The U.S. State of Texas currently has 80 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated 13 combined statistical areas, 26 metropolitan statistical areas, and 41 micropolitan statistical areas in Texas. As of 2023, the largest of these is the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK CSA, encompassing the area around the twin cities of Dallas and Fort Worth in the northern part of the state.

Owing to its large area and population - the second-highest amongst the 50 states in both respects - Texas contains the most statistical areas of any state.

Statistical areas

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico. These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.

The OMB defines a core-based statistical area (commonly referred to as a CBSA) as the county or counties (or county-equivalents) surrounding at least one densely-settled core of at least 10,000 population, "plus adjacent counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured through commuting ties with the counties containing the core". The OMB further divides core-based statistical areas based on population into metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) for those with at least 50,000 and micropolitan statistical areas (μSAs) for those with 10,000 to 49,999 people.

The OMB defines a combined statistical area (CSA) as two or more adjacent core-based statistical areas where the employment interchange rate (% commuting from A to B plus % commuting from B to A) is at least 15%. The primary statistical areas (PSAs) include all combined statistical areas and any core-based statistical area that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area.

The 80 United States statistical areas and 254 counties of the State of Texas
Combined statistical area2025 population (est.)Core-based statistical area2025 population (est.)County2025 population (est.)Metropolitan division2025 population (est.)
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK CSA9,051,994 9,000,627(TX)Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA8,477,157Dallas County, Texas2,661,397Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX MD5,742,098
Collin County, Texas1,297,179
Denton County, Texas1,069,346
Ellis County, Texas240,867
Kaufman County, Texas209,235
Rockwall County, Texas140,738
Hunt County, Texas123,336
Tarrant County, Texas2,248,466Fort Worth-Arlington-Grapevine, TX MD2,735,059
Johnson County, Texas218,048
Parker County, Texas184,767
Wise County, Texas78,097
Sherman-Denison, TX MSA153,613Grayson County, Texas153,613none
Athens, TX μSA88,595Henderson County, Texas88,595
Granbury, TX μSA70,501Hood County, Texas70,501
Corsicana, TX μSA57,181Navarro County, Texas57,181
Durant, OK μSA51,367Bryan County, Oklahoma51,367
Gainesville, TX μSA44,461Cooke County, Texas44,461
Sulphur Springs, TX μSA39,063Hopkins County, Texas39,063
Bonham, TX μSA39,265Fannin County, Texas39,265
Mineral Wells, TX μSA30,791Palo Pinto County, Texas30,791
Houston-Pasadena, TX CSA8,105,280Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX MSA7,904,627Harris County, Texas5,045,026
Fort Bend County, Texas975,191
Montgomery County, Texas781,194
Brazoria County, Texas419,080
Galveston County, Texas372,207
Liberty County, Texas121,364
Waller County, Texas69,858
Chambers County, Texas57,594
Austin County, Texas33,625
San Jacinto County, Texas29,488
Huntsville, TX μSA83,842Walker County, Texas83,842
El Campo, TX μSA42,060Wharton County, Texas42,060
Brenham, TX μSA38,288Washington County, Texas38,288
Bay City, TX μSA36,463Matagorda County, Texas36,463
San Antonio-New Braunfels-Kerrville, TX CSA2,895,704San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX MSA2,813,140Bexar County, Texas2,160,088
Comal County, Texas209,166
Guadalupe County, Texas201,111
Medina County, Texas56,881
Wilson County, Texas56,139
Atascosa County, Texas53,590
Kendall County, Texas53,289
