1. Top Demographic Trends in Austin

2. Top Demographic Trends
1. Long-term, sustained, rapid population growth.

4. Williamson
Travis
Hays
Bastrop
Caldwell

5. 35th (1.73 million)

6. 3rd

8. Top Demographic Trends
• Long-term, sustained, rapid population growth.
• A decidedly suburban tilt to the decade’s population growth,
more so than in the past.
• A lumpy landscape of population growth and decline (especially
within the central city).
• Growth from Hispanics dominates overall growth.

13. Top Demographic Trends
• Long-term, sustained, rapid population growth.
• A decidedly suburban tilt to the decade’s population
growth, more so than in the past
• A lumpy landscape of population growth and decline
(especially within the central city).
• Growth from Hispanics dominates overall growth.
• Rapid suburbanization of African American
Households.
• New chunks of growth for Austin’s age
structure: the very young, baby boomers, and
seniors.

16. Metro Areas with Fastest Growing Senior and Pre-Senior
Population, 2000 to 2010 Seniors (age 65 Plus)
Pre-Seniors (age 55 to 64)
Portland
Boise Madison
Salt Lake City
Las Vegas
Colorado Springs Raleigh
Riverside Albuquerque
Charlotte
Atlanta
DFW
Austin
Houston

17. Top Demographic Trends
• Long-term, sustained, rapid population growth.
• A decidedly suburban tilt to the decade’s population
growth, more so than in the past
• A lumpy landscape of population growth and decline
(especially within the central city).
• Growth from Hispanics dominates overall growth.
• Suburbanization of African American Households.
• New chunks of growth for Austin’s age structure: the
very young, baby boomers, and seniors.
• The Asian Boom.

19. 82K

20. 10th, at 6.3%

23. Top Demographic Trends
• Long-term, sustained, rapid population growth.
• A decidedly suburban tilt to the decade’s population growth,
more so than in the past
• Growth from Hispanics dominates overall growth.
• Rapid suburbanization of African American Households.
• New chunks of growth for Austin’s age structure: the very young,
baby boomers, and seniors.
• The Asian Boom.
• Younger cohorts becoming overwhelmingly
Hispanic.

30. Top Demographic Trends
• Long-term, sustained, rapid population growth.
• A decidedly suburban tilt to the decade’s population growth,
more so than in the past
• A lumpy landscape of population growth and decline (especially
within the central city).
• Growth from Hispanics dominate overall growth.
• Rapid suburbanization of African American Households.
• New chunks of growth for Austin’s age structure: the very young,
baby boomers, and seniors.
• The Asian Boom.
• Younger cohorts becoming overwhelmingly Hispanic.
• Socio-economic gaps are getting bigger.

31. DATA SOURCE: 2007 American Community Survey Data, Table B19113, US Census Bureau.