Little Elm has secured the fifth position on the list of the fastest-growing large cities in the United States, according to recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The town is located less than 35 miles north of Dallas.
The Census Bureau defined large cities as those with populations of 50,000 or more. Between July 2021 and July 2022, Little Elm experienced an 8 percent increase in residents, bringing the total population to more than 55,300. This growth rate placed the North Texas community behind only Georgetown, Santa Cruz, Kyle, and Leander in the national rankings for proportional growth.
Georgetown, a suburb of Austin, recorded the highest growth rate in the nation at 14.4 percent, raising its population to over 86,500. Kyle and Leander, also Austin suburbs, tied for third place with a 10.9 percent growth rate each. Santa Cruz, California, took second place in the large city category.
In a separate metric focusing on the largest numeric population increases, Fort Worth led the nation by adding 19,170 residents, reaching a total of just over 956,700. Dallas ranked 13th in this category with an addition of 8,833 people, while Frisco ranked 15th with 8,506 new residents.
Regarding overall population size, the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area ranked fourth among the 10 most populous U.S. metro areas. Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land followed at number five. Among individual cities, Houston ranked fourth nationally with a population exceeding 2.3 million, and San Antonio ranked seventh with over 1.47 million residents.
