Texas added more residents than any other state last year, but the number of immigrants moving to the state dropped by 48%. The state’s population growth slowed significantly last year, amid a nationwide slowdown in the number of newcomers moving to the United States.<\/p>\n
The U.S. Census Bureau released new data showing that Texas added 391,243 residents in 2025, bringing the state’s population to 31.7 million. However, the state grew by only 1.2%, its slowest clip since 2021. This is a significant drop from the previous years, which saw red-hot growth following the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
Part of the slowdown comes from a steep drop-off in the number of immigrants moving to Texas. The state added 67,475 newcomers from abroad in 2025, a 48% decline from the previous year. This decline is attributed in part to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. The national decrease in immigration was even more significant, with net international migration to the United States falling by about 55% to 1.3 million in 2025.<\/p>\n
The decline in population growth may have economic implications for the state. According to Lloyd Potter, the state demographer, "I think the implication is our economic growth isn’t probably going to be as hearty as what we’ve seen historically." The state’s economic growth may not be as robust as it has been in the past, due to the decline in population growth.<\/p>\n
Texas also saw fewer newcomers coming from other states. Some 67,299 people moved to Texas from elsewhere in the country in 2025, behind North Carolina, which saw 84,064 newcomers from other states. This is a stark drop off from Texas’ peak years of poaching residents from competing states. It’s possible that the well of potential new Texans living in other states has run relatively dry for now, meaning that people who want to move to Texas have already moved here.<\/p>\n
Even as the state’s population growth slows down, people are still being added to the population through natural change, meaning the number by which births outnumbered deaths. Texas gained 157,111 residents through natural change, with 390,203 births compared with 232,492 deaths last year.<\/p>\n
In conclusion, Texas’ population growth has slowed down significantly, with a decline in immigration and a drop in newcomers from other states. While the state still added more residents than any other state, the economic implications of this slowdown may be significant. However, there is a potential bright spot in slower growth, as local officials may now have more breathing room to catch up on infrastructure needs brought on by the state’s population boom. Since 2020, Texas has added some 2.6 million residents, the most of any other state, with more than two-thirds of that growth coming from people moving to Texas from elsewhere in the country or from abroad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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