Dallas-Fort Worth no longer leads the country’s metro areas in population gain, according to numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau released March 13.
The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area, home to an estimated 8.3 million people as of July 2024, had held the growth title after it gained nearly 153,000 residents between July 2022 and July 2023 . DFW gained more new people the following year — almost 178,000 between July 2023 and July 2024 —but the region lagged behind the New York and Houston metropolitan areas in numeric growth.
Take a deeper look at the growth in North Texas and how it compares to other parts of Texas and the U.S.
New residents in North Texas, Tarrant County
The New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area gained the most people between July 2023 and July 2024: just over 213,000. The Houston area added the second most — 198,000…