Even the nasty recession couldn't derail Texas' status as the fastest-growing state, according to U.S. census estimates released Wednesday. Texas gained 478,000 people in the 12 months starting July 1, 2008, the Census Bureau said. California had the next-largest growth (378,000), followed by North Carolina (134,000), Georgia (131,000) and Florida (114,000). With 37 million residents, California remains the most populous state. Texas is second with 24.8 million, followed by New York (19.5 million), Florida (18.5 million) and Illinois (12.9 million). The Lone Star state probably will pass the 25 million mark in the 2010 Census, said Steve Murdock, a Rice University professor and a former director of the U.S. Census. "This has been a simply phenomenal decade of growth for Texas," he said If the estimates hold in next year's door-to-door count, Texas stands to be a big winner in congressional redistricting. Texas would gain three seats in the House under the July estimate, bringing its total to 35. The new population estimates didn't surprise state demographer Karl Eschbach, but the continued rapid inflow did catch his attention. "What may be surprising is that domestic and international migration is basically estimated at the same levels as the last several years, even in spite of the recession," Eschbach said. And that growth rate is only rivaled by the heady days of the oil boom in the 1970s, he said. Across the U.S., the faltering economy has put the brakes on migration, said census demographer Greg Harper, who said it was particularly notable that Texas gained 143,000 people from other states. "It's a huge gap between Texas and any other state in domestic migration," Harper said. "Most states have seen dramatic decreases," he said. Texas remains fastest-growing state in latest census estimates
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