Williamson County population races towards Travis County | Williamson County population races towards Travis County | https://www.recenter.tamu.edu/news/newstalk-texas/?Item=8642 | 2013-01-08T08:38:00Z | 2013-01-08T00:00:00Z |
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.
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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
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