Workers adjust machinery at an apartment construction site in Austin, Texas, in 2023. Growth in housing units, mostly apartments in Austin, Dallas and Houston, helped fuel Texas population growth, the largest in the country, between 2023 and 2024. BRANDON BELL/GETTY IMAGES
BY TIM HENDERSONStateline/States Newsroom A recent immigration surge brought newcomers to every state this year, helping to offset a continued drop in U.S. births while…
