Texas Demographic Conference

Huge thanks to our partners and sponsors for making this gathering possible: OneStar for serving as our conference host, Texas Rural Funders, the Water Cooler at Pegasus Park, and the Dallas Foundation for their generous support.

We were honored to hear Dr. Pia Orrenius from the Dallas Federal Reserve who headlined the program with a look at how rising policy uncertainty is straining Texas’s traditional economic strengths and what that means for future growth.

We are grateful to all our speakers who shared how Texas’ population growth is posing challenges and opportunities in housing, the workforce, health and human services, infrastructure, and economic development.

Plans are already underway for the 2026 meeting in Austin, Texas, and we will share the confirmed date and venue here as soon as details are finalized. We look forward to seeing you next year!

About our conference

The Texas Demographic Conference is an annual meeting providing updates of demographic and socioeconomic data available for Texas Demographers, Economists, Planners, Marketers, State and Local Governments, Diverse Businesses, Media, Consultants, and Data Center Affiliate Agencies. Join us if you are interested in keeping appraised of current demographic and socioeconomic data for the state of Texas.

Content

• Subject matter experts from the U.S. Census Bureau provide information concerning ongoing census activities, training in data access and use, a review of data released since our last meeting, and new data products to be available in the next year.
• The State Demographer provides an update on demographic changes in the state and discusses new data and analysis available from the Texas Demographic Center.
• Presentations by other state agencies, researchers, and professionals regarding how Texas’ changing demographics affect state services.
• Discussions and Networking - create contacts with other professionals in Texas that use census data for their planning and policy development.