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Cities in Texas by population

Houston, TX had the highest population of 256 cities in 2023, at 2.35 million. Josephine, TX had the lowest, at 7,205. The median was 24,881 and the figure for Texas was 30.72 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest2,345,418Houston, TX
Lowest7,205Josephine, TX
Median24,881256 cities
Texas30,719,247History

Top 40 cities, 2023

Houston, TX: 2,345,418 personsHouston, TX2,345,418San Antonio, TX: 1,505,047 personsSan Antonio, TX1,505,047Dallas, TX: 1,318,565 personsDallas, TX1,318,565Austin, TX: 990,110 personsAustin, TX990,110Fort Worth, TX: 983,882 personsFort Worth, TX983,882El Paso, TX: 682,050 personsEl Paso, TX682,050Arlington, TX: 400,547 personsArlington, TX400,547Corpus Christi, TX: 316,883 personsCorpus Christi, TX316,883Plano, TX: 293,395 personsPlano, TX293,395Lubbock, TX: 267,247 personsLubbock, TX267,247Laredo, TX: 260,319 personsLaredo, TX260,319Irving, TX: 257,427 personsIrving, TX257,427Garland, TX: 246,232 personsGarland, TX246,232Frisco, TX: 226,878 personsFrisco, TX226,878McKinney, TX: 215,834 personsMcKinney, TX215,834Grand Prairie, TX: 203,872 personsGrand Prairie, TX203,872Amarillo, TX: 202,585 personsAmarillo, TX202,585Brownsville, TX: 190,727 personsBrownsville, TX190,727Killeen, TX: 159,786 personsKilleen, TX159,786Denton, TX: 159,300 personsDenton, TX159,300Mesquite, TX: 148,918 personsMesquite, TX148,918Pasadena, TX: 148,596 personsPasadena, TX148,596McAllen, TX: 147,125 personsMcAllen, TX147,125Waco, TX: 144,854 personsWaco, TX144,854Midland, TX: 139,801 personsMidland, TX139,801Lewisville, TX: 134,368 personsLewisville, TX134,368Carrollton, TX: 134,116 personsCarrollton, TX134,116Round Rock, TX: 131,315 personsRound Rock, TX131,315Pearland, TX: 129,939 personsPearland, TX129,939Abilene, TX: 129,167 personsAbilene, TX129,167College Station, TX: 126,369 personsCollege Station, TX126,369Richardson, TX: 118,734 personsRichardson, TX118,734Odessa, TX: 116,738 personsOdessa, TX116,738League City, TX: 116,391 personsLeague City, TX116,391Allen, TX: 112,817 personsAllen, TX112,817Beaumont, TX: 112,593 personsBeaumont, TX112,593New Braunfels, TX: 111,132 personsNew Braunfels, TX111,132Tyler, TX: 110,736 personsTyler, TX110,736Sugar Land, TX: 109,289 personsSugar Land, TX109,289Conroe, TX: 108,897 personsConroe, TX108,897Houston, TX: 2,345,418 personsHouston, TX2,345,418San Antonio, TX: 1,505,047 personsSan Antonio, TX1,505,047Dallas, TX: 1,318,565 personsDallas, TX1,318,565Austin, TX: 990,110 personsAustin, TX990,110Fort Worth, TX: 983,882 personsFort Worth, TX983,882El Paso, TX: 682,050 personsEl Paso, TX682,050Arlington, TX: 400,547 personsArlington, TX400,547Corpus Christi, TX: 316,883 personsCorpus Christi, TX316,883Plano, TX: 293,395 personsPlano, TX293,395Lubbock, TX: 267,247 personsLubbock, TX267,247Laredo, TX: 