Population under 18 in Texas

Population under 18 in Texas was 24% in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 0.3 pts from 2024. That is the 2nd highest of 51 states in 2025.

202524%
Change on 2024-0.3 pts
Rank2nd of 51US states ranked
Series high27.22010
Series low242025

Population under 18 in Texas, 2010 to 2025

2324252627282010201320162019202220252010: 27.2 %2011: 27 %2012: 26.7 %2013: 26.5 %2014: 26.3 %2015: 26.1 %2016: 26 %2017: 25.7 %2018: 25.5 %2019: 25.2 %2020: 25.3 %2021: 25 %2022: 24.8 %2023: 24.5 %2024: 24.3 %2025: 24 %
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-06-25.
All 16 values
Period%
202524
202424.3
202324.5
202224.8
202125
202025.3
201925.2
201825.5
201725.7
201626
201526.1
201426.3
201326.5
201226.7
201127
201027.2

Compared with United States

Place2025
Texas24
United States21.1

Rankings

Definition

Residents aged 0 to 17 as a percentage of total population on 1 July. United States: Census Bureau county population estimates by age; states and the nation are sums of their counties.

Uses the US age of majority. Not comparable with population_0_14_share, which stops at 14.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: residents aged 0 to 17 as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Questions

What is the population under 18 in Texas?

Population under 18 in Texas was 24% in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 0.3 pts from 2024. That is the 2nd highest of 51 states in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: residents aged 0 to 17 as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest population under 18 in Texas?

27.2% in 2010, the highest value since 2010 in this series.

Population under 18 elsewhere in United States

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