List of municipalities in Texas
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Texas is a state located in the Southern United States. As of the 2020 census,[1] 29,145,505 (4.66%) of the 30,503,301 residents of Texas lived in a municipality in the 2023 Estimate.[2]
Municipalities[edit]
County seat
State capital and county seat
As of May 2024, the 1,221 active Texas municipalities[3][a] include 970 cities, 228 towns, and 23 villages. These designations are determined by United States Census Bureau requirements based on state statutes and may not match a municipality's self-reported designation.[4] The types of municipalities in Texas are defined in the Local Government Code, which was codified in 1987. The designations of city, town and village were superseded by Type A, B, and C general-law cities in the code.[5]
In Texas, there are two forms of municipal government: general-law and home-rule. A general-law municipality has no charter and is limited to the specific powers granted by the general laws of the state. Home-rule municipalities have a charter and derive the "full power of local self-government"[6] from the Constitution of Texas. A general-law municipality containing more than 5,000 inhabitants may order an election on adopting a home-rule charter. If the population of the municipality later falls below 5,000, it may maintain its home-rule charter.[7]
Three pairs of municipalities share the same name: Lakeside, Oak Ridge, and Reno.
2023 rank | Municipality | Designation[8] | Primary county | Secondary county(ies) | Population | |||
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2023 Estimate[8] | 2020 census[1] | 2020–2023 Change | 2010 census | |||||
1 | Houston | City | Harris | Fort Bend, Montgomery | 2,314,157 | 2,301,572 | +0.55% | 2,099,451 |
2 | San Antonio | City | Bexar | Medina, Comal | 1,495,295 | 1,434,625 | +4.23% | 1,327,407 |
3 | Dallas | City | Dallas | Rockwall, Kaufman, Denton, Collin | 1,302,868 | 1,304,379 | −0.12% | 1,197,816 |
4 | Austin | City | Travis | Williamson, Hays | 979,882 | 961,855 | +1.87% | 790,390 |
5 | Fort Worth | City | Tarrant | Denton, Parker, Wise | 978,468 | 918,915 | +6.48% | 741,206 |
6 | El Paso | City | El Paso | — | 678,958 | 678,815 | +0.02% | 649,121 |
7 | Arlington | City | Tarrant | — | 398,431 | 394,266 | +1.06% | 365,438 |
8 | Corpus Christi | City | Nueces | San Patricio, Aransas, Kleberg | 316,595 | 317,863 | −0.40% | 305,215 |
9 | Plano | City | Collin | Denton | 290,190 | 285,494 | +1.64% | 259,841 |
10 | Lubbock | City | Lubbock | — | 266,878 | 257,141 | +3.79% | 229,573 |
11 | Laredo | City | Webb | — | 257,602 | 255,205 | +0.94% | 236,091 |
12 | Irving | City | Dallas | — | 254,373 | 256,684 | −0.90% | 216,290 |
13 | Garland | City | Dallas | Collin | 243,470 | 246,018 | −1.04% | 226,876 |
14 | Frisco | City | Collin | Denton | 225,007 | 200,509 | +12.22% | 116,989 |
15 | McKinney | City | Collin | — | 213,509 | 195,308 | +9.32% | 131,117 |
16 | Amarillo | City | Potter | Randall | 202,408 | 200,393 | +1.01% | 190695 |
17 | Grand Prairie | City | Dallas | Ellis, Tarrant | 202,134 | 196,100 | +3.08% | 175396 |
18 | Brownsville | City | Cameron | — | 190,158 | 186,738 | +1.83% | 175,023 |
19 | Killeen | City | Bell | — | 159,643 | 153,095 | +4.28% | 127,921 |
