POPULATION INCREASES 8.1% IN MIDLAND SINCE 2020
(May 16, 2025)
MIDLAND, TEXAS -- The Census Bureau reported this week that the estimated population inside the city of Midland has increased 8.1% since the April 1, 2020, when the base population was established.
The Bureau estimates a population of 143,687 in 2024 inside the city of Midland (compared to the 132,874 in 2020). Midland’s 8.1% increase during that time is the greatest of any larger metropolitan city in the region.
Other population estimates include:
- Lubbock, 272,086 in 2024 (257,206 in 2020)
- Amarillo, 203,729 in 2024 (200,414 in 2020)
- Abilene 130,501 in 2024 (125,004 in 2020)
- Odessa, 119,748 in 2024 (114,451 in 2020)
- San Angelo, 100,159 in 2024 (99,903 in 2020)
Midland population estimates
2024 143,687
2023 139,488
2022 135,099
2021 131,918
2020 132,874
Source: U.S. Census Bureau