Wichita Falls has lost more population, according to figures released Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
The newest annual estimates from the bureau show the city with a population of 101,951 as of July 1, 2025, which was down slightly from the 2024 estimate of 102,068. The figure is also down from the official 2020 U.S. Census tally of 102,316.
Texas had the five fastest growing cities in the nation with four of them clustered in the suburbs of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, according to a news release that accompanied the new numbers.
Celina, near Dallas was the fastest growing city in the nation, surging by 24.6% over the past year to 64,427 compared to 18,000 residents in the 2020 official census.
Austin reached a milestone. The bureau said the state capitol joined the ranks of a dozen U.S. cities with at least 1 million residents. The 2025 population estimate for Austin was 1,002,632.
Fort Worth moved into the Top 10 most populous U.S. cities registering a total of 1,028,117 residents.
The bureau said in a news release Wednesday that despite a national slowdown in population growth, midsized cities held their own over the past year while growth declined among many large cities, especially in the Northeast.
This article originally appeared on Wichita Falls Times Record News: Wichita Falls population dips as other Texas cities boom
Reporting by Lynn Walker, Wichita Falls Times Record News / Wichita Falls Times Record News
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