The South and the West have the fastest-growing cities in the U.S., and Texas has a bumper crop of those cities, new population estimates for cities and towns released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau revealed.
Just how many Texas towns and cities showed growth? Three made the top 15 most populous cities in the U.S. and even more saw substantial growth.
“On the other hand, of the 19,495 incorporated places in the United States, around 76 percent (14,768) had fewer than 5,000 people,” the Census Bureau said.
And where are all those people living? The country’s housing stock grew by 1.2 million units between 2017 and 2018, totally 138.5 million homes in total.
“Four states gained more than 50,000 housing units between 2017 and 2018: Texas (172,000), Florida (108,000), California (104,000) and North Carolina (63,000),” the Census Bureau said.
Texas had an increase of 1.6 percent.
In the last eight years, U.S. housing stock has increased by 6.8 million units. Texas was among the top five states in housing growth, increasing its stock by 11.3 percent since 2010.
In fact, Texas added 1.1 million housing units between April 1, 2010, and July 1, 2018.
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