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Demographics of Denton city, Texas

Denton city, Texas had 169,431 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +28,290 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Denton city, in four figures

169,431
Population
July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 152,866 ±90.
+20.0%
Change since July 2020
+28,290 people.
31.4 ±0.6
Median age
ACS 2020–⁠2024.
$76,019 ±$3,990
Median household income
ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Denton city, Texas's population grew 20.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Denton city, Texas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Denton city, Texas's population grew 20.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Denton city, Texas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1PopulationIndexUnited States
2020141,141100.0100.0
2021147,288104.4100.2
2022150,969107.0100.7
2023159,300112.9101.6
2024166,235117.8102.5
2025169,431120.0103.1
Population of Denton city, Texas on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1PopulationChange
2020141,141—
2021147,288+6,147
2022150,969+3,681
2023159,300+8,331
2024166,235+6,935
2025169,431+3,196

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 31.4 ±0.6: for men 31.4 ±0.8 and for women 31.3 ±1.1. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Denton city by age, ACS 2020–2024
AgePeopleShare
Under 57,446 ±8174.9% ±0.5
5 to 1720,376 ±1,46613.3% ±1.0
18 to 2430,531 ±1,66020.0% ±1.1
25 to 4444,886 ±1,96329.4% ±1.3
45 to 6430,575 ±1,45220.0% ±0.9
65 and over19,052 ±1,07512.5% ±0.7

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $76,019 ±$3,990, and income per person $38,167 ±$1,439, in 2024 dollars. The median is $78,476 ±$263 in Texas and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Denton city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household incomeHouseholdsShare
Under $25,0008,942 ±85115.8% ±1.5
$25,000 to $49,99910,458 ±96618.5% ±1.7
$50,000 to $74,9998,648 ±85915.3% ±1.5
$75,000 to $99,9997,703 ±73213.6% ±1.3
$100,000 to $149,99910,050 ±90517.7% ±1.6
$150,000 to $199,9994,929 ±5848.7% ±1.0
$200,000 or more5,934 ±71710.5% ±1.2

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Denton city by age, ACS 2020–2024
AgeBelow povertyRate
All ages22,742 ±2,08415.8% ±1.5
Under 183,936 ±77814.5% ±2.7
18 to 5916,978 ±1,60618.7% ±1.7
60 and over1,828 ±3967.1% ±1.5

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Denton city, ACS 2020–2024
MeasureDenton cityTexas
Housing units60,531 ±1,04912,128,515 ±1,574
Occupied93.6% ±0.890.6% ±0.1
Vacant6.4% ±0.99.4% ±0.1
Owner occupied50.0% ±1.662.6% ±0.3
Renter occupied50.0% ±1.637.4% ±0.2
Median home value$348,200 ±$6,291$283,800 ±$738
Median gross rent$1,420 ±$40$1,403 ±$4
Median year built1997 ±21992 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Denton city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
OriginPeopleShare
Hispanic or Latino39,554 ±2,56225.9% ±1.7
White alone, not Hispanic82,238 ±2,67453.8% ±1.7
Black alone, not Hispanic16,659 ±1,45910.9% ±1.0
Asian alone, not Hispanic6,192 ±9624.1% ±0.6
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic174 ±830.1% ±0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic26 to 246< 0.1% to 0.2%
Some other race alone, not Hispanic359 to 1,4550.2% to 1.0%
Two or more races, not Hispanic7,006 ±8854.6% ±0.6

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Denton city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
BornPeopleShare
Born in the state84,014 ±2,23055.0% ±1.5
Born in another state45,712 ±1,85729.9% ±1.2
Born a citizen outside the states2,445 ±5001.6% ±0.3
Born abroad20,695 ±2,18213.5% ±1.4
Naturalized citizens7,554 ±1,0864.9% ±0.7
Not citizens13,141 ±1,7258.6% ±1.1

Denton city among the places of Texas

20th of 428 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Texas page.

Places of Texas near Denton city in population, ACS 2020–2024
PlaceACS 2020–⁠2024
McKinney city210,600 ±70
Amarillo city201,885 ±74
Grand Prairie city201,883 ±335
Brownsville city189,177 ±60
Killeen city158,159 ±50
Denton city152,866 ±90
Pasadena city149,433 ±52
Mesquite city149,299 ±335
McAllen city145,385 ±95
Waco city143,570 ±93
Midland city136,640 ±33

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Sources

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

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