More than two-thirds of Texas’ 30.3 million residents live in four largest metro areas

Fort Worth saw more new residents than any other Texas city between 2020 and 2023. But the Austin region is still the fastest-growing metropolitan area in Texas. (Credit: Leslie Boorhem-Stephenson for The Texas Tribune)

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Texas added nearly 1.6 million people between 2020 and Jan. 1, with the Austin region — the state’s fastest-growing metro area with 7.2% growth — drawing in the most new residents, according to new population data by the Texas Demographic Center. But Fort Worth added more residents — 48,542 — than any other city.