Demographics of Texarkana city, Texas

Texarkana city, Texas had 36,195 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −19 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Texarkana city, in four figures

36,195
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 35,992 ±41.; −0.1%
Change since July 2020: −19 people.; 37.2 ±1.6
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $50,573 ±$5,907
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.

Texarkana city, Texas's population shrank 0.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Texarkana 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

Texarkana city, Texas's population shrank 0.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Texarkana 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 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	36,214	100.0	100.0
2021	36,112	99.7	100.2
2022	35,836	99.0	100.7
2023	35,781	98.8	101.6
2024	36,181	99.9	102.5
2025	36,195	99.9	103.1

Population of Texarkana city, Texas on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	36,214	—
2021	36,112	−102
2022	35,836	−276
2023	35,781	−55
2024	36,181	+400
2025	36,195	+14

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 37.2 ±1.6: for men 34.7 ±1.8 and for women 39.7 ±1.0. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Texarkana city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Texas	United States
Under 5	1,974 ±398	5.5% ±1.1	6.4% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	6,955 ±545	19.3% ±1.5	18.6% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	2,789 ±466	7.7% ±1.3	9.7% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	9,622 ±691	26.7% ±1.9	28.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	8,153 ±612	22.7% ±1.7	23.3% ±<0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	6,499 ±639	18.1% ±1.8	13.4% ±<0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $50,573 ±$5,907, and income per person $30,284 ±$2,311, 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 Texarkana city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Texas	United States
Under $25,000	4,168 ±600	28.2% ±3.9	14.6% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	3,188 ±504	21.6% ±3.3	17.3% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	2,199 ±354	14.9% ±2.3	16.1% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,942 ±319	13.1% ±2.1	12.8% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,610 ±345	10.9% ±2.3	17.3% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	894 ±212	6.0% ±1.4	9.5% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	782 ±234	5.3% ±1.6	12.5% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

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 Texarkana city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Texas	United States
All ages	7,614 ±1,057	22.0% ±3.1	13.8% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	2,470 ±494	27.8% ±5.0	18.7% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	3,594 ±533	20.6% ±2.9	12.2% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,550 ±336	18.9% ±3.8	12.0% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Texarkana city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Texarkana city	Texas	United States
Housing units	16,482 ±455	12,128,515 ±1,574	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	89.7% ±1.6	90.6% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	10.3% ±1.8	9.4% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	51.6% ±3.2	62.6% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	48.4% ±3.4	37.4% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$171,500 ±$13,882	$283,800 ±$738	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,010 ±$40	$1,403 ±$4	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1979 ±2	1992 ±1	1980 ±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 Texarkana city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Texas	United States
Hispanic or Latino	3,379 ±589	9.4% ±1.6	39.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	16,909 ±818	47.0% ±2.3	39.1% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	13,470 ±837	37.4% ±2.3	11.9% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	674 ±248	1.9% ±0.7	5.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 80	< 0.1% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 312	0% to 0.9%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 198	0% to 0.6%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,321 ±363	3.7% ±1.0	3.1% ±<0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

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 Texarkana city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Texas	United States
Born in the state	22,781 ±903	63.3% ±2.5	58.3% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	11,201 ±871	31.1% ±2.4	22.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	72 to 448	0.2% to 1.2%	1.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	1,750 ±456	4.9% ±1.3	17.6% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	590 ±167	1.6% ±0.5	7.4% ±<0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	1,160 ±436	3.2% ±1.2	10.2% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

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%.

Texarkana city among the places of Texas

101st 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 Texarkana city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Socorro city	37,123 ±42
La Porte city	36,730 ±37
Farmers Branch city	36,645 ±55
Mission Bend CDP	36,586 ±2,525
San Juan city	36,149 ±28
Texarkana city	35,992 ±41
Weatherford city	35,788 ±53
Hutto city	35,483 ±67
Timberwood Park CDP	35,413 ±2,338
Cibolo city	35,109 ±86
Fulshear city	34,868 ±27

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Texarkana city, Texas

Rankings this appears in

No. 13 Places in Texas by poverty rate
No. 49 Places in Texas by median age
No. 187 Places in Texas by per capita income
No. 236 Places in Texas by median rent
No. 246 Places in Texas by median household income
No. 259 Places in Texas by median home value

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

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

Data retrieved September 25, 2026