20 | Denton | City | Denton | — | 158,349 | 139,869 | +13.21% | 113,383 |
21 | Mesquite | City | Dallas | Kaufman | 147,317 | 150,108 | −1.86% | 139,824 |
22 | Pasadena | City | Harris | — | 146,716 | 151,950 | −3.44% | 149,043 |
23 | McAllen | City | Hidalgo | — | 146,593 | 142,210 | +3.08% | 129,877 |
24 | Waco | City | McLennan | — | 144,816 | 138,486 | +4.57% | 124,805 |
25 | Midland | City | Midland | Martin | 138,397 | 132,524 | +4.43% | 111,147 |
26 | Lewisville | City | Denton | — | 133,553 | 111,822 | +19.43% | 95,290 |
27 | Carrollton | City | Dallas | Denton, Collin | 132,918 | 133,434 | −0.39% | 119,097 |
28 | Round Rock | City | Williamson | — | 130,406 | 119,468 | +9.16% | 99,887 |
29 | Abilene | City | Taylor | Jones | 129,043 | 125,182 | +3.08% | 117,063 |
30 | Pearland | City | Brazoria | Fort Bend, Harris | 127,736 | 125,828 | +1.52% | 91,252 |
31 | College Station | City | Brazos | — | 125,192 | 120,511 | +3.88% | 93,857 |
32 | Richardson | City | Dallas | Collin | 117,435 | 119,469 | −1.70% | 99,223 |
33 | League City | City | Galveston | Harris | 116,320 | 114,392 | +1.69% | 83,560 |
34 | Odessa | City | Ector | Midland | 115,743 | 114,428 | +1.15% | 99,940 |
35 | Beaumont | City | Jefferson | — | 112,193 | 115,282 | −2.68% | 118,296 |
36 | Allen | City | Collin | — | 111,620 | 104,627 | +6.68% | 84,246 |
37 | New Braunfels | City | Comal | Guadalupe | 110,958 | 90,403 | +22.74% | 57,740 |
38 | Tyler | City | Smith | — | 110,327 | 105,995 | +4.09% | 96,900 |
39 | Sugar Land | City | Fort Bend | — | 108,515 | 111,026 | −2.26% | 78,817 |
40 | Conroe | City | Montgomery | — | 108,248 | 89,956 | +20.33% | 56,207 |
41 | Edinburg | City | Hidalgo | — | 105,799 | 100,243 | +5.54% | 77,100 |
42 | Wichita Falls | City | Wichita | — | 102,691 | 102,316 | +0.37% | 104,553 |
43 | San Angelo | City | Tom Green | — | 99,262 | 99,893 | −0.63% | 93,200 |
44 | Georgetown | City | Williamson | — | 96,312 | 67,176 | +43.37% | 47,400 |
45 | Temple | City | Bell | — | 93,095 | 82,073 | +13.43% | 66,102 |
46 | Bryan | City | Brazos | — | 89,615 | 83,980 | +6.71% | 76,201 |
47 | Mission | City | Hidalgo | — | 87,292 | 85,778 | +1.77% | 77,058 |
48 | Baytown | City | Harris | Chambers | 84,067 | 83,701 | +0.44% | 71,802 |
49 | Longview | City | Gregg | Harrison | 83,236 | 81,638 | +1.96% | 80,455 |
50 | Pharr | City | Hidalgo | — | 80,410 | 79,715 | +0.87% | 70,400 |
51 | Leander | City | Williamson | Travis | 80,067 | 59,202 | +35.24% | 26,521 |
52 | Flower Mound | Town | Denton | Tarrant | 79,445 | 75,956 | +4.59% | 64,669 |
53 | Mansfield | City | Tarrant | Ellis, Johnson | 78,542 | 72,602 | +8.18% | 56,368 |
54 | Cedar Park | City | Williamson | Travis | 77,516 | 77,595 | −0.10% | 48,937 |
55 | Missouri City | City | Fort Bend | Harris | 76,773 | 74,259 | +3.39% | 67,358 |
56 | San Marcos | City | Hays | Caldwell, Guadalupe | 71,569 | 67,553 | +5.94% | 44,894 |
57 | Harlingen | City | Cameron | — | 71,510 | 71,829 | −0.44% | 64,849 |
58 | North Richland Hills | City | Tarrant | — | 70,658 | 69,917 | +1.06% | 63,343 |
59 | Rowlett | City | Dallas | Rockwall | 66,813 | 62,535 | +6.84% | 56,199 |
60 | Victoria | City | Victoria | — | 65,800 | 65,534 | +0.41% | 62,592 |