Bandera County, Texas22,876
Kerrville, TX μSA54,037Kerr County, Texas54,037
Fredericksburg, TX μSA28,527Gillespie County, Texas28,527
noneAustin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA2,620,945Travis County, Texas1,389,670
Williamson County, Texas752,827
Hays County, Texas304,390
Bastrop County, Texas118,908
Caldwell County, Texas55,150
McAllen-Edinburg, TX CSA987,868McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA921,549Hidalgo County, Texas921,549
Rio Grande City-Roma, TX μSA66,319Starr County, Texas66,319
El Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NM CSA1,110,382 881,291(TX)El Paso, TX MSA881,291El Paso County, Texas877,858
Hudspeth County, Texas3,433
Las Cruces, NM MSA229,091Doña Ana County, New Mexico229,091
Corpus Christi-Kingsville-Alice, TX CSA526,889Corpus Christi, TX MSA451,191Nueces County, Texas352,992
San Patricio County, Texas72,053
Aransas County, Texas26,146
Alice, TX μSA45,383Jim Wells County, Texas45,383
Brooks County, Texas6,579
Kingsville, TX μSA30,315Kleberg County, Texas30,315
noneKilleen-Temple, TX MSA511,497Bell County, Texas402,248
Coryell County, Texas85,592
Lampasas County, Texas23,657
Brownsville-Harlingen-Raymondville, TX CSA453,917Brownsville-Harlingen, TX MSA433,946Cameron County, Texas433,946
Raymondville, TX μSA19,971Willacy County, Texas19,971
Lubbock-Plainview, TX CSA405,131Lubbock, TX MSA368,431Lubbock County, Texas328,906
Hockley County, Texas21,600
Lynn County, Texas6,017
Crosby County, Texas4,852
Garza County, Texas4,510
Cochran County, Texas2,546
Plainview, TX μSA36,700Hale County, Texas31,819
Floyd County, Texas4,881
noneBeaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA399,310Jefferson County, Texas254,321
Orange County, Texas86,266
Hardin County, Texas58,723
Midland-Odessa-Andrews, TX CSA385,854Midland, TX MSA193,139Midland County, Texas187,855
Martin County, Texas5,284
Odessa, TX MSA164,494Ector County, Texas164,494
Andrews, TX μSA18,914Andrews County, Texas18,914
noneWaco, TX MSA308,807McLennan County, Texas272,020
Bosque County, Texas18,918
Falls County, Texas17,869
Tyler-Jacksonville, TX CSA305,886Tyler, TX MSA252,549Smith County, Texas252,549
Jacksonville, TX μSA53,337Cherokee County, Texas53,337
noneLongview, TX MSA297,315Gregg County, Texas126,095
Harrison County, Texas71,956
Rusk County, Texas54,854
Upshur County, Texas44,410
Amarillo-Borger, TX CSA295,868Amarillo, TX MSA276,235Randall County, Texas152,351
Potter County, Texas114,453
Carson County, Texas5,805
Armstrong County, Texas1,843
Oldham County, Texas1,783
Borger, TX μSA19,633Hutchinson County, Texas19,633
noneCollege Station-Bryan, TX MSA287,476Brazos County, Texas249,088
Burleson County, Texas20,549
Robertson County, Texas17,839
Laredo, TX MSA281,224Webb County, Texas281,224
Abilene-Sweetwater, TX CSA199,546Abilene, TX MSA185,429Taylor County, Texas150,077
Jones County, Texas20,861
Callahan County, Texas14,491
Sweetwater, TX μSA14,117Nolan County, Texas14,117
noneWichita Falls, TX MSA149,448Wichita County, Texas129,555
Clay County, Texas10,764
Archer County, Texas9,129
San Angelo, TX MSA122,065Tom Green County, Texas120,602
Irion County, Texas1,463
Victoria-Port Lavaca, TX CSA119,463Victoria, TX MSA99,864Victoria County, Texas92,656
Goliad County, Texas7,208
Port Lavaca, TX μSA19,599Calhoun County, Texas19,599
noneTexarkana, TX-AR MSA146,816 92,696(TX)Bowie County, Texas92,696
Miller County, Arkansas42,357
Little River County, Arkansas11,763
Lufkin, TX μSA88,154Angelina County, Texas88,154
Nacogdoches, TX μSA66,035Nacogdoches County, Texas66,035
Paris, TX μSA51,503Lamar County, Texas51,503
Red River County, Texas11,816
Eagle Pass, TX MSA58,823Maverick County, Texas58,823
Palestine, TX μSA59,805Anderson County, Texas59,805
Mount Pleasant, TX μSA57,076Titus County, Texas31,563
Camp County, Texas13,380
Morris County, Texas12,133
Del Rio, TX μSA47,835Val Verde County, Texas47,835
