Texas Shows Continued Economic, Population Growth

The [Texas] Comptroller's data analysts recently updated our regional reports, showing a continued trend of strong economic and population growth. Some of these data surprised us, while other results confirmed what we've been hearing. Here are the top 10 stats that stood out to our researchers:

1. The saying, “I wasn't born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could,” is truer than you might think. 

Texas population rose nearly 4 million between 2012 and 2022, by far the most of any state and surpassing the second-place Florida by 1 million. Texas' 15.1 percent increase in population was more than double the U.S. growth of 6.2 percent……

     2. Bussin? Slay? Rizz?

Wondering why you're hearing more new slang these days? It might be because Texas is a youthful state. In 2022, the share of Texas' population under age 18 was 24.8 percent, second only to Utah's 27.6 percent…..

     3. It could actually pay to keep your nose in those textbooks.

The average annual salary for occupations for Texans with a bachelor's degree was about $44,700 higher than jobs requiring an associate degree or certificate — $96,888 compared with $52,158.

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