61 | Pflugerville | City | Travis | Williamson | 65,301 | 65,191 | +0.17% | 46,936 |
62 | Kyle | City | Hays | — | 62,548 | 45,697 | +36.88% | 28,016 |
63 | Wylie | City | Collin | Dallas, Rockwall | 61,078 | 57,526 | +6.17% | 41,427 |
64 | Euless | City | Tarrant | — | 59,686 | 61,032 | −2.21% | 51,277 |
65 | Little Elm | City | Denton | — | 58,496 | 46,453 | +25.93% | 25,898 |
66 | Texas City | City | Galveston | — | 56,609 | 51,898 | +9.08% | 45,099 |
67 | DeSoto | City | Dallas | — | 55,740 | 56,145 | −0.72% | 49,047 |
68 | Port Arthur | City | Jefferson | — | 55,547 | 56,039 | −0.88% | 53,818 |
69 | Burleson | City | Johnson | Tarrant | 55,220 | 47,641 | +15.91% | 36,690 |
70 | Galveston | City | Galveston | — | 53,237 | 53,695 | −0.85% | 47,743 |
71 | Rockwall | City | Rockwall | — | 52,918 | 47,251 | +11.99% | 37,490 |
72 | Grapevine | City | Tarrant | Dallas, Denton | 50,928 | 50,631 | +0.59% | 46,334 |
73 | Huntsville | City | Walker | — | 48,552 | 45,941 | +5.68% | 38,548 |
74 | Cedar Hill | City | Dallas | Ellis | 48,411 | 49,148 | −1.50% | 45,028 |
75 | Bedford | City | Tarrant | — | 48,370 | 49,928 | −3.12% | 46,979 |
76 | Sherman | City | Grayson | — | 47,473 | 43,645 | +8.77% | 38,521 |
77 | Waxahachie | City | Ellis | — | 47,201 | 41,140 | +14.73% | 29,621 |
78 | Keller | City | Tarrant | — | 46,316 | 45,776 | +1.18% | 39,627 |
79 | The Colony | City | Denton | — | 45,471 | 44,534 | +2.10% | 36,328 |
80 | Haltom City | City | Tarrant | — | 45,290 | 46,073 | −1.70% | 42,409 |
81 | Celina | City | Collin | Denton | 43,317 | 16,739 | +158.78% | 6,028 |
82 | Schertz | City | Guadalupe | Bexar, Comal | 43,239 | 42,002 | +2.95% | 31,465 |
83 | Weslaco | City | Hidalgo | — | 43,053 | 40,160 | +7.20% | 35,670 |
84 | Fulshear | City | Fort Bend | — | 42,616 | 16,856 | +152.82% | 1,134 |
85 | Prosper | Town | Collin | Denton | 41,660 | 30,174 | +38.07% | 9,423 |
86 | Coppell | City | Dallas | Denton | 41,404 | 42,983 | −3.67% | 38,659 |
87 | Midlothian | City | Ellis | — | 41,352 | 35,125 | +17.73% | 18,037 |
88 | Rosenberg | City | Fort Bend | — | 41,104 | 38,282 | +7.37% | 30,618 |
89 | Friendswood | City | Galveston | Harris | 40,826 | 41,213 | −0.94% | 35,805 |
90 | Lancaster | City | Dallas | — | 40,215 | 41,275 | −2.57% | 36,361 |
91 | Hurst | City | Tarrant | — | 39,304 | 40,413 | −2.74% | 37,337 |
92 | Duncanville | City | Dallas | — | 38,883 | 40,706 | −4.48% | 38,524 |
93 | Hutto | City | Williamson | — | 38,765 | 27,577 | +40.57% | 14,698 |
94 | Copperas Cove | City | Coryell | Bell, Lampasas | 38,696 | 36,670 | +5.52% | 32,032 |
95 | Socorro | City | El Paso | — | 38,238 | 34,306 | +11.46% | 32,013 |
96 | Weatherford | City | Parker | — | 38,109 | 30,854 | +23.51% | 25,250 |
97 | La Porte | City | Harris | — | 36,991 | 35,124 | +5.32% | 33,800 |
98 | Farmers Branch | City | Dallas | — | 36,917 | 35,991 | +2.57% | 28,616 |
99 | San Juan | City | Hidalgo | — | 36,448 | 35,294 | +3.27% | 33,856 |
100 | Cibolo | City | Guadalupe | — | 36,374 | 32,276 | +12.70% | 15,349 |
101 | Cleburne | City | Johnson | — | 36,209 | 31,352 | +15.49% | 29,337 |
102 | Seguin | City | Guadalupe | — | 36,013 | 29,433 | +22.36% | 25,175 |
103 | Texarkana | City | Bowie | — | 35,741 | 36,193 | −1.25% | 36,411 |
