Texas & Florida See Surge in Population Growth According to New Census Data
Key Highlights
- Population growth in Texas and Florida counties signals strong opportunities for electrical product sales and infrastructure development in those states
- Houston and Dallas metros are experiencing significant annual population increases, fueling demand for new housing and commercial facilities.
To see county population data in the above map, hover over the area of interest. Then just click on the county of interest to read the data.
One quick-and-easy method to pinpoint growth markets for electrical products is analyzing the U.S. Census Bureau’s free population growth data. As a market attracts new residents, these new folks need new housing, schools, medical buildings and other retail and commercial facilities loaded with electrical products.
Distributors and reps serving the Houston and Dallas, TX metros have got to be ecstatic to see the population of their cities growing annually on a scale unimaginable to many other U.S. cities. According to new Census data released this week, from 2024 to 2025, Harris County, TX, in the Houston area attracted 48,694 new residents and Collin County in the Dallas metro attracted 42,966 new residents.
The longer term trend points to even more explosive growth, as Harris County’s population grew by 310,966 from 2020-2025 and Collin County’s population is up by 221,667 over that time period.
As has been the case over the past few years, when you look at list of the 50 counties attracting the most new residents from 2024 to 2025 in the table below, Texas (14 counties) and Florida (11 counties) dominate the data, followed by Sunbelt States such as South Carolina, North Carolina, California, Georgia, Arizona, Tennessee and Nevada.
While some population data is skewed by changes in how many immigrants are now moving into the US, the trend is very clear for which U.S. cities are losing population. From 2020 to 2025, Los Angeles County, CA, lost more than 300,000 residents, while metro Chicago’s Cook County, IL, saw its population decline by just over 69,000. Kings County (Brooklyn), NY and Bronx County, NY, saw their population decline by 68,296 residents and 54,901 residents, respectively.
Click on the link below to download the latest Census data for U.S. counties, metropolitan areas, small markets and states.
About the Author
Jim Lucy
Editor-in-Chief
Over the past 40-plus years, hundreds of Jim’s articles have been published in Electrical Wholesaling and Electrical Marketing newsletter on topics such as the impact of new competitors on the electrical market’s channels of distribution, energy-efficient lighting and renewables, and local market economics. In addition to his published work, Jim regularly gives presentations on these topics to C-suite executives, industry groups and investment analysts.
He launched a new subscription-based data product for Electrical Marketing that offers electrical sales potential estimates and related market data for more than 300 metropolitan areas, and in 1999 he published his first book, “The Electrical Marketer’s Survival Guide” for electrical industry executives looking for an overview of key market trends.
While managing Electrical Wholesaling’s editorial operations, Jim and the publication’s staff won several Jesse H. Neal awards for editorial excellence, the highest honor in the business press, and numerous national and regional awards from the American Society of Business Press Editors. He has a master’s degree in Communications and a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Glassboro State College, Glassboro, N.J. (now Rowan University).