D-FW grew by the size of a large suburb last year, adding over 152,000 new residents.
The one-year population growth is equivalent to adding a city the size of Mesquite to the region. It built on the expansion that saw D-FW surpass 8 million in population at the start of 2023.
D-FW’s population now stands at 8.1 million, according to the estimates released Thursday that provide a first look at demographic changes across the country in 2023.
The Houston metro area wasn’t far behind D-FW in attracting new residents. It added more than 139,000 people over the same period, raising the Bayou City’s population to 7.5 million.
Both Texas cities outdistanced the third-place Atlanta metro area, which added just over 68,000 new residents last year.
In the five-year period from 2018 to 2023, Texas attracted 209 headquarters relocations, the most in the nation. Of those, 66 landed in Austin, 32 in D-FW and 25 in Houston, according to tracking by Dallas-based commercial ral estate firm CBRE.
D-FW totaled 64,191 job postings to New York’s 129,072 during the two years. Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America all are building new campuses or expanding their workforces in North Texas.
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