104 | Forney | City | Kaufman | — | 35,470 | 23,455 | +51.23% | 14,661 |
105 | Del Rio | City | Val Verde | — | 34,574 | 34,673 | −0.29% | 35,591 |
106 | Harker Heights | City | Bell | — | 34,447 | 33,097 | +4.08% | 26,700 |
107 | Lufkin | City | Angelina | — | 34,181 | 34,143 | +0.11% | 35,067 |
108 | Deer Park | City | Harris | — | 33,176 | 34,495 | −3.82% | 32,010 |
109 | Greenville | City | Hunt | — | 32,717 | 28,164 | +16.17% | 25,557 |
110 | Sachse | City | Dallas | Collin | 32,294 | 27,103 | +19.15% | 20,329 |
111 | Nacogdoches | City | Nacogdoches | — | 32,156 | 32,147 | +0.03% | 32,996 |
112 | Southlake | City | Tarrant | Denton | 31,137 | 31,265 | −0.41% | 26,575 |
113 | Converse | City | Bexar | — | 30,321 | 27,466 | +10.39% | 18,198 |
114 | Alvin | City | Brazoria | — | 28,633 | 27,098 | +5.66% | 24,236 |
115 | Eagle Pass | City | Maverick | — | 28,282 | 28,130 | +0.54% | 26,248 |
116 | Princeton | City | Collin | — | 28,027 | 17,027 | +64.60% | 6,807 |
117 | Lake Jackson | City | Brazoria | — | 27,768 | 28,177 | −1.45% | 26,849 |
118 | Anna | City | Collin | — | 27,501 | 16,896 | +62.77% | 8,249 |
119 | Balch Springs | City | Dallas | — | 26,711 | 27,685 | −3.52% | 23,728 |
120 | Katy | City | Harris | Fort Bend, Waller | 26,360 | 21,894 | +20.40% | 14,102 |
121 | Denison | City | Grayson | — | 26,343 | 24,479 | +7.61% | 22,682 |
122 | Colleyville | City | Tarrant | — | 25,736 | 26,057 | −1.23% | 22,807 |
123 | Corsicana | City | Navarro | — | 25,671 | 25,109 | +2.24% | 23,770 |
124 | Belton | City | Bell | — | 25,171 | 23,054 | +9.18% | 18,216 |
125 | Saginaw | City | Tarrant | — | 25,139 | 23,890 | +5.23% | 19,806 |
126 | Paris | City | Lamar | — | 24,969 | 24,476 | +2.01% | 25,171 |
127 | University Park | City | Dallas | — | 24,954 | 25,278 | −1.28% | 23,068 |
128 | Kerrville | City | Kerr | — | 24,930 | 24,278 | +2.69% | 22,347 |
129 | Fate | City | Rockwall | — | 24,626 | 17,958 | +37.13% | 6,357 |
130 | Kingsville | City | Kleberg | — | 24,586 | 25,402 | −3.21% | 26,213 |
131 | San Benito | City | Cameron | — | 24,493 | 24,861 | −1.48% | 24,250 |
132 | Benbrook | City | Tarrant | — | 24,336 | 24,520 | −0.75% | 21,234 |
133 | Horizon City | City | El Paso | — | 24,168 | 22,489 | +7.47% | 16,735 |
134 | Royse City | City | Rockwall | Collin, Hunt | 24,138 | 13,508 | +78.69% | 9,349 |
135 | Marshall | City | Harrison | — | 24,118 | 23,392 | +3.10% | 23,523 |
136 | Corinth | City | Denton | — | 23,707 | 22,634 | +4.74% | 19,935 |
137 | Ennis | City | Ellis | — | 23,686 | 20,159 | +17.50% | 18,513 |
138 | Melissa | City | Collin | — | 23,571 | 13,901 | +69.56% | 4,695 |
139 | Watauga | City | Tarrant | — | 22,934 | 23,650 | −3.03% | 23,497 |
140 | Big Spring | City | Howard | — | 22,373 | 26,144 | −14.42% | 27,282 |
141 | Stephenville | City | Erath | — | 21,946 | 20,897 | +5.02% | 17,123 |
142 | Dickinson | City | Galveston | — | 21,834 | 20,847 | +4.73% | 18,680 |
143 | Boerne | City | Kendall | — | 21,774 | 17,850 | +21.98% | 10,471 |
144 | Terrell | City | Kaufman | — | 21,480 | 17,465 | +22.99% | 15,816 |
145 | Alton | City | Hidalgo | — | 21,130 | 18,198 | +16.11% | 12,341 |
146 | Murphy | City | Collin | — | 20,920 | 21,013 | −0.44% | 17,708 |
147 | Portland | City | San Patricio | Nueces | 20,481 | 20,383 | +0.48% | 15,099 |
