Texas Added 400,000 New Residents Over the Past Year

Texas added nearly 400,000 residents during the past year,  the most of any state, according to the Census Bureau.  On Wednesday the population figures were released and Texas now is home to 28,304,596 residents, that includes 399,734 that moved to the Lone Star State from the past 12 months.   So where are all these folks coming from?

  • More than half of these new Texans (209,690) are the result of births (404,311) outpacing deaths (194,621).
  • International: 110,417 people moved to Texas from other countries.
  • Domestic: 79,163 people arrived from other U.S. states.

Texas stands as the second as the most populous states. California is still number one with 39.5 million residents. and Third place is Florida with 20.9 million residents and surprise New York is Fourth is the U.S. with population of 19.8 million.   MORE Details:  HERE

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