The Lone Star State's largest city, Houston, has a population of approximately 2.5 million people. This makes Houston the fourth-largest city in the United States behind New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Houston's metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has more than 5 million residents; this area includes the Galveston and Brazoria populations.
Located on the Gulf Coast, Corpus Christi has a population of more than 305,000, making it the eighth-largest city in Texas. According to KRIS-TV, a Corpus Christi news station, this city had a 10 percent population increase from 2000 to 2010.
The second-largest city in Texas is San Antonio, which has a population of 1.3 million. San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States. The San Antonio-New Braunfels MSA has more than 2.1 million people. According to Temple Daily Telegram, San Antonio had a growth of rate of 16 percent from 2000 to 2010.
Austin, the state capital and home to the University of Texas, has a population of more than 790,000 and a metropolitan statistical area population of 1.3 million. This makes Austin the fourth-largest city in Texas. Austin's primary MSA cities are Round Rock and San Marcos.
Situated in northern Texas, the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex has an MSA population of 4.8 million, which is the second-largest in the state behind Houston. With a population of 1.9 million, Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas. Fort Worth, the fifth-largest city in Texas, has a population of more than 741,000.
Two suburbs in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex are also in Texas' top 10 largest cities, Arlington and Plano. The seventh-largest city in Texas, Arlington has a population of more than 365,000 people. Plano has more than 259,000 residents, placing it ninth among Texas cities.
The largest Texas-Mexico border city in the Lone Star State is El Paso at approximately 650,000 people. El Paso is the sixth-largest city in Texas. More than 800,000 people live in El Paso County. According to the El Paso Times, the city had a 15 percent population increase from 2000 to 2010.
The 10th largest city in Texas is Laredo, which has a population of 236,000. This border city is in southern Texas, across the Rio Grande from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. The MSA for Greater Laredo is more than 250,000.