population growth in texas
Between 2010 and 2016, Texas has grown at a faster rate than any state save the much-smaller North Dakota. This year, however, Texas came in tenth in terms of its rate of population growth, increasing 1.58 percent. Utah had the highest growth rate, at 2 percent, while the nation as a whole grew by only 0.7 percent â the lowest rate since the Great Depression. Between 2000 and 2010, Texas grew at an average rate of about 2 percent per year.