Everything is bigger in Texas, including the number of residents of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds who joined the state's population last year.
The Lone Star State led all others in new Hispanic, Asian and Black residents in 2023. Among U.S. metro areas, Houston added the most Hispanic residents, and Dallas the most Asian and Black residents, according to population estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday.
Texas also the had the biggest jump last year in the overall population, adding 473,000 people.
We are adding more people, and that would include all different kinds of people, and more diversity, said Xiuhong Helen You, associate director and senior demographer of the Texas Demographic Center. Whether it's people who are looking for job opportunities or whether it's people who are beginning to establish families and are looking for affordable homes.
Nationwide, Hispanic residents propelled U.S. growth last year, accounting for almost three-quarters of the
