Fort Worth is climbing up the list of the biggest cities in Texas. According to a report from the Texas Demographic Center (TDC), Fort Worth is now the fourth largest city, with a population of nearly 1 million people.

According to the center's Texas Population Estimates report, which was released in November, Fort Worth's population measured more than 989,878, with an increase of 7.7 percent, or 70,963 people between 2020 and 2024.

The increase nudges Fort Worth past Austin, which previously held the No. 4 spot. According to the TDC, Austin's population is now at 986,928.

Houston takes the top spot, with 2.3 million residents, followed by San Antonio and Dallas. These top 5 cities are also the same cities where CultureMap has a bureau.

Texas overall has grown to a population of 30.7 million residents. It's grown by 1.6 million residents since 2020, likely thanks to all those out-of-state transplants who now call the state home.

This revelation comes months after Fort Worth claimed a spot as the 12th largest city in the U.S., based on the U.S. Census Bureau's Vintage 2023 Population Estimates. The TDC study was conducted between July 1, 2023 and January 1, 2024 and also tracked age, sex, and race/ethnicity by county.

"Fort Worth has been one of the fastest-growing large cities for several years," says Director of Texas Demographic Center Lloyd Potter in an email. "Although historically, Fort Worth has been growing steadily, the speed and size of growth have increased recently. While we do not have estimates of components of change for places, about half of Tarrant County’s population change can be attributed to net in-migration and about half to more births than deaths (natural change) between 2020 and 2023."

Here are the following top ten largest cities in the state and their populations:

• Houston - 2,318,657
• San Antonio - 1,496,876
• Dallas - 1,308,404
• Fort Worth - 989,878
• Austin - 986,928
• El Paso - 672,802
• Arlington - 414,344
• Corpus Christi - 317,742
• Plano - 292,485
• Lubbock - 266,289