Count Me In Bastrop County

Message from Robert L. Santos, Director, U.S. Census Bureau
Looking ahead to 2023!

A Look Ahead: 2023 The U.S. Census Bureau has endured the throes of 2020, when multiple challenges including a global pandemic threatened the completion of our constitutionally mandated decennial census.

Happy New Year!

U.S. Population Estimated at 334,233,854 on Jan. 1, 2023

As our nation prepares to ring in the new year, the U.S. Census Bureau projects the United States population will be 334,233,854 on Jan. 1, 2023.

This represents an increase of 1,571,393, or 0.47%, from New Year’s Day 2022, and 2,784,573, or 0.84% since Census Day (April 1) 2020.

The combination of births, deaths and net international migration increases the U.S. population by 1 person every 27 seconds.

In January 2023, the nation is expected to experience 1 birth every 9 seconds and 1 death every 10 seconds. Meanwhile, net international migration is expected to add 1 person to the U.S. population every 32 seconds.

The combination of births, deaths and net international migration increases the U.S. population by 1 person every 27 seconds.

The projected world population on Jan. 1, 2023, is 7,942,645,086, an increase of 73,772,634, or 0.94%, from New Year’s Day 2022. During January 2023, 4.3 births and 2.0 deaths are expected worldwide every 1 second.

U.S. Population Estimated at 334,233,854 on Jan. 1, 2023 The U.S. is the third-most populous country in the world behind China and India, but will drop to fourth in about 25 years, behind India, China and Nigeria.

December 29, 2022
Texas' 177th Anniversary of Statehood
Explore Census Bureau data about Texas as we celebrate its anniversary of statehood. Learn more about the state using 2020 Census data, geographic profiles from data.census.gov, and other interactive data tools

Texas Added Almost 4 Million People in Last Decade

America Counts launched a state-by-state look at the demographic changes the new 2020 Census results reveal.

Our state profiles bring you all key population characteristics of your state and your county on one page.

See how they compare to the nation overall and to neighboring counties and states. Through interactive state and county maps for the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, each page provides a snapshot of change from 2010 to 2020 on five topics.

Here are some key national-level 2020 Census results to help you see how Texas compares in each topic area:

* Population (up 7.4% to 331.4 million).
* Race and ethnicity (White alone 61.6%; Black alone 12.4%; Hispanic 18.7%; Asian alone 6%; American Indian and Alaska Native alone 1.1%; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone 0.2%; Some Other Race alone 8.4%; Two or More Races 10.2%).
* Diversity Index (61.1%, up from 54.9%).
Under-18 (down 1.4%) and adult population (up 10.1%).
* Housing units (up 6.7%) and vacancies (down to 9.7%).

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/state-by-state/texas-population-change-between-census-decade.html

Texas Added Almost 4 Million People in Last Decade The Lone Star State, the nation’s second-most populous after California, grew 15.9% to 29,145,505 from 2010 to 2020.