  1. New York: 8,335,897

  2. Los Angeles: 3,822,238

  3. Chicago: 2,665,039

  4. Houston: 2,302,878

  5. Phoenix: 1,644,409

  6. Philadelphia: 1,567,258

  7. San Antonio: 1,472,909

  8. San Diego: 1,381,162

  9. Dallas: 1,299,544

  10. Austin: 974,447

  11. Jacksonville, Florida: 971,319

  12. San Jose, California: 971,233

  13. Fort Worth: 956,709

  14. Columbus, Ohio: 907,971

  15. Charlotte, North Carolina: 897,720

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