260,319 personsLaredo, TX260,319Irving, TX: 257,427 personsIrving, TX257,427Garland, TX: 246,232 personsGarland, TX246,232Frisco, TX: 226,878 personsFrisco, TX226,878McKinney, TX: 215,834 personsMcKinney, TX215,834Grand Prairie, TX: 203,872 personsGrand Prairie, TX203,872Amarillo, TX: 202,585 personsAmarillo, TX202,585Brownsville, TX: 190,727 personsBrownsville, TX190,727Killeen, TX: 159,786 personsKilleen, TX159,786Denton, TX: 159,300 personsDenton, TX159,300Mesquite, TX: 148,918 personsMesquite, TX148,918Pasadena, TX: 148,596 personsPasadena, TX148,596McAllen, TX: 147,125 personsMcAllen, TX147,125Waco, TX: 144,854 personsWaco, TX144,854Midland, TX: 139,801 personsMidland, TX139,801Lewisville, TX: 134,368 personsLewisville, TX134,368Carrollton, TX: 134,116 personsCarrollton, TX134,116Round Rock, TX: 131,315 personsRound Rock, TX131,315Pearland, TX: 129,939 personsPearland, TX129,939Abilene, TX: 129,167 personsAbilene, TX129,167College Station, TX: 126,369 personsCollege Station, TX126,369Richardson, TX: 118,734 personsRichardson, TX118,734Odessa, TX: 116,738 personsOdessa, TX116,738League City, TX: 116,391 personsLeague City, TX116,391Allen, TX: 112,817 personsAllen, TX112,817Beaumont, TX: 112,593 personsBeaumont, TX112,593New Braunfels, TX: 111,132 personsNew Braunfels, TX111,132Tyler, TX: 110,736 personsTyler, TX110,736Sugar Land, TX: 109,289 personsSugar Land, TX109,289Conroe, TX: 108,897 personsConroe, TX108,897
persons. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023
persons		Change on 2022
1Houston, TX2,345,418+1.2%
2San Antonio, TX1,505,047+1.9%
3Dallas, TX1,318,565+1.1%
4Austin, TX990,110+1.2%
5Fort Worth, TX983,882+2.6%
6El Paso, TX682,050+0.5%
7Arlington, TX400,547+1.3%
8Corpus Christi, TX316,883+0.1%
9Plano, TX293,395+0.8%
10Lubbock, TX267,247+1.1%
11Laredo, TX260,319+1.3%
12Irving, TX257,427+0.8%
13Garland, TX246,232-0.2%
14Frisco, TX226,878+2.9%
15McKinney, TX215,834+3.5%
16Grand Prairie, TX203,872+0.9%
17Amarillo, TX202,585+0.6%
18Brownsville, TX190,727+0.8%
19Killeen, TX159,786+0.3%
20Denton, TX159,300+5.5%
21Mesquite, TX148,918+0.5%
22Pasadena, TX148,596-0%
23McAllen, TX147,125+1.7%
24Waco, TX144,854+1.1%
25Midland, TX139,801+3.3%
26Lewisville, TX134,368+2.1%
27Carrollton, TX134,116-0.1%
28Round Rock, TX131,315+3.1%
29Pearland, TX129,939+0.7%
30Abilene, TX129,167+1.4%
31College Station, TX126,369+1.6%
32Richardson, TX118,734-0.4%
33Odessa, TX116,738+2.8%
34League City, TX116,391+0.8%
35Allen, TX112,817+0.7%
36Beaumont, TX112,5930%
37New Braunfels, TX111,132+6.1%
38Tyler, TX110,736+1.2%
39Sugar Land, TX109,289-0.5%
40Conroe, TX108,897+7%
41Edinburg, TX105,871+1.6%
42Wichita Falls, TX102,475-0.1%
43San Angelo, TX99,547+0.3%
44Georgetown, TX96,711+10.9%
45Temple, TX93,333+3.9%
46Bryan, TX90,210+2.4%
47Mission, TX87,661+1.1%
48Baytown, TX85,199+0.3%
49Longview, TX83,424+0.9%
50Pharr, TX80,659+0.6%
51Leander, TX80,540+8%
