Facts
- Population
- 253,948 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -1.0 %
- Net migration
- 703 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.7 % (2025)
- State
- Texas
- Population base, April 2020
- 256,543 (2020)
- Births
- 3,279 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.9
- Deaths
- 2,623 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.3
- Natural change, 2023
- 656
- International migration
- 1,133 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -430 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 2.8
- Postal code
- TX
- FIPS code
- 48245
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.7 % |
| 2024 | 5.9 % |
| 2023 | 6.0 % |
| 2022 | 5.9 % |
| 2021 | 9.3 % |
| 2020 | 11.4 % |
| 2019 | 5.6 % |
| 2018 | 6.1 % |
| 2017 | 7.1 % |
| 2016 | 6.7 % |
| 2015 | 7.0 % |
| 2014 | 8.4 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 253,948 |
| 2023 | 253,392 |
| 2022 | 252,095 |
| 2021 | 253,784 |
| 2020 | 256,172 |