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Top 20 most populous cities · Texas

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Updated 10 h ago · population (people)

Why these 20

City population from Wikidata's preferred figure (usually the latest census or official estimate). City limits differ a lot between countries, so compare within a country first.

1

Houston

seat of Harris County, and largest city in State of Texas, United States

2,304,580 · 🇺🇸 United States
2

San Antonio

city in Bexar, Comal, and Medina counties in Texas, United States; seat of Bexar County

1,434,625 · 🇺🇸 United States
3

Dallas

city in the state of Texas, United States

1,304,379 · 🇺🇸 United States
4

Austin

capital city of the U.S. state of Texas and seat of Travis County

961,855 · 🇺🇸 United States
5

Fort Worth

city and county seat of Tarrant County, Texas, United States

918,915 · 🇺🇸 United States
6

El Paso

city in and county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States

678,815 · 🇺🇸 United States
7

Arlington

suburban city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States

394,266 · 🇺🇸 United States
8

Corpus Christi

city and county seat of Nueces County, Texas, United States

317,863 · 🇺🇸 United States

How it is measured

Wikidata: cities and big cities with 300,000 people or more.

References

Wikidata query: cities by population, Wikidata (CC0). Checked 2026-10-19 23:23 UTC.

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Why these 20

How it is measured

References

Texas: more top 20s here

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