Stephenville, TX μSA43,911Erath County, Texas43,911
Brownwood, TX μSA38,711Brown County, Texas38,711
Beeville, TX μSA32,515Bee County, Texas32,515
Big Spring, TX μSA30,504Howard County, Texas30,504
Uvalde, TX μSA24,963Uvalde County, Texas24,963
Pampa, TX μSA21,786Gray County, Texas20,919
Roberts County, Texas867
Dumas, TX μSA21,891Moore County, Texas21,891
Hereford, TX μSA18,626Deaf Smith County, Texas18,626
Snyder, TX μSA16,162Scurry County, Texas16,162
Zapata, TX μSA13,753Zapata County, Texas13,753
Vernon, TX μSA12,481Wilbarger County, Texas12,481
Town of Pecos, TX μSA12,138Reeves County, Texas12,138
noneVan Zandt County, Texas66,130
Polk County, Texas53,434
Burnet County, Texas57,015
Wood County, Texas49,688
Hill County, Texas39,503
Jasper County, Texas33,075
Grimes County, Texas34,252
Cass County, Texas28,651
Milam County, Texas26,258
Fayette County, Texas25,459
Shelby County, Texas24,286
Llano County, Texas23,353
Panola County, Texas23,018
Gaines County, Texas23,956
Limestone County, Texas22,849
Houston County, Texas22,316
Montague County, Texas21,966
Colorado County, Texas21,439
Lavaca County, Texas20,651
Freestone County, Texas20,811
Tyler County, Texas20,443
Gonzales County, Texas20,159
DeWitt County, Texas20,309
Lee County, Texas18,729
Young County, Texas18,154
Eastland County, Texas18,143
Frio County, Texas18,823
Leon County, Texas16,894
Jackson County, Texas15,393
Karnes County, Texas15,018
Pecos County, Texas14,560
Trinity County, Texas14,384
Comanche County, Texas14,432
Madison County, Texas14,226
Blanco County, Texas13,581
Rains County, Texas13,542
Lamb County, Texas12,579
Newton County, Texas11,954
Dawson County, Texas11,776
Live Oak County, Texas11,929
Terry County, Texas11,720
Ward County, Texas11,125
Franklin County, Texas10,994
Sabine County, Texas10,012
Somervell County, Texas10,261
Runnels County, Texas9,693
Ochiltree County, Texas9,284
Parmer County, Texas9,678
Duval County, Texas9,402
Marion County, Texas9,896
Brewster County, Texas9,458
Stephens County, Texas9,380
Zavala County, Texas9,037
Mitchell County, Texas8,947
Jack County, Texas9,563
Hamilton County, Texas8,680
Dimmit County, Texas8,024
Coleman County, Texas7,915
San Augustine County, Texas7,722
Yoakum County, Texas7,438
McCulloch County, Texas7,472
Winkler County, Texas7,540
Dallam County, Texas7,508
Castro County, Texas7,295
Swisher County, Texas6,703
Childress County, Texas6,643
Bailey County, Texas6,963
Refugio County, Texas6,657
La Salle County, Texas6,517
San Saba County, Texas5,787
Presidio County, Texas5,433
Delta County, Texas5,549
Haskell County, Texas5,499
Hartley County, Texas4,904
Hansford County, Texas4,944
Wheeler County, Texas4,773
Jim Hogg County, Texas4,555
Crane County, Texas4,554
Mills County, Texas4,580
Kimble County, Texas4,438
Mason County, Texas3,990
Fisher County, Texas3,692
Hardeman County, Texas3,292
Baylor County, Texas3,472
Coke County, Texas3,412
Knox County, Texas3,192
Concho County, Texas3,607
Shackelford County, Texas3,197
Sutton County, Texas3,203
Donley County, Texas3,213
Hemphill County, Texas3,083
Kinney County, Texas3,128
Reagan County, Texas3,166
Upton County, Texas3,131
Lipscomb County, Texas2,955
Crockett County, Texas2,769
Real County, Texas2,745
Hall County, Texas2,737
Sherman County, Texas2,781
Collingsworth County, Texas2,487
Schleicher County, Texas2,245
Culberson County, Texas2,267
Menard County, Texas1,956
Jeff Davis County, Texas1,711
Dickens County, Texas1,692
Throckmorton County, Texas1,554
Briscoe County, Texas1,474
Sterling County, Texas1,349
Edwards County, Texas1,370
Cottle County, Texas1,224
Stonewall County, Texas1,186
Glasscock County, Texas1,128
Foard County, Texas1,044
Motley County, Texas1,043
Kent County, Texas674
Terrell County, Texas702
Borden County, Texas567
McMullen County, Texas544
Kenedy County, Texas319
King County, Texas192
Loving County, Texas52
State of Texas31,701,412

