GHP: Region saw continued population growth in '24

GHP: Region saw continued population growth in '24

Editor's note: In its "Economy at a Glance" report for April, the Greater Houston Partnership – the regional chamber of commerce – examines the area's population growth in 2024 and summarizes benchmark revisions to last year's employment numbers.. The main…

Migration to Rural America Resulted in Population Growth Last Year, Census Shows

Thousands of people moved to rural America last year, causing the fourth year of continual growth in rural areas, according to a Daily Yonder analysis of 2024 Census estimates. Nonmetropolitan, or rural, counties grew by 134,000 residents between 2023 and 2024, reversing a decade-long trend of population decline that happened between 2010 and 2020. Since 2020, in-migration has been the primary force behind rural population gain. If it wasn’t for…