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Texas Population Estimates Program
The Texas Population Estimates Program produces annual estimates of the total populations of counties and places in the state and estimates of county populations by age, sex, and race/ethnicity.
Population Estimate Methodology
The program utilizes an average of three methods for counties:
- Ratio-correlation with births, deaths, school enrollment, voter registration, and vehicle registration.
- Component-Method II
- Housing Unit Method (four types - single family, 2-4 unit, 5+ units, mobile homes)
and an average of two methods for places:
- Component-Method II
- Housing Unit Method
For additional information on population estimate methodology, please refer to a year-specific methodology below.
Total Population Estimate Methodology per Year (PDF)
Data Download
Population Estimates Tool
The Population Estimates Tool is temporarily unavailable while we update the tool with the 2011 Age, Sex, Race/Ethnicity (ASRE) data. Thank you for your patience.
CSV Files: Contain Population Estimates Data only in a Comma Delimited file format
PDF Files: Contain Methodology and formatted data tables.