Everything is bigger in Texas, including the number of residents of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds who joined the state's population.
NationalFILE - Vehicles travel along Interstate-30 with the Dallas skyline seen in the distance, Nov. 27, 2023. On Thursday, June 27, 2024, the U.S. Census Bureau released population estimates which showed Texas leading all other states in new Hispanic, Asian and Black residents added last year. Everything is bigger in Texas, including the number of residents of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds who joined the state's population last year.
Hispanic people, who can be of any race, are now the nation’s second-largest demographic group, and births outpacing deaths made up most of the Hispanic growth last year. The Asian population grew by more than 585,000 people last year. Unlike Hispanic growth, Asian growth was driven by immigration as opposed to natural increase. The Asian population was more than 20.6 million people last year.
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