For first time in more than a decade, Austin is not the nation’s fastest-growing metro

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin is no longer the fastest-growing large metro area in the country, according to new population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. The Austin metro includes Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis and Williamson counties. The region as a whole added 50,105 new residents between July 2022 and July 2023, a growth rate of 2.07%. Among metros with more than one million people, only Jacksonville, Fla., grew at a faster pace, at 2.20%. The Dallas/Fort Worth metro added more people than any other in the country, with a population...