<Tr> <Td_colspan="4"> 1910--2010 census 2013 Estimate </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2010 US Census recorded Texas as having a population of 25.1 million--an increase of 4.3 million since the year 2000, involving an increase in population in all three subcategories of population growth: natural increase (births minus deaths), net immigration, and net migration . The state passed New York in the 1990s to become the second - largest U.S. state in population, after California . </P> <P> Texas' population growth between 2000 and 2010 represents the highest population increase, by number of people, for any U.S. state during this time period . The large population increase can somewhat be attributed to Texas' relative insulation from the US housing bubble . The state has a bigger population than that of Australia . </P> <P> As of 2012, the state has an estimated 4.1 million foreign - born residents, constituting approximately 15% of the state population An estimated 1.7 million people are undocumented immigrants . </P>

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