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City demographer: Austin growth slowed; international migration now the largest net migration component
Summary
Lila Valencia, City of Austin demographer, told the commission that domestic migration slowed and international migration now accounts for positive net migration; she presented projections to 2060 and an interactive population/employment forecast tool.
Lila Valencia, demographer for the City of Austin, presented population trends and projections, telling the commission that Austin’s recent growth has slowed compared with the rapid expansion of earlier years and that international migration is currently the principal source of positive net migration.
Valencia said the Austin metro added about 58,000 people year over year in the most recent estimate, but that Austin’s rank among largest U.S. cities slipped from the top 10 to 13th and the metro is now the fourth-fastest-growing large region in the country. She said Travis County experienced negative domestic net migration in 2023 (more people moved out than moved in) and that in 2024 net migration was positive only…
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