Core-based statistical areas

The following table provides the in-state population ranking of each CBSA along with its rate of population change over time.

The 67 core-based statistical areas of the State of Texas
2025 rankCore-based statistical areaPopulation
2025 estimateChange2020 CensusChange2010 Census
1Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA8,477,157+11.00%7,637,387+19.96%6,366,542
2Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX MSA7,904,627+10.56%7,149,642+20.23%5,946,800
3San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX MSA2,813,140+9.97%2,558,143+19.40%2,142,508
4Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA2,620,945+14.78%2,283,371+33.04%1,716,289
5McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA921,549+5.83%870,781+12.39%774,769
6El Paso, TX MSA881,291+1.43%868,859+8.05%804,123
7Killeen-Temple, TX MSA511,497+7.60%475,367+17.29%405,300
8Corpus Christi, TX MSA451,191+1.22%445,763+4.11%428,185
9Brownsville-Harlingen, TX MSA433,946+3.07%421,017+3.64%406,220
10Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA399,310+0.44%397,565+2.27%388,745
11Lubbock, TX MSA368,431+4.89%351,268+8.64%323,328
12Waco, TX MSA308,807+4.40%295,782+9.15%270,984
13Longview, TX MSA297,315+3.89%286,184+2.21%280,000
14College Station-Bryan, TX MSA287,476+7.17%268,248+17.31%228,660
15Amarillo, TX MSA276,235+2.81%268,691+6.65%251,933
16Laredo, TX MSA281,224+5.28%267,114+6.72%250,304
17Tyler, TX MSA252,549+8.17%233,479+11.33%209,714
18Midland, TX MSA193,139+10.23%175,220+23.68%141,671
19Abilene, TX MSA185,429+5.01%176,579+6.85%165,252
20Odessa, TX MSA173,801+5.22%165,171+20.45%137,130
21Wichita Falls, TX MSA149,448+0.89%148,128−2.10%151,306
22Sherman-Denison, TX MSA153,613+13.33%135,543+12.13%120,877
23San Angelo, TX MSA122,065+0.45%121,516+8.67%111,823
24Victoria, TX MSA99,864+1.56%98,331+4.60%94,003
25Texarkana, TX-AR MSA (TX)92,696−0.21%92,893+0.35%92,565
26Lufkin, TX μSA88,154+2.04%86,395−0.43%86,771
27Athens, TX μSA88,595+7.85%82,150+4.61%78,532
28Huntsville, TX μSA83,842+9.74%76,400+12.58%67,861
29Granbury, TX μSA70,501+14.45%61,598+20.35%51,182
30Rio Grande City-Roma, TX μSA66,319+0.61%65,920+8.12%60,968
31Nacogdoches, TX μSA66,035+2.14%64,653+0.20%64,524
32Paris, TX μSA51,503−16.49%61,675−1.56%62,653
33Eagle Pass, TX MSA58,823+1.62%57,887+6.69%54,258
34Palestine, TX μSA59,805+3.25%57,922−0.92%58,458
35Mount Pleasant, TX μSA57,076+2.50%55,684−3.44%57,669
36Corsicana, TX μSA57,181+8.66%52,624+10.24%47,735
37Kerrville, TX μSA54,037+2.74%52,598+5.99%49,625
38Jacksonville, TX μSA53,337+5.80%50,412−0.85%50,845
39Del Rio, TX μSA47,835+0.52%47,586−2.65%48,879
40Alice, TX μSA45,383−1.27%45,967−4.36%48,061
41Stephenville, TX μSA43,911+3.21%42,545+12.29%37,890
42Gainesville, TX μSA44,461+6.70%41,668+8.41%38,437
43El Campo, TX μSA42,060+1.18%41,570+0.70%41,280
44Brownwood, TX μSA38,711+1.62%38,095−0.03%38,106
45Sulphur Springs, TX μSA39,063+6.19%36,787+4.62%35,161
46Bonham, TX μSA39,265+10.10%35,662+5.15%33,915
47Brenham, TX μSA38,288+6.93%35,805+6.19%33,718
48Plainview, TX μSA36,700−3.23%37,924−11.22%42,719
49Bay City, TX μSA36,463+0.57%36,255−1.22%36,702
50Beeville, TX μSA32,515+4.73%31,047−2.55%31,861
51Big Spring, TX μSA30,504−12.50%34,860−0.43%35,012
52Kingsville, TX μSA30,315−2.34%31,040−3.18%32,061
53Mineral Wells, TX μSA30,791+8.38%28,409+1.06%28,111
54Fredericksburg, TX μSA28,527+6.74%26,725+7.60%24,837
55Uvalde, TX μSA24,963+1.62%24,564−6.97%26,405
56Pampa, TX μSA21,786−1.22%22,054−6.01%23,464
57Dumas, TX μSA21,891+2.50%21,358−2.49%21,904
58Raymondville, TX μSA19,971−0.96%20,164−8.90%22,134
59Borger, TX μSA19,633−4.77%20,617−6.92%22,150
60Port Lavaca, TX μSA19,599−2.52%20,106−5.96%21,381
61Andrews, TX μSA18,914+1.63%18,610+25.86%14,786
62Hereford, TX μSA18,626+0.23%18,583−4.07%19,372
63Snyder, TX μSA16,162−4.55%16,932+0.07%16,921
64Sweetwater, TX μSA14,117−4.21%14,738−3.14%15,216
65Zapata, TX μSA13,753−0.98%13,889−0.92%14,018
66Vernon, TX μSA12,481−3.15%12,887−4.79%13,535
67Town of Pecos, TX μSA12,138−17.70%14,748+7.00%13,783
Texarkana, TX-AR MSA146,816−0.48%147,519−1.13%149,198

