Lloyd Potter
State Demographer

  • Commuters’ Characteristics and Commuting Time in Texas

    The Texas Demographic Center published an infographic highlighting commuters’ characteristics and commuting time in Texas. Among other the infographic shows information on transportation mode choice by commuters, most frequently used public transportation modes, and commuters’ income by transportation mode.

  • Employment and Educational Attainment in Texas, 2010-2020

    The Texas Demographic Center has created an interactive swipe map to highlight changes for employment and educational attainment between 2010 and 2020 in Texas, using recently released American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2016-2020). This map is accompanied by an infographic featuring some data highlights.

  • 2020 Census P.L. 94-171 Redistricting Data

    On August 12th, 2021, The U.S. Census Bureau released the 2020 Redistricting Data , which includes information on total population, race and ethnicity data, total housing units, total group quarter population, and voting age population at all census geography levels. Visit our Census 2020 Redistricting page to view the data for Texas with our interactive tools, download the full datasets, and find other useful links.

  • 2020 Census Texas Population

    As of April, 2020 [View Infographic]

  • Household and Labor Force Projections of Texas and its Counties

    The Texas Demographic Center periodically produces special projections focusing on selected household, socioeconomic, and health indicators. They are available at the state level and the county level. These projections utilize the latest TDC population projections and are intended as a means of understanding the potential impacts of population and demographic change on the State of Texas and its counties and regions.  We have recently released the Household Projections and the Labor Force Projections for the State of Texas and its counties for 2010 to 2050.
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  • Texas's Most Vulnerable Populations

    Recent studies conducted during the pandemic have helped to identify subsets of the population most impacted by the coronavirus and the pandemic-induced economic recession. The latest brief from the Texas Demographic Center uses the recently released 2019 American Community Survey one-year summary file data to estimate Texas’s most vulnerable populations, their share of the population, and explore some of their pre-existing challenges, specifically around housing and food insecurity and health insurance status.
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TDC in the News

Census: Poverty for single mothers on the rise in San Antonio September 15, 2022
Overlooked No More: How Asian Texans Shape the State May 30, 2022
San Antonio suburb booms as No. 5 fastest-growing cities in the U.S. May 27, 2022
Back to Carthage: East Texas town looks to pandemic homecomers to stem population loss April 06, 2022
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Latest Presentations

December 02, 2022 [PPTX][PDF]
Transportation Excellence for the 21st Century
December 01, 2022 [PPTX][PDF]
Corpus Christi MPO
November 17, 2022 [PPTX][PDF]
Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative
September 21, 2022 [PPTX][PDF]
Texas Asphalt Pavement Association
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Latest Publications

Evaluating the Impact of Differential PrivacyMay 2021
Texas Household Trends and Projections, 2010-2050April 2021
Evaluation of the Proposed 2020 Metropolitan Statistical Areas CriteriaMarch 2021
Evaluation of the Proposed 2020 Urban Area CriteriaMarch 2021

Texas Demographic Center Updates

Women’s History Month 2023: Women in Texas

March 14, 2023
The Texas Demographic Center recognizes the contributions of women in Texas during Women's History Month. Explore our infographic highlighting the progress women have made in education and the workforce and where improvements can be made in closing the wage gap between men and women.

2021 Population Estimates

February 27, 2023
Final population estimates for counties and places are now available for July 1, 2021 and January 1, 2022. Visit our estimates webpage for additional information and data files.

Housing Cost Burden in Texas, 2017-2021

December 12, 2022
The Texas Demographic Center analyzed Housing Cost Burden in the state and counties using data from the recently released 2021 American Community Survey 5-year estimates. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) identifies households with housing cost burden if they pay more than 30% of their monthly income on housing costs. This includes rent or mortgage payments, utilities, and other fees.

2022 Population Projections for the State and Counties released

October 17, 2022
Texas Demographic Center released its Vintage 2022 projections of the state’s total population by age and sex and the total population of the Counties in Texas for 2020-2060. These projections are available in two migration scenarios. Read the methodology and access the data.

Commuters’ Characteristics and Commuting Time in Texas

August 11, 2022
The Texas Demographic Center published an infographic highlighting commuters’ characteristics and commuting time in Texas. Among other the infographic shows information on transportation mode choice by commuters, most frequently used public transportation modes, and commuters’ income by transportation mode.

2022 Texas Demographic Conference presentations now available

July 6, 2022
The 2022 Texas Demographic Conference hosted many great speakers who shared valuable information about the dynamic demographic trends happening in our state. Conference presentations and video recordings are now available on our website.