Texas: cities and towns by population
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James Burfield , SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated
18 September 2026 · GeoNames
The largest of Texas's 1,247 recorded places, ranked by population — 21,805,318 people across the state's towns and cities.
The essentials
Houston is the largest place we record in Texas, with 2,314,157 residents. The three largest together hold 24% of the 21,805,318 people counted across the state's recorded towns and cities. That total sums listed places rather than measuring the state itself, so treat it as coverage, never as an official population.
All 1,247 places, ranked
Figures are the latest available in
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are
UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such.
Sources & method .
# Place Population 1 Houston 2,314,157 2 San Antonio 1,526,656 3 Dallas 1,326,087 4 Fort Worth 1,008,106 5 Austin 974,447 6 El Paso 678,815 7 Arlington 388,125 8 Corpus Christi 316,239 9 Plano 283,558 10 Laredo 256,153 11 Lubbock 249,042 12 Garland 236,897 13 Irving 236,607 14 Cypress 200,839 15 Amarillo 198,645 16 Grand Prairie 187,809 17 Brownsville 186,738 18 McKinney 162,898 19 Frisco 154,407 20 Pasadena 153,784 21 Mesquite 144,788 22 Killeen 140,806 23 McAllen 140,269 24 Carrollton 133,168 25 Midland 132,524 26 Waco 132,356 27 Denton 131,044 28 Abilene 125,182 29 Round Rock 115,997 30 Beaumont 115,282 31 Odessa 114,428 32 Richardson 110,815 33 Pearland 108,821 34 College Station 107,889 35 Wichita Falls 104,710 36 Lewisville 104,039 37 Tyler 103,700 38 San Angelo 99,893 39 League City 98,312 40 Allen 98,143 41 The Woodlands 93,847 42 Sugar Land 88,156 43 Edinburg 84,497 44 Mission 83,298 45 Longview 82,287 46 Bryan 82,118 47 Pharr 76,538 48 Baytown 76,335 49 Missouri City 74,139 50 Temple 72,277 51 Flower Mound 71,253 52 New Braunfels 70,543 53 North Richland Hills 69,204 54 Conroe 68,602 55 Victoria 67,574 56 Cedar Park 65,945 57 Harlingen 65,774 58 Celina 64,427 59 Mansfield 64,274 60 Georgetown 63,716 61 San Marcos 60,684 62 Rowlett 60,236 63 Leander 59,202 64 Pflugerville 57,122 65 Port Arthur 55,340 66 Spring 54,298 67 Euless 54,219 68 DeSoto 52,486 69 Grapevine 51,404 70 The Trails of Frisco 51,059 71 Galveston 50,180 72 Bedford 49,337 73 Cedar Hill 48,507 74 Texas City 47,618 75 Wylie 46,708 76 Keller 45,758 77 Haltom City 44,206 78 Burleson 43,625 79 Schertz 43,091 80 Rockwall 42,566 81 The Colony 41,779 82 Coppell 41,159 83 Huntsville 40,938 84 Sherman 40,667 85 Duncanville 39,826 86 Weslaco 39,474 87 Hurst 39,016 88 Lancaster 38,801 89 Friendswood 38,800 90 Little Elm 38,341 91 Channelview 38,289 92 Texarkana 37,280 93 San Juan 36,556 94 Mission Bend 36,501 95 Lufkin 36,333 96 Del Rio 36,153 97 Kyle 35,733 98 Rosenberg 35,510 99 La Porte 35,148 100 Nacogdoches 33,894 101 Deer Park 33,806 102 Cibolo 33,433 103 Waxahachie 33,384 104 Socorro 33,222 105 Copperas Cove 33,081 106 Farmers Branch 32,689 107 Cleburne 30,020 108 Southlake 29,941 109 Fort Cavazos 29,589 110 Harker Heights 29,142 111 Big Spring 28,862 112 Eagle Pass 28,765 113 Weatherford 28,742 114 Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia 28,637 115 Seguin 27,864 116 Lake Jackson 27,533 117 Greenville 26,515 118 Kingsville 26,225 119 Alvin 25,791 120 Colleyville 25,487 121 Balch Springs 25,210 122 Paris 24,782 123 Sachse 24,554 124 Watauga 24,525 125 San Benito 24,496 126 Corsicana 23,952 127 Marshall 23,820 128 Denison 23,150 129 Kerrville 23,136 130 Hutto 22,722 131 West Odessa 22,707 132 Benbrook 22,629 133 Midlothian 22,318 134 Saginaw 22,079 135 Converse 21,987 136 Brushy Creek 21,764 137 Canyon Lake 21,262 138 Corinth 20,998 139 Plainview 20,919 140 Murphy 20,610 141 Belton 20,547 142 Stephenville 20,120 143 New Caney 20,000 144 Universal City 19,986 145 Dickinson 19,895 146 Angleton 19,429 147 Alice 19,408 148 Orange 19,347 149 Horizon City 19,288 150 Alamo 19,246 151 Fresno 19,069 152 Brownwood 19,031 153 Ennis 19,007 154 Stafford 18,459 155 Forney 18,418 156 Palestine 18,288 157 Cinco Ranch 18,274 158 Pampa 18,177 159 Bay City 17,598 160 South Houston 17,544 161 Nederland 17,196 162 White Settlement 17,077 163 Terrell 16,981 164 Taylor 16,702 165 Mercedes 16,657 166 Brenham 16,579 167 Donna 16,523 168 Uvalde 16,476 169 Gainesville 16,292 170 Katy 16,158 171 Highland Village 16,149 172 Portland 16,116 173 Sulphur Springs 16,098 174 Mount Pleasant 16,051 175 Prosper 15,967 176 Pecan Grove 15,963 177 La Marque 15,908 178 Seagoville 15,894 179 Alton 15,760 180 Groves 15,750 181 Gatesville 15,724 182 Humble 15,665 183 Addison 15,518 184 Live Oak 15,346 185 New Territory 15,186 186 Hereford 15,021 187 Dumas 15,001 188 Kilgore 14,947 189 Canyon 14,887 190 Jacksonville 14,884 191 Crowley 14,853 192 Mineral Wells 14,754 193 Rio Grande City 14,404 194 Hewitt 14,252 195 Lakeway 14,217 196 Levelland 13,914 197 Andrews 13,816 198 Sienna Plantation 13,721 199 Seabrook 13,716 200 Hidalgo 13,709
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