Houston Metro Area Population 2024. Metro houston added 139,789 residents in ’23, a 1.9 percent increase from ’22, according to data released today by the u.s. This page reports on the population distribution in the houston area, both in terms of raw head counts, and in terms of population density per square mile.
The increase equates to one new resident every 3.8. Houston will eclipse new york city as the 2nd biggest metro area by the year 2100, a new report predicts.