Texas Leads in Population Growth
Lone Star State still adds more people to its population than rest of U.S.
Although Texas added more people to its population than any other state in the past year, its growth rate has slowed, according to data from the latest U.S. Census figures.
The state added 379,128 people from July 1, 2017, to July 1, 2018, a growth of 1.3 percent compared with 1.4 percent in 2017, 1.6 percent in 2016 and 1.8 percent in 2015, said Lila Valencia, a senior demographer with the Texas Demographic Center...