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Amid a widespread national slowdown in population growth, midsized cities remained close to the previous year\u2019s patterns between July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025.<\/p>\n

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U.S. Census Bureau news release:<\/p>\n

Population Growth Holds Steady in Midsized Cities Amid Widespread Slowdown<\/strong>
\nLargest Cities Faced Sharpest Declines in Population Growth<\/em><\/p>\n

Suitland, Maryland (May 14, 2026) \u2013 Amid a widespread national slowdown in population growth, midsized cities remained close to the previous year\u2019s patterns<\/a> between July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025. Drop-offs in average growth were steeper among the largest cities, according to U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 population estimates<\/a> released today.<\/p>\n

Even where the largest cities maintained strong growth, they were often outpaced by smaller cities in the outer portions of the same metro area. For example, Charlotte, N.C. \u2014 the nation\u2019s 14th largest city \u2014 gained 20,731 residents between 2024 and 2025, more than any city in the country. However, among cities with a population of 20,000 or more, Charlotte was only the seventh fastest-growing city in its own metro area by percentage increase. The fastest was Fort Mill, S.C. \u2014 about 20 miles from downtown Charlotte \u2014 which grew by 6.8% to 38,673, ranking 20th nationally. The cities in the metro outranking Charlotte in growth were all midsized, with populations ranging from about 25,000 to 70,000.<\/p>\n

Similar patterns, where the growth of central cities was outpaced by surrounding midsized cities, were evident throughout the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cBig-city growth slowed significantly between 2024 and 2025, with some major hubs even seeing small declines,\u201d noted Matt Erickson, a statistician in the Census Bureau\u2019s Population Division. \u201cIn contrast, midsized cities found a \u2018Goldilocks zone\u2019 where domestic and international migration, paired with new housing, helped prevent the sluggish growth seen in small towns and larger metropolitan centers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alternatively, New York City\u2019s population declined by 12,196 between 2024 and 2025, the greatest numeric decrease in the nation. Yet four incorporated places in the New York metro’s outer reaches<\/a> numbered among the country\u2019s 200 fastest-growing places by percentage change, led by Port Chester, N.Y., which ranked number 80 with a 4.1% increase. These fast-growing suburbs are all medium-sized, with populations between 25,000 and 40,000.<\/p>\n

Growth slowdowns in the nation\u2019s largest cities were most pronounced in the Northeast, where regional trends such as a drop-off in population gains from net international migration<\/a> and domestic migration patterns favoring warm-weather destinations<\/a> trickled down into these major population centers.<\/p>\n

The slowdown was not confined to the Northeast. Among the largest cities, average growth rates fell by at least half in every region compared with a year earlier. This was true even in the South, where cities and towns continued to lead the nation in average growth. Although the greatest declines were among the largest cities, average growth rates were lower in cities of all sizes and across every region compared to the prior year. In the Midwest, midsized cities were no exception. But relative to other regions, they maintained relatively stable population change.<\/p>\n

Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n

The top five fastest-growing cities in the nation with populations of 20,000 or more were all in Texas, with four of them clustered in the suburbs of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area and the fifth located outside Houston. Celina, Texas (near Dallas), was the fastest-growing city in the nation, surging by a notable 24.6%. Rapid growth is nothing new for Celina, which was also the nation\u2019s fastest-growing city in 2023.<\/p>\n

The South dominates the lists of the nation\u2019s fastest-growing and highest-gaining cities. The region claims 10 of the nation\u2019s 15 fastest-growing cities as well as 11 of the 12 largest numeric gains.<\/p>\n

Austin, Texas, is now one of a dozen U.S. cities with at least 1 million residents after crossing the seven-digit population threshold between 2024 and 2025.<\/p>\n

Raleigh, N.C., crossed the 500,000-population threshold between 2024 and 2025, bringing the total number of cities with 500,000 or more residents to 39 nationwide.<\/p>\n

National and State-Level Housing Stocks<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although population growth slowed nationwide<\/a> between 2024 and 2025, housing growth did not. The nation\u2019s housing stock \u2014 defined as the total number of housing units \u2014 reached 148.3 million in 2025, an increase of 1.4 million (1.0%) from 2024, nearly identical to the increase over the previous one-year period. From April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025, the housing stock increased by 7.8 million (5.5%).<\/p>\n

California continued to lead all states in total housing stock by a wide margin, with little change in the overall rankings. California\u2019s 15 million units were followed by Texas (12.8 million) and Florida (10.8 million), while Wyoming (283,800) and Alaska (331,200) retained the smallest stock.<\/p>\n

Idaho consistently had the highest annual percentage growth in housing units across all years from 2020 to 2025. From July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2025, Idaho recorded a 2.1% increase, followed by Arizona at 2.0% and South Carolina at 1.9%.<\/p>\n

Conversely, the District of Columbia and New Jersey had the slowest rates of housing growth with each posting just 0.2% increases, while Alaska, Rhode Island, Illinois and Connecticut had slightly higher growth rates of 0.3 percent, highlighting the wide variation across the country.<\/p>\n

County-Level Housing Stocks<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jasper County, S.C., had the fastest-growing housing stock of any county in the nation for the second year in a row according to the Vintage 2025 estimates \u2014 and by a wide margin. The distance between Jasper County’s growth rate (8.3%) and that of the number 2 fastest-growing county (Dawson County, Ga., at 6.3%) was about the same as the distance between number 2 and number 18 on the list.<\/p>\n

For the second year in a row, Maricopa County, Ariz., gained more housing units than any other county: about 42,000 between 2024 and 2025. Rounding out the top five counties by numeric gain in housing units were Harris County, Texas (28,000 units); Kings County, N.Y. (19,000); Los Angeles County, Calif. (19,000); and Tarrant County, Texas (18,000).<\/p>\n

The largest numeric decreases in housing units among counties or county equivalents between 2024 and 2025 were in St. Louis city, Mo. (202 units); Alexandria city, Va. (127 units); and Newport News city, Va. (123 units).<\/p>\n

Technical Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n

The statistics released today cover all local functioning governmental units, including incorporated places (such as cities and towns), minor civil divisions (such as townships), and consolidated cities (government units for which the functions of an incorporated place and its parent county have merged). This release incorporates results from eligible full special census areas and successful population estimates challenges<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Vintage 2025 methodology statement and release notes are available on the Methodology webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In June, the Census Bureau is scheduled to release the Vintage 2025 population estimates by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin for the nation, states, metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, and counties, as well as population by age and sex for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and its municipios. The full release schedule<\/a> for the Population Estimates Program can be found on the Census Bureau\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

With each new release of annual estimates, the entire time series of estimates is revised for all years back to the date of the last census. All previously published estimates (i.e., old vintages) are superseded and archived on the FTP2 site. Due to periodic methodological updates, year-to-year comparisons of the estimates should only be made within the same vintage.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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