Year

Texas
Population

Decade

Numeric
Change

Percent
Change

1850

212,592

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1860

604,215

1850-1860

391,623

184.2

1870

818,579

1860-1870

214,364

35.5

1880

1,591,749

1870-1880

773,170

94.5

1890

2,235,527

1880-1890

643,778

40.4

1900

3,048,710

1890-1900

813,183

36.4

1910

3,896,542

1900-1910

847,832

27.8

1920

4,663,228

1910-1920

766,686

19.7

1930

5,824,715

1920-1930

1,161,487

24.9

1940

6,414,824

1930-1940

590,109

10.1

1950

7,711,194

1940-1950

1,296,370

20.2

1960

9,579,677

1950-1960

1,868,483

24.2

1970

11,196,730

1960-1970

1,617,053

16.9

1980

14,229,191

1970-1980

3,032,461

27.1

1990

16,986,510

1980-1990

2,757,319

19.4

2000

20,851,820

1990-2000

3,865,310

22.8

Source:

Decennial Censuses of the United States, U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Compiled by the Data Center, The University of Texas-Pan American.