/tags/demographics Demographics en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Tue, 19 Mar 2024 10:01:00 GMT /austin/2024-03-19/austin-population-census-data-net-migration Population estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau last week show a reversal in population trends in the county that includes Austin. Tue, 19 Mar 2024 10:01:00 GMT /austin/2024-03-19/austin-population-census-data-net-migration Audrey McGlinchy /texas/2023-11-24/austin-texas-fastest-growing-cities According to new Texas Demographic Center figures, the Austin region continues to grow at the fastest rate, but Fort Worth was the city that attracted the most new residents between 2020 and 2023. Fri, 24 Nov 2023 18:33:35 GMT /texas/2023-11-24/austin-texas-fastest-growing-cities Karen Brooks Harper, Ayden Runnels /austin/2023-05-22/how-old-are-most-people-in-austin Theresa Carroll said she noticed a lack of older people in the city when she moved here from the Midwest. She asked the ATXplained project about the average age of the population and wondered if Austin was "hiding the elderly." Mon, 22 May 2023 10:01:00 GMT /austin/2023-05-22/how-old-are-most-people-in-austin Tanya Velazquez /texas/2022-11-03/the-number-of-immigrant-voters-is-growing-and-that-means-a-more-diverse-electorate-in-texas The makeup of Texas voters is much more diverse today than during the 2016 elections. And some of that growth is the result of a nearly two percentage point increase in the number of eligible immigrant voters. Thu, 03 Nov 2022 11:01:00 GMT /texas/2022-11-03/the-number-of-immigrant-voters-is-growing-and-that-means-a-more-diverse-electorate-in-texas Stella M. Ch谩vez /austin/2022-10-13/what-is-the-third-most-spoken-language-in-austin After English, the second most widely spoken language in Austin is, unsurprisingly, Spanish. The City of Austin says 鈥渙ther Indo-European languages鈥� are the next most common. But what exactly does that mean? Thu, 13 Oct 2022 12:06:00 GMT /austin/2022-10-13/what-is-the-third-most-spoken-language-in-austin Patricia Lim /2022-02-20/1-in-10-black-people-in-the-u-s-are-migrants-heres-whats-driving-that-shift The breadth of what it means to be a Black American is widening, according to new analysis of the latest migration statistics. Sun, 20 Feb 2022 16:45:22 GMT /2022-02-20/1-in-10-black-people-in-the-u-s-are-migrants-heres-whats-driving-that-shift Justine Kenin, Jason Fuller /austin/2021-09-17/draft-of-new-austin-city-council-district-maps-reflects-growth-in-asian-population When the City Council maps were first drawn in 2013, roughly 13% of District 6's population identified as Asian. If the latest maps are approved, that portion would more than double to 28%. Fri, 17 Sep 2021 10:01:00 GMT /austin/2021-09-17/draft-of-new-austin-city-council-district-maps-reflects-growth-in-asian-population Audrey McGlinchy /news/2021-08-22/this-is-how-the-white-population-is-actually-changing-based-on-new-census-data The white population is still the largest racial group in the U.S. Whether it is declining depends on how you define "white." Narrow definitions, researchers warn, can be misleading and dangerous. Sun, 22 Aug 2021 14:19:22 GMT /news/2021-08-22/this-is-how-the-white-population-is-actually-changing-based-on-new-census-data Hansi Lo Wang, Ruth Talbot /politics/2021-08-21/texas-democrats-return-home-to-a-new-battle-redistricting Texas grew more than any other state in the last decade. Tasked with adding two congressional districts, some political watchers say redistricting could be a "blood bath" between the state parties. Sun, 22 Aug 2021 00:20:58 GMT /politics/2021-08-21/texas-democrats-return-home-to-a-new-battle-redistricting Ashley Lopez /en-espanol/2021-08-16/resultados-censo-2020-muestra-poblacion-austin-crecio-ultima-decada Tras una d茅cada de crecimiento explosivo en la regi贸n, una dem贸grafa de Austin dijo que probablemente faltaron personas en el conteo a causa de la pol茅mica pol铆tica que rode贸 al censo. Mon, 16 Aug 2021 20:58:04 GMT /en-espanol/2021-08-16/resultados-censo-2020-muestra-poblacion-austin-crecio-ultima-decada Andrew Weber