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15-05-2025
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Fort Worth surpasses Austin to become fourth-largest city in Texas; ATX drops to 13th nationwide
This story is part of the KXAN Data Hub, where numbers help tell the whole created several data-driven stories and databases on topics including weather and climate, politics, education, sports and growth in Texas. Each story in the KXAN Data Hub is updated as new data becomes available. AUSTIN (KXAN) — While the Austin metro's population continues to grow at a rapid pace, the city of Austin itself has dropped in the largest city rankings, both within Texas and nationwide. New population estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday show Fort Worth has overtaken the capital city to become the fourth-largest city in the state. On a national scale, Austin dropped to the 13th-largest city. RELATED | These were Texas' fastest-growing cities in 2024, according to new Census Bureau estimates Austin's population was estimated at 993,588 in July 2024, an increase of 4,005, or 0.4%, since July 2023. Fort Worth grew at a much faster pace during the same timeframe — up by more than 23,000 residents, or 2.4% — to more than 1 million. Houston, San Antonio and Dallas remain the three largest cities in the state. Houston ranks as the fourth-largest city in the U.S., while San Antonio and Dallas rank seventh and ninth. MORE DATA: See the new population estimate for your city Austin was the nation's tenth-largest city as recently as 2022, but slipped to eleventh last year behind Jacksonville, Florida. This year, it has fallen further to 13th, behind Fort Worth and San Jose, California. The Austin metro as a whole grew by more than 58,000 residents between July 2023 and July 2024, but much of that growth was in suburban communities outside the city of Austin itself. In the KXAN viewing area, four cities appear in the top 30 fastest-growing in the state: Jarrell (28.8%), Marble Falls (24%), Dripping Springs (16.9%) and Liberty Hill (15%). Lockhart, Hutto, Leander and Bastrop all grew by at least 8%, compared to the 0.4% growth seen in Austin. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Business
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These were Texas' fastest-growing cities in 2024, according to new Census Bureau estimates
This story is part of the KXAN Data Hub, where numbers help tell the whole created several data-driven stories and databases on topics including weather and climate, politics, education, sports and growth in Texas. Each story in the KXAN Data Hub is updated as new data becomes available. AUSTIN (KXAN) — Suburban communities in Texas continue to see the fastest growth in the state, according to new population estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau Thursday. The estimates show Fulshear, Celina and Leander all in the top five fastest-growing cities in the country with populations greater than 50,000. Fulshear, west of Houston, grew at a rate of 27% between July 2023 and July 2024. Celina, a suburb of Dallas, grew by 18.2%, while Leander, north of Austin, grew by 8.7%. Georgetown, which had been the fastest-growing city in the country for three years in a row, dropped to 21st place among cities with more than 50,000 residents, growing at a pace of 4.8%. Population estimates: These were Texas' fastest-growing counties in 2024 The Census Bureau previously estimated Texas added 562,941 new residents between July 2023 and July 2024, more than any other state. Texas is now home to an estimated 31,290,831 people, making it the second-most populous state in the country, behind California. While Fulshear, Celina and Leander were the fastest-growing cities with more than 50,000 people, some smaller cities grew at an even faster pace. Princeton, a Dallas suburb, grew by 30.6% between July 2023 and July 2024, from 28,336 residents to 37,019. Jarrell, north of Austin, grew at a rate of 28.8%. Caddo Mills and Boyd, both also in the Dallas/Fort Worth metro, saw population increases of more than 25%. In the KXAN viewing area, four cities appear in the top 30 fastest-growing in the state: Jarrell (28.8%), Marble Falls (24%), Dripping Springs (16.9%) and Liberty Hill (15%). MORE DATA: See the population changes in each state On the opposite end, three local cities appear in the top 30 fastest-declining cities: Meadowlakes (-3.1%), The Hills (-2.3%) and Bee Cave (-2.2%). Use our interactive map and table below to see population changes across the state. You can look up a specific city or county using the search feature in the top left of the map. When looking at population totals, Houston added the most new residents between July 2023 and July 2024, with more than 43,000. San Antonio was second with almost 24,000, while Fort Worth was close behind, with more than 23,400 new residents. The three cities also rank in the top five nationwide for the largest population increases. Rounding out the top five in Texas were McKinney and Fulshear, both of which added more than 11,000 to their populations. Only three cities in Texas saw population declines of more than 200 residents. Richardson, north of Dallas, dropped by 405, while Lakeway, west of Austin, dropped by 320. Wichita Falls saw a population decrease of 261 between July 2023 and July 2024. Five Texas cities rank among the top 15 largest in the nation. Houston remains the largest city in the state, and the fourth-largest nationwide, with almost 2.4 million people. San Antonio ranks seventh-largest in the nation, with more than 1.5 million residents, while Dallas ranks ninth with 1.3 million. Fort Worth and Jacksonville, Florida, each surpassed the 1 million mark. Austin continued to drop in rankings, falling from tenth in 2022 to eleventh in 2023 to 13th in 2024, slipping below Fort Worth and San Jose, California. New York, Los Angeles and Chicago remain the three largest cities nationwide, with Phoenix in fifth place behind Houston. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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13-05-2025
- Climate
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Austin's weather extremes: Hottest, coldest and wettest May records
This story is part of the KXAN Data Hub, where numbers help tell the whole created several data-driven stories and databases on topics including weather and climate, politics, education, sports and growth in Texas. Each story in the KXAN Data Hub is updated as new data becomes available. Editor's Note: The video above shows the latest from the KXAN First Warning Weather team. AUSTIN (KXAN) — At KXAN, we're keeping track of Austin's weather extremes. In this story, we'll take a look at the hottest, coldest and wettest May days in recorded history. For more weather extremes, , or . To determine the hottest or coldest May on record, we use the 'average temperature' for each month, combining the highs and lows recorded each day. A typical May has an average temperature of 7.8°. May 2022 was the hottest May on record, with an average temperature of 82.3°. On the opposite end, May 1907 is the coldest on record, with an average temperature of 67.5°. No other May had an average temperature below 70°. The average high temperature on any given May day is 86.9°, but several days have been much hotter than that. May 24, 1925, was the hottest May day ever in Austin, with a high temperature of 104°. Three other days in May had temperatures higher than 100°. The average low temperature on any given May day is 66.8°, but several days have been much colder than that. May 1, 1925, holds the record as the coldest May day ever in Austin, with a low temperature of 40°. The day after ties with May 7, 1906, as the second-coldest, at 41°. A typical May in Austin sees 5.04″ in the rain gauge at Camp Mabry, making it the wettest month of the year. May 2015 ranks as the wettest on record, with a precipitation total of 17.59″, leading to deadly flash flooding in Central Texas. Four other Mays received more than 10″ of rain. May 28, 1929, holds the record as the wettest May day in Austin history, with 6.16″ of rain in one day. Two other days in May received more than 5″.Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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13-05-2025
- Politics
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TxLege data: How long do sessions last and how many bills are typically passed?
