The largest metros across the small-town metros of Texas

Texas land and rural markets · Data as of 2026-11-07 · ALEX Intelligence

87,275 Population — Lufkin

#	Metro	Population
1	Lufkin	87,275
2	Athens	84,862
3	Huntsville	80,209
4	Rio Grande City-Roma	66,067
5	Granbury	65,894
6	Nacogdoches	65,162
7	Paris	62,280
8	Palestine	58,439
9	Mount Pleasant	56,237
10	Corsicana	54,711

Methodology

Source:: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2024
Measure: Population, ranked highest first across all 41 Texas micropolitan areas (41 ranked in total).
Universe: Texas micropolitan areas only (metropolitan areas whose principal city is in Texas). Nothing outside Texas is ranked.
Vintage: 2024
Reproduce this query: https://api.census.gov/data/2024/acs/acs5?get=NAME%2CB01003_001E%2CB01002_001E%2CB19013_001E%2CB25077_001E%2CB25064_001E%2CB25003_001E%2CB25003_002E%2CB25002_001E%2CB25002_003E%2CB25035_001E%2CB25010_001E%2CB25070_001E%2CB25070_007E%2CB25070_008E%2CB25070_009E%2CB25070_010E%2CB25075_001E%2CB25075_024E%2CB25075_025E%2CB25075_026E%2CB25081_001E%2CB25081_009E%2CB01001_020E%2CB01001_021E%2CB01001_022E%2CB01001_023E%2CB01001_024E%2CB01001_025E%2CB01001_044E%2CB01001_045E%2CB01001_046E%2CB01001_047E%2CB01001_048E%2CB01001_049E&for=metropolitan%20statistical%20area%2Fmicropolitan%20statistical%20area%3A%2A&key=YOUR_CENSUS_KEY

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