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Williamson County population races towards Travis CountyWilliamson County population races towards Travis Countyhttps://www.recenter.tamu.edu/news/newstalk-texas/?Item=86422013-01-08T08:38:00Z2013-01-08T00:00:00Z

WILLIAMSON COUNTY - Austin continues to lead the region in creating jobs and luring new residents, but Williamson County and other Central Texas suburbs are catching up, becoming more than bedroom communities in Austin’s economic slipstream.

The number of jobs in Williamson County rose by 69 percent from 2000 to 2010, keeping pace with the county’s rapid population growth — also 69 percent — and far outpacing the state’s rate of job creation of about 10 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Public officials in Williamson County have offered incentives that helped lure several large employers, created a health care district near the Texas A&M University medical school and brought large retail developments such as an outlet mall, IKEA and Costco.

 

  Projected Population
Middle Range
Projected Population
High Range
Year Williamson Travis Williamson Travis
2010 422,679 1,024,266 422,679 1,024,266
2015 479,159 1,113,392 522,015 1,144,419
2020 538,808 1,200,883 640,699 1,273,260
2025 604,140 1,278,723 783,657 1,396,384
2030 676,864 1,348,207 956,459 1,508,642
2035 756,190 1,415,236 1,163,318 1,617,945
2040 840,008 1,484,854 1,406,994 1,732,860
2043 891,713 1,528,110 1,571,996 1,806,805
2045 926,605 1,557,566 1,690,040 1,858,149
2050 1,015,713 1,630,964 2,015,294 1,990,820


Source: Texas State Data Center; Ryan Robinson, Austin demographer

Austin American-Statesman
Austin-Round Rock
Demographics & Population
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