List of municipalities in Texas

Texas is a state located in the Southern United States. As of the 2020 census,[1] 29,145,505 (4.66%) of the 30,503,301 residents of Texas lived in a municipality in the 2023 Estimate.[2]

Municipalities

  County seat
  State capital and county seat

As of May 2024, the 1,221 active Texas municipalities[3][lower-alpha 1] include 970 cities, 228 towns, and 23 villages. These designations are determined by United States Census Bureau requirements based on state statutes and may not match a municipality's self-reported designation.[4] The types of municipalities in Texas are defined in the Local Government Code, which was codified in 1987. The designations of city, town and village were superseded by Type A, B, and C general-law cities in the code.[5]

In Texas, there are two forms of municipal government: general-law and home-rule. A general-law municipality has no charter and is limited to the specific powers granted by the general laws of the state. Home-rule municipalities have a charter and derive the "full power of local self-government"[6] from the Constitution of Texas. A general-law municipality containing more than 5,000 inhabitants may order an election on adopting a home-rule charter. If the population of the municipality later falls below 5,000, it may maintain its home-rule charter.[7]

Three pairs of municipalities share the same name: Lakeside, Oak Ridge, and Reno.

2023 rankMunicipalityDesignation[8]Primary countySecondary county(ies)Population
2023 Estimate[8] 2020 census[1] 2020–2023 Change 2010 census
1HoustonCityHarrisFort Bend, Montgomery2,314,1572,301,572+0.55%2,099,451
2San AntonioCityBexarMedina, Comal1,495,2951,434,625+4.23%1,327,407
3DallasCityDallasRockwall, Kaufman, Denton, Collin1,302,8681,304,379−0.12%1,197,816
4AustinCityTravisWilliamson, Hays979,882961,855+1.87%790,390
5Fort WorthCityTarrantDenton, Parker, Wise978,468918,915+6.48%741,206
6El PasoCityEl Paso—678,958678,815+0.02%649,121
7ArlingtonCityTarrant—398,431394,266+1.06%365,438
8Corpus ChristiCityNuecesSan Patricio, Aransas, Kleberg316,595317,863−0.40%305,215
9PlanoCityCollinDenton290,190285,494+1.64%259,841
10LubbockCityLubbock—266,878257,141+3.79%229,573
11LaredoCityWebb—257,602255,205+0.94%236,091
12IrvingCityDallas—254,373256,684−0.90%216,290
13GarlandCityDallasCollin243,470246,018−1.04%226,876
14FriscoCityCollinDenton225,007200,509+12.22%116,989
15McKinneyCityCollin—213,509195,308+9.32%131,117
16AmarilloCityPotterRandall202,408200,393+1.01%190695
17Grand PrairieCityDallasEllis, Tarrant202,134196,100+3.08%175396
18BrownsvilleCityCameron—190,158186,738+1.83%175,023
19KilleenCityBell—159,643153,095+4.28%127,921
20DentonCityDenton—158,349139,869+13.21%113,383
21MesquiteCityDallasKaufman147,317150,108−1.86%139,824
22PasadenaCityHarris—146,716151,950−3.44%149,043
23McAllenCityHidalgo—146,593142,210+3.08%129,877
24WacoCityMcLennan—144,816138,486+4.57%124,805
25MidlandCityMidlandMartin138,397132,524+4.43%111,147
26LewisvilleCityDenton—133,553111,822+19.43%95,290
27CarrolltonCityDallasDenton, Collin132,918133,434−0.39%119,097
28Round RockCityWilliamson—130,406119,468+9.16%99,887
29AbileneCityTaylorJones129,043125,182+3.08%117,063
30PearlandCityBrazoriaFort Bend, Harris127,736125,828+1.52%91,252
31College StationCityBrazos—125,192120,511+3.88%93,857
32RichardsonCityDallasCollin117,435119,469−1.70%99,223
33League CityCityGalvestonHarris116,320114,392+1.69%83,560
34OdessaCityEctorMidland115,743114,428+1.15%99,940
35BeaumontCityJefferson—112,193115,282−2.68%118,296
36AllenCityCollin—111,620104,627+6.68%84,246
37New BraunfelsCityComalGuadalupe110,95890,403+22.74%57,740
