Texas has always been big, but over the last decade it has become something else: one of the country’s most powerful migration magnets. The state’s population reached about 31.7 million in July 2025, after adding roughly 391,000 residents from 2024 to 2025 alone, according to newly released Census Bureau data summarized by the Texas Demographic … Continue reading The Great Texas Migration: Why Millions Keep Coming to the Lone Star State