148 | Alamo | City | Hidalgo | — | 20,460 | 19,493 | +4.96% | 18,353 |
149 | Manor | City | Travis | — | 20,209 | 13,652 | +48.03% | 5,037 |
150 | Angleton | City | Brazoria | — | 20,206 | 19,429 | +4.00% | 18,862 |
151 | Universal City | City | Bexar | Guadalupe | 20,028 | 19,720 | +1.56% | 18,530 |
152 | Crowley | City | Tarrant | Johnson | 19,932 | 18,070 | +10.30% | 12,838 |
153 | Seagoville | City | Dallas | Kaufman | 19,643 | 18,446 | +6.49% | 14,835 |
154 | La Marque | City | Galveston | — | 19,605 | 18,030 | +8.74% | 14,509 |
155 | Plainview | City | Hale | — | 19,420 | 20,187 | −3.80% | 22,194 |
156 | Palestine | City | Anderson | — | 19,372 | 18,544 | +4.47% | 18,712 |
157 | Lakeway | City | Travis | — | 19,189 | 19,189 | 0.00% | 11,391 |
158 | Brenham | City | Washington | — | 19,142 | 17,369 | +10.21% | 15,716 |
159 | Orange | City | Orange | — | 19,108 | 19,324 | −1.12% | 18,595 |
Population of the State of Texas[2] | 30,503,301 | 29,145,505 | +4.66% | 25,145,561 |
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Ellinger was incorporated in November 2020 after the 2020 Census count ended.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Total Population, Housing Unit, and Group Quarter Data by Area in Texas". Texas Demographic Center. United States Census Bureau. April 26, 2021. Archived from the original on December 22, 2022. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
- ^ a b "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Texas". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on December 30, 2022. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
- ^ "The 2020 Census Bureau Estimates: Incorporated Places in Texas". Texas Demographic Center. September 7, 2021. Archived from the original on December 20, 2022. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
- ^ "Places" (PDF). Geographic Areas Reference Manual (Report). United States Census Bureau. November 1994. pp. 9–7–9–8. Archived from the original on March 18, 2021. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
- ^ Houston, Scott (July 2021). "Legal Q&A". Texas Town & City. Vol. CVIII, no. 7. Texas Municipal League. p. 21. ISSN 1084-5356. Archived from the original on December 25, 2022. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
- ^ "Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 51.072 (2021)". Texas Legislature. Archived from the original on November 21, 2022. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
- ^ Alphabet Soup: Types of Texas Cities (Report). Texas Municipal League. December 2017. pp. 6–10. Archived from the original on November 26, 2022. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
- ^ a b "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Texas: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023 (SUB-IP-EST2023-POP-48)". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. June 27, 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
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Further reading[edit]
- David G. McComb (2015). The City in Texas: A History. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0292767461.
External links[edit]
- Texas Municipal League (TML) – A lobbying association for Texas municipalities.