38TylerCitySmith—110,327105,995+4.09%96,900
39Sugar LandCityFort Bend—108,515111,026−2.26%78,817
40ConroeCityMontgomery—108,24889,956+20.33%56,207
41EdinburgCityHidalgo—105,799100,243+5.54%77,100
42Wichita FallsCityWichita—102,691102,316+0.37%104,553
43San AngeloCityTom Green—99,26299,893−0.63%93,200
44GeorgetownCityWilliamson—96,31267,176+43.37%47,400
45TempleCityBell—93,09582,073+13.43%66,102
46BryanCityBrazos—89,61583,980+6.71%76,201
47MissionCityHidalgo—87,29285,778+1.77%77,058
48BaytownCityHarrisChambers84,06783,701+0.44%71,802
49LongviewCityGreggHarrison83,23681,638+1.96%80,455
50PharrCityHidalgo—80,41079,715+0.87%70,400
51LeanderCityWilliamsonTravis80,06759,202+35.24%26,521
52Flower MoundTownDentonTarrant79,44575,956+4.59%64,669
53MansfieldCityTarrantEllis, Johnson78,54272,602+8.18%56,368
54Cedar ParkCityWilliamsonTravis77,51677,595−0.10%48,937
55Missouri CityCityFort BendHarris76,77374,259+3.39%67,358
56San MarcosCityHaysCaldwell, Guadalupe71,56967,553+5.94%44,894
57HarlingenCityCameron—71,51071,829−0.44%64,849
58North Richland HillsCityTarrant—70,65869,917+1.06%63,343
59RowlettCityDallasRockwall66,81362,535+6.84%56,199
60VictoriaCityVictoria—65,80065,534+0.41%62,592
61PflugervilleCityTravisWilliamson65,30165,191+0.17%46,936
62KyleCityHays—62,54845,697+36.88%28,016
63WylieCityCollinDallas, Rockwall61,07857,526+6.17%41,427
64EulessCityTarrant—59,68661,032−2.21%51,277
65Little ElmCityDenton—58,49646,453+25.93%25,898
66Texas CityCityGalveston—56,60951,898+9.08%45,099
67DeSotoCityDallas—55,74056,145−0.72%49,047
68Port ArthurCityJefferson—55,54756,039−0.88%53,818
69BurlesonCityJohnsonTarrant55,22047,641+15.91%36,690
70GalvestonCityGalveston—53,23753,695−0.85%47,743
71RockwallCityRockwall—52,91847,251+11.99%37,490
72GrapevineCityTarrantDallas, Denton50,92850,631+0.59%46,334
73HuntsvilleCityWalker—48,55245,941+5.68%38,548
74Cedar HillCityDallasEllis48,41149,148−1.50%45,028
75BedfordCityTarrant—48,37049,928−3.12%46,979
76ShermanCityGrayson—47,47343,645+8.77%38,521
77WaxahachieCityEllis—47,20141,140+14.73%29,621
78KellerCityTarrant—46,31645,776+1.18%39,627
79The ColonyCityDenton—45,47144,534+2.10%36,328
80Haltom CityCityTarrant—45,29046,073−1.70%42,409
81CelinaCityCollinDenton43,31716,739+158.78%6,028
82SchertzCityGuadalupeBexar, Comal43,23942,002+2.95%31,465
83WeslacoCityHidalgo—43,05340,160+7.20%35,670
84FulshearCityFort Bend—42,61616,856+152.82%1,134
85ProsperTownCollinDenton41,66030,174+38.07%9,423
86CoppellCityDallasDenton41,40442,983−3.67%38,659
87MidlothianCityEllis—41,35235,125+17.73%18,037
88RosenbergCityFort Bend—41,10438,282+7.37%30,618
89FriendswoodCityGalvestonHarris40,82641,213−0.94%35,805
90LancasterCityDallas—40,21541,275−2.57%36,361
91HurstCityTarrant—39,30440,413−2.74%37,337
92DuncanvilleCityDallas—38,88340,706−4.48%38,524
93HuttoCityWilliamson—38,76527,577+40.57%14,698
94Copperas CoveCityCoryellBell, Lampasas38,69636,670+5.52%32,032
95SocorroCityEl Paso—38,23834,306+11.46%32,013
96WeatherfordCityParker—38,10930,854+23.51%25,250
97La PorteCityHarris—36,99135,124+5.32%33,800
98Farmers BranchCityDallas—36,91735,991+2.57%28,616
99San JuanCityHidalgo—36,44835,294+3.27%33,856
100CiboloCityGuadalupe—36,37432,276+12.70%15,349
101CleburneCityJohnson—36,20931,352+15.49%29,337
102SeguinCityGuadalupe—36,01329,433+22.36%25,175
103TexarkanaCityBowie—35,74136,193−1.25%36,411
104ForneyCityKaufman—35,47023,455+51.23%14,661
105Del RioCityVal Verde—34,57434,673−0.29%35,591
106Harker HeightsCityBell—34,44733,097+4.08%26,700
107LufkinCityAngelina—34,18134,143+0.11%35,067
108Deer ParkCityHarris—33,17634,495−3.82%32,010
109GreenvilleCityHunt—32,71728,164+16.17%25,557
110SachseCityDallasCollin32,29427,103+19.15%20,329