This story is part of the KXAN Data Hub, where numbers help tell the whole created several data-driven stories and databases on topics including weather and climate, politics, education, sports and growth in Texas. Each story in the KXAN Data Hub is updated as new data becomes available. AUSTIN (KXAN) — Each legislative session, thousands of bills are filed by state lawmakers, but how many actually become law? And how long does each session typically last? KXAN dug through the legislative archives to find out. As seen in the chart below, the number of bills filed each legislative session has grown tremendously. In the 27th, 28th and 29th sessions, in the early 1900s, fewer than 1,000 House and Senate bills were filed by state lawmakers. That compares to the more than 8,700 filed so far in the current Legislative session. As of May 13, a total of 5,644 House bills and 3,072 Senate bills have be filed by the current legislature. Of course, not every bill is passed. In the 88th Legislative Session, in 2023, a total of 8,616 bills were filed by state lawmakers in the regular session and four subsequent special sessions. Of those, 1,252 were passed, about 14.5% of all bills filed. Gov. Abbott vetoed 76 bills, according to online legislative statistics. When averaging the last 10 full sessions, lawmakers typically file about 6,890 bills, of which roughly 1,350 are passed — about 19.6% of the total. This session, lawmakers have passed 165 bills as of May 13, about 1.9% of the total. The legislature meets every two years, in odd-numbered years. Since the 1960s, regular sessions have lasted for 140 days. Before then, they ranged from as short as 45 days in 1863 to 177 days in 1949. By state law, special sessions can last a maximum of 30 days, but the governor has the power to call as many special sessions as they want. The record came in the 71st Legislative Session, in 1989 and 1990. Gov. Bill Clements called a total of six special sessions. Since the first legislative session in 1846, there have been an average of 1.5 special sessions for each legislature. The 12th Legislative Session was the longest in state history, at 353 days in total. That session included a 17-day 'provisional' session in February 1870, so Texas could ratify the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Just because a bill passes both the House and Senate, doesn't mean it will become law. The governor has the power to veto bills. An average of 28 bills are vetoed each legislative cycle. The 12th Legislature, in 1870-71, saw the most vetoes in state history. Gov. Edmund J. Davis vetoed a total of 123 bills, 83 of which were in special sessions. When only looking at regular sessions, a record 83 bills were vetoed by Rick Perry in the 77th Legislature, in 2001. Gov. Greg Abbott's 76 vetoes in the most recent regular session ranks second. The two Republicans also rank first and second when it comes to total vetoes during their time in office. Rick Perry vetoed almost 300 bills between 2001 and 2013. Abbott has vetoed almost 250 as of May 12, 2025. William P. Clements, Edmund J. Davis and Daniel J. Moody, Jr. are the only other governors to have vetoed more than 100 bills while in office. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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01-04-2025
- Climate
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Austin's weather extremes: Hottest, coldest and wettest April records
This story is part of the KXAN Data Hub, where numbers help tell the whole created several data-driven stories and databases on topics including weather and climate, politics, education, sports and growth in Texas. Each story in the KXAN Data Hub is updated as new data becomes available. Editor's Note: The video above shows the latest from the KXAN First Warning Weather team. AUSTIN (KXAN) — At KXAN, we're keeping track of Austin's weather extremes. In this story, we'll take a look at the hottest, coldest and wettest April days in recorded history. For more weather extremes, , or . To determine the hottest or coldest April on record, we use the 'average temperature' for each month, combining the highs and lows recorded each day. A typical April has an average temperature of 69.6°. April 2011 was the hottest April on record, with an average temperature of 76.1°. April 1967 is the only other April with an average temperature above 75°. On the opposite end, April 1926 is the coldest on record, with an average temperature of 61.7°. The average high temperature on any given April day is 80.3°, but several days have been much warmer than that. April 17, 2006, and April 2, 1939, tie as the hottest April day ever in Austin, with a high temperature of 99°. The average low temperature on any given April day is 58.9°, but several days have been much colder than that. April 1, 1926, holds the record as the coldest April day ever in Austin, with a low temperature of 30°. Only four other days in April have recorded a freeze, including two days back-to-back in 1924. A typical April in Austin sees 2.42″ in the rain gauge at Camp Mabry. April 1915 ranks as the wettest on record, with a precipitation total of 19.82″, more than 8 times the average total. It also ranks as the second-wettest month ever in Austin, behind only September 1921. April 1921 is the only other April with more than 10″. April 23, 1915, holds the record as the wettest April day in Austin history, with 10″ of rain in one day. April 6, 1900, had 6.5″, making it the only other April day to receive more than 4″ of 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
