Texas leads in population growth

By Suzannah Gonzales
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Friday, December 22, 2006

Fastest-Growing States

July 1, 2005 cq to July 1, 2006 cq

State, Percent Change

1. Arizona, 3.6 cq

2. Nevada, 3.5 cq

3. Idaho, 2.6 cq

4. Georgia, 2.5 cq

5. Texas, 2.5 cq

Top Numeric Gainers

July 1, 2005 cq to July 1, 2006 cq

State, Total Population Change

1. Texas, 579,275 cq

2. Florida, 321,697 cq

3. California, 303,402 cq

4. Georgia, 231,388 cq

5. Arizona, 213,311 cq

Annual estimates of the components of population change for Texas

Where'd they come from?

July 1, 2004 cq to July 1, 2005 cq

Total population change: 388,419 cq

Natural increase: 227,906 cq

International migration: 109,467 cq

Domestic migration: 51,067 cq

July 1, 2005 cq to July 1, 2006 cq

Total Population Change: 579,275 cq

Natural Increase*: 235,558 cq

International Migration: 125,770 cq

Domestic Migration: 218,745 cq

July 1, 2004 cq to July 1, 2005 cq

Total Population Change: 388,419 cq

Dec. 22, 2006, 12:45AM
Louisiana's population loss is a gain for Texas
Immensity of the Katrina migration is shown in staggering census figures

By KIM COBB and SUSAN CARROLL
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle


Census report
Population changes

Framing the massive scope of the Hurricane Katrina migration, the Census Bureau reports that Texas gained more people than any other state between 2005 and 2006, while storm-struck neighbor Louisiana lost the most.

Texas gained a whopping 579,275 people, bringing the state's population to 23.5 million by July 1, 2006. As many as 160,000 of the new arrivals were driven by Hurricane Katrina, estimates demographer Steven Murdock, director of the Texas State Data Center.

[Next question: How many of the 160,000 committed crimes in Texas?]