111NacogdochesCityNacogdoches—32,15632,147+0.03%32,996
112SouthlakeCityTarrantDenton31,13731,265−0.41%26,575
113ConverseCityBexar—30,32127,466+10.39%18,198
114AlvinCityBrazoria—28,63327,098+5.66%24,236
115Eagle PassCityMaverick—28,28228,130+0.54%26,248
116PrincetonCityCollin—28,02717,027+64.60%6,807
117Lake JacksonCityBrazoria—27,76828,177−1.45%26,849
118AnnaCityCollin—27,50116,896+62.77%8,249
119Balch SpringsCityDallas—26,71127,685−3.52%23,728
120KatyCityHarrisFort Bend, Waller26,36021,894+20.40%14,102
121DenisonCityGrayson—26,34324,479+7.61%22,682
122ColleyvilleCityTarrant—25,73626,057−1.23%22,807
123CorsicanaCityNavarro—25,67125,109+2.24%23,770
124BeltonCityBell—25,17123,054+9.18%18,216
125SaginawCityTarrant—25,13923,890+5.23%19,806
126ParisCityLamar—24,96924,476+2.01%25,171
127University ParkCityDallas—24,95425,278−1.28%23,068
128KerrvilleCityKerr—24,93024,278+2.69%22,347
129FateCityRockwall—24,62617,958+37.13%6,357
130KingsvilleCityKleberg—24,58625,402−3.21%26,213
131San BenitoCityCameron—24,49324,861−1.48%24,250
132BenbrookCityTarrant—24,33624,520−0.75%21,234
133Horizon CityCityEl Paso—24,16822,489+7.47%16,735
134Royse CityCityRockwallCollin, Hunt24,13813,508+78.69%9,349
135MarshallCityHarrison—24,11823,392+3.10%23,523
136CorinthCityDenton—23,70722,634+4.74%19,935
137EnnisCityEllis—23,68620,159+17.50%18,513
138MelissaCityCollin—23,57113,901+69.56%4,695
139WataugaCityTarrant—22,93423,650−3.03%23,497
140Big SpringCityHoward—22,37326,144−14.42%27,282
141StephenvilleCityErath—21,94620,897+5.02%17,123
142DickinsonCityGalveston—21,83420,847+4.73%18,680
143BoerneCityKendall—21,77417,850+21.98%10,471
144TerrellCityKaufman—21,48017,465+22.99%15,816
145AltonCityHidalgo—21,13018,198+16.11%12,341
146MurphyCityCollin—20,92021,013−0.44%17,708
147PortlandCitySan PatricioNueces20,48120,383+0.48%15,099
148AlamoCityHidalgo—20,46019,493+4.96%18,353
149ManorCityTravis—20,20913,652+48.03%5,037
150AngletonCityBrazoria—20,20619,429+4.00%18,862
151Universal CityCityBexarGuadalupe20,02819,720+1.56%18,530
152CrowleyCityTarrantJohnson19,93218,070+10.30%12,838
153SeagovilleCityDallasKaufman19,64318,446+6.49%14,835
154La MarqueCityGalveston—19,60518,030+8.74%14,509
155PlainviewCityHale—19,42020,187−3.80%22,194
156PalestineCityAnderson—19,37218,544+4.47%18,712
157LakewayCityTravis—19,18919,1890.00%11,391
158BrenhamCityWashington—19,14217,369+10.21%15,716
159OrangeCityOrange—19,10819,324−1.12%18,595
Population of the State of Texas[2]30,503,30129,145,505+4.66%25,145,561


See also

Notes
  1. Ellinger was incorporated in November 2020 after the 2020 Census count ended.

References
  1. "Total Population, Housing Unit, and Group Quarter Data by Area in Texas". Texas Demographic Center. United States Census Bureau. April 26, 2021. Archived from the original on December 22, 2022. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
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  4. "Places" (PDF). Geographic Areas Reference Manual (Report). United States Census Bureau. November 1994. pp. 9–7–9–8. Archived from the original on March 18, 2021. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
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  6. "Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 51.072 (2021)". Texas Legislature. Archived from the original on November 21, 2022. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
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Further reading
  • David G. McComb (2015). The City in Texas: A History. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0292767461.


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