The Texas Demographic Center’s new aging visualization highlights the state’s rapidly growing 65+ population. As Texas ages, communities will face increasing demand for health care, housing, transportation, and other essential services.
This Story Map features the Texas Demographic Center's Vintage 2024 population projections. It includes residential population data for the state and its counties, broken down by age, sex, and race/ethnicity for each year from 2020 to 2060. The projections are presented under three migration scenarios, and the data mapped here visualizes the mid-migration scenario.
Texas’ fertility rate remains higher than the national average despite ongoing declines. Dr. Lloyd Potter, Texas State Demographer, said population growth will continue to be supported by the state's relatively high fertility rates and lower death rates, even as migration slows.
The article explains that Fort Worth’s rapid population growth has made it the 10th-largest city in the U.S., and demographer Dr. Helen You says this growth is driven by migration and changing population trends in Texas.