Combined statistical areas

The following table provides the in-state population ranking of each CSA along with its rate of population change over time.

The 13 combined statistical areas of the State of Texas
2025 rankCombined statistical areaPopulation
2025 estimateChange2020 CensusChange2010 Census
1Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK CSA (TX)9,000,627+10.96%8,111,828+19.28%6,800,492
2Houston-Pasadena, TX CSA8,105,280+10.43%7,339,672+19.80%6,126,361
3San Antonio-New Braunfels-Kerrville, TX CSA2,895,704+9.79%2,637,466+18.97%2,216,970
4McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX CSA987,868+5.46%936,701+12.08%835,737
5El Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NM CSA (TX)881,291+1.43%868,859+8.05%804,123
6Corpus Christi-Kingsville-Alice, TX CSA526,889+0.79%522,770+2.85%508,307
7Brownsville-Harlingen-Raymondville, TX CSA453,917+2.89%441,181+2.99%428,354
8Lubbock-Plainview, TX CSA405,131+4.10%389,192+6.32%366,047
9Midland-Odessa-Andrews, TX CSA385,854+7.48%359,001+22.28%293,587
10Tyler-Jacksonville, TX CSA305,886+7.75%283,891+8.95%260,559
11Amarillo-Borger, TX CSA295,868+2.27%289,308+5.55%274,083
12Abilene-Sweetwater, TX CSA199,546+4.30%191,317+6.01%180,468
13Victoria-Port Lavaca, TX CSA119,463+0.87%118,437+2.65%115,384
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK CSA9,051,994+10.96%8,157,895+19.22%6,842,908
El Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NM CSA1,110,382+2.02%1,088,420+7.41%1,013,356

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