Small North Texas Cities are Growing and Leading the Charge

Since 2020, North Texas has welcomed 453,000 new residents, according to new data released by the North Central Texas Council of Governments. Fort Worth remained the top city in sheer numbers, adding nearly 20,000 new people — the equivalent of the current population of Crowley.

It was followed by Celina, Frisco, Arlington and Mansfield, rounding out the top five cities that added the most people this past year. 

“The growth in Fort Worth and other major cities in the region can be attributed to a combination of factors such as natural population increase, international migration, and net domestic migration. On the hand, smaller cities in the surrounding areas primarily experienced growth as a result of outmigration from the core cities,” she said in an email statement.