52Flower Mound, TX79,862+1.4%
53Mansfield, TX78,864+2.6%
54Cedar Park, TX78,0990%
55Missouri City, TX77,362+0.7%
56San Marcos, TX72,005+2%
57Harlingen, TX71,933+0.1%
58North Richland Hills, TX71,038+0.3%
59Rowlett, TX67,380+3.4%
60Pflugerville, TX66,143+0.2%
61Victoria, TX65,940+0.7%
62Kyle, TX62,869+9.6%
63Wylie, TX61,739+0.8%
64Euless, TX59,993-0.5%
65Little Elm, TX58,421+6.1%
66Texas City, TX56,621+1.7%
67DeSoto, TX56,347+0.3%
68Port Arthur, TX55,899+0.1%
69Burleson, TX55,399+3.5%
70Galveston, TX53,411+0.3%
71Rockwall, TX53,004+2.7%
72Grapevine, TX51,182-0.4%
73Huntsville, TX49,240+3%
74Cedar Hill, TX48,926+1%
75Bedford, TX48,640-0.5%
76Sherman, TX47,472+4.8%
77Waxahachie, TX47,264+3.8%
78Keller, TX46,530+2.7%
79The Colony, TX45,800+0.5%
80Haltom City, TX45,564-0.2%
81Celina, TX43,820+27.1%
82Schertz, TX43,617+0.8%
83Weslaco, TX43,212+2.2%
84Fulshear, TX42,246+26%
85Prosper, TX42,030+11%
86Coppell, TX41,807-0.4%
87Rosenberg, TX41,609+1.6%
88Midlothian, TX41,403+7.1%
89Friendswood, TX40,997+0.4%
90Lancaster, TX40,645+0.3%
91Hurst, TX39,554-0.6%
92Duncanville, TX39,361-0.5%
93Hutto, TX38,945+6.1%
94Copperas Cove, TX38,679+1.8%
95Socorro, TX38,292+1.5%
96Weatherford, TX38,206+5.4%
97La Porte, TX37,400+1.8%
98Farmers Branch, TX37,392+2.7%
99San Juan, TX36,597+2.1%
100Cibolo, TX36,476+4.7%
101Cleburne, TX36,337+7.2%
102Seguin, TX36,197+8%
103Texarkana, TX35,781-0.2%
104Forney, TX35,473+10.9%
105Del Rio, TX34,5720%
106Harker Heights, TX34,372+0.8%
107Lufkin, TX34,299+0.3%
108Deer Park, TX33,592-0.4%
109Greenville, TX32,800+5.5%
110Sachse, TX32,563+6.3%
111Nacogdoches, TX32,357+1.1%
112Southlake, TX31,298+0.4%
113Converse, TX30,512+2.8%
114Alvin, TX28,651+1.7%
115Eagle Pass, TX28,526+0.8%
116Princeton, TX28,234+23%
117Anna, TX27,938+17.3%
118Lake Jackson, TX27,859+0.5%
119Balch Springs, TX27,055+0.1%
120Katy, TX26,637+4.9%
121Denison, TX26,444+0.1%
122Colleyville, TX25,861-0.2%
123Corsicana, TX25,711+0.3%
124Saginaw, TX25,338-0.1%
125University Park, TX25,253+0.5%
126Belton, TX25,173+3.8%
127Kerrville, TX24,973+0.6%
127Paris, TX24,973+1.2%
129San Benito, TX24,788-0.2%
130Kingsville, TX24,746-0.3%
131Fate, TX24,615+7.9%
132Benbrook, TX24,527-0.1%
133Marshall, TX24,293+2.4%
134Royse City, TX24,229+22.1%
135Horizon City, TX24,225+3.9%
136Corinth, TX23,853+3.7%
137Melissa, TX23,800+22.5%
138Ennis, TX23,782+3.8%
139Watauga, TX23,047-0.3%
140Big Spring, TX22,540-0.3%
141Stephenville, TX22,041+1.9%
142Dickinson, TX21,821+0.4%
143Terrell, TX21,820+7.6%
144Boerne, TX21,736+4.9%
145Murphy, TX21,165-0.6%
146Alton, TX21,149+7.7%
147Alamo, TX20,518+1.1%
148Portland, TX20,510+0.4%
149Manor, TX20,403+7%
150Angleton, TX20,284+3.4%
151Universal City, TX20,163+0.6%
152Crowley, TX20,033+2.7%
153Seagoville, TX19,915+1.7%
154La Marque, TX19,637+2.4%
155Palestine, TX19,481+2%
156Lakeway, TX19,450-0.6%
157Plainview, TX19,370-0.7%
158Brenham, TX19,319+3.5%
159Orange, TX19,139+0.2%
160Glenn Heights, TX18,999+3.5%
161Brownwood, TX18,677-0.3%
162Red Oak, TX18,675+7.3%
163Nederland, TX18,153-0.3%
164Gainesville, TX18,136+1.3%
165White Settlement, TX18,120-0%
166Alice, TX17,623-0.3%
167Bay City, TX17,5330%
168Taylor, TX17,505+2.3%
169Addison, TX17,295-0.3%
170Bellaire, TX17,242+0.8%
171Stafford, TX17,201-0.3%
172Manvel, TX17,132+16.8%
173Donna, TX16,858+0.3%
174Groves, TX16,851-0%
175Mercedes, TX16,809+0.5%
176Hewitt, TX16,670+1.6%
177Sulphur Springs, TX16,618+1.1%
178Pampa, TX16,569-0.2%
179Gatesville, TX16,460+2.1%
180Humble, TX16,447-0.1%
181Highland Village, TX16,199+0.1%
182Canyon, TX16,165+2.5%
183Buda, TX16,145-0.1%
184Live Oak, TX16,102+0.5%
185Mount Pleasant, TX16,072+0.3%
186South Houston, TX16,049+0.3%
187Palmview, TX15,882+0.3%
188Lockhart, TX15,538+3.6%
189Mineral Wells, TX15,495+1.9%
190Uvalde, TX15,457+0.4%
191Rio Grande City, TX15,384+0.6%
192West University Place, TX15,019+0.7%
193Hereford, TX14,807+0.1%
194Iowa Colony, TX14,803+14.3%
195Hidalgo, TX14,691+1.9%
196Azle, TX14,601+4.5%
197Jacksonville, TX14,519+1.7%
198Dumas, TX14,355+0.8%
199Tomball, TX14,342+5%
200Forest Hill, TX14,322+2.7%
201Lumberton, TX14,103+0.6%
202Seabrook, TX13,826+0.3%
203Trophy Club, TX13,790-0.4%
204Port Neches, TX13,6720%
205Athens, TX13,667+4.2%
206Kilgore, TX13,513+0.5%
207Henderson, TX13,508+0.9%
208Andrews, TX13,451+1.4%
209Beeville, TX13,266-0.5%
210Richmond, TX13,034+2.9%
211Santa Fe, TX12,993+1.1%
212Robinson, TX12,959+0.3%
213Granbury, TX12,641+2.3%
214Levelland, TX12,422+0.2%
215Elgin, TX12,355+8.7%
216Webster, TX12,324+0.5%
217Borger, TX12,108-1%
218El Campo, TX12,072-0.8%
219Bastrop, TX11,816+4.7%
220Selma, TX11,809+0.5%
221Fredericksburg, TX11,530+1.2%
222Roma, TX11,515+0.5%
223Fair Oaks Ranch, TX11,473+3%
224Leon Valley, TX11,436-0.3%
225Port Lavaca, TX11,249-0.4%
226Heath, TX11,245+6%
227Pleasanton, TX11,166+2%
228Snyder, TX11,159-0.4%
229Burkburnett, TX11,032-0.7%
230Rockport, TX10,933+1.9%
231Fairview, TX10,9090%
232Roanoke, TX10,888+8.8%
233Bonham, TX10,804+1.6%
234Clute, TX10,762+0.7%
235Freeport, TX10,578+0.1%
236Bellmead, TX10,568+0.1%
237Galena Park, TX10,401-0.3%
238Liberty Hill, TX10,355+15.4%
239Robstown, TX10,347+1.6%
240Sweetwater, TX10,233-1.4%
241Town of Pecos, TX10,216+1.4%
242San Elizario, TX10,149+0.3%
243Raymondville, TX10,130-0.9%
244Ingleside, TX10,116+0.3%
245Lago Vista, TX10,115+3.9%
246Kennedale, TX10,074+8.1%
247Helotes, TX9,918+4%
248Sanger, TX9,909+1.5%
249Mont Belvieu, TX9,668+7.8%
250Northlake, TX9,506+7.6%

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  • United Kingdom regions and local authorities: Office for National Statistics estimates for 30 June.
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Houston, TX, with 2.35 million in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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