Midland, Texas population is 147,615 as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimate), ranking #191 nationally and #25 in Texas. Cost of living runs 4.2% below the U.S. average (BEA RPP 2024); a family of four needs roughly $90,954/yr to break even (2025 modeled). This profile draws on 13 federal datasets covering population, housing, income, employment, climate, and risk.
At a glance.
2025 population
147,615
+3,421 in the last year
Top 1% of 19,483 U.S. cities
Census Vintage 2025
Cost of living
RPP 95.8
−4.2% vs US
Midland, TX metro · BEA 2024
Family-of-4 budget
$90,954/yr
+14% vs US
Modeled 2025 · federal sources
Median HH income
$89,585
+15% vs US
ACS 2020–2024 5-yr
Median home value
$319,200
+5.2% vs US
ACS 2020–2024 5-yr
2-BR fair-market rent
$1,772/mo
HUD FY2026 · 40th pct
Avg July high
95°F
NOAA 1991–2020
Gigabit broadband
59%
ISP-reported, FCC BDC
How many people live in Midland?
147,615 people live in Midland as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025), the #191 largest U.S. city.
Source detail
2025 population
Source agency
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset
Census PEP
Vintage / period
Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography
Census PEP subcounty place records for the included city universe.
Transformation
Copied from POPESTIMATE2025, joined by Census GEOID, and used for ranks, filters, and city pages.
Known limit: Annual estimate, not a decennial count; each new PEP vintage can revise the prior series.
Population grew 11.1% from the April 2020 base to mid-2025.
Vintage 2025 · annual estimates
Recent history (V2025 series, 2020 base → 2025).
2020 base: 132,866 → 2025: 147,615 (+11.1%)
Year
Population
Reference date
2020 base
132,866
April 1, 2020
2020
133,247
July 1, 2020
2021
131,981
July 1, 2021
2022
135,355
July 1, 2022
2023
139,801
July 1, 2023
2024
144,194
July 1, 2024
2025
147,615
July 1, 2025
Earlier history (2010–2019, prior Census vintage)
These figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2019 release — a separate, earlier methodology. They’re shown here as historical context only; the 2010 and 2019 values aren’t directly comparable to the 2020–2025 series above.
Population grew 31.3% from 2010 to 2019 (V2019 — see seam note below).
Midland is the #191 largest of 19,483 U.S. cities and #25 in Texas.
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Measure
Value
Note
2020 base
132,866
April 1, 2020 census base
5-yr change
+14,749
2020 base → 2025; within V2025
5-yr change %
+11.1%
within V2025 only
1-yr change
+3,421
2024 → 2025 estimate
1-yr change %
+2.4%
within V2025 only
Density
1,938
people per sq mi, land only
Land area
76.2
sq mi (2025 Gazetteer)
U.S. rank by population
#191
of 19,483 cities
State rank by population
#25
of 1,224 in Texas
What is the median household income in Midland?
Median household income is 15% above the U.S. median ($89,585 vs $77,719); 12.4% live in poverty — 0.1 points below the 12.5% U.S. rate.
Median household income$89,585
US
Midland: $89,585 — 15% above the US median of $77,719.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS income data
Midland
$89,585
United States
$77,719
Income and poverty estimates for Midland from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year estimates (window 2020–2024). Every figure is shown with its 90% margin of error (MOE). Cells where the ± margin exceeds half the estimate are flagged "low precision." See methodology §12.
Measure
Estimate
± margin / note
Median household income
89,585+15.3% vs US
±6,078
Per capita income
49,879+15.2% vs US
±2,889
Population in poverty
12.4%
share of population for whom poverty status is determined
Median home value is 5% above the U.S. median ($319,200 vs $303,400); median rent is 6% above ($1,434 vs $1,348); price-to-income ratio (3.6×) is roughly in line with the U.S. median (3.9×).
Median home value$319,200
US
Midland: $319,200 — 5% above the US median of $303,400.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS home-value data
HUD 2-BR fair-market rent$1,772/mo
US
Midland: $1,772/mo — 65% above the US median of $1,077/mo.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with a HUD Fair Market Rent
Poverty (Census SAIPE 2024, model-based), unemployment (BLS LAUS 2024 annual averages), and remote-work share (ACS 2020–2024) for Midland. Numbers are labeled at their native grain — place-grain when BLS publishes it, otherwise per-county. We do not compute population-weighted county averages. See methodology §13.
Measure
Value
Grain
Unemployment rate (annual avg)
3.0%
Midland (BLS sub-state LAUS)
Civilian labor force
78,161
2024 annual avg
Worked from home
6.2%-55.8% vs US
share of workers 16+ commuting from home · U.S. median: 14% · ACS
County context — Midland spans 2 counties; all are listed (no weighted average):
County
Poverty rate
Median HH income
Unemployment
Martin County
12.1%
$88,154
3.0%
Midland County
11.2%
$97,719
2.9%
Top industries by private employment — NAICS supersectors rolled up from Midland's linked 2 counties in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW, 2024 annual averages). See methodology §11.
#
Industry (NAICS supersector)
Private employment
Avg weekly wage
#1
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (21)
32,935
$2,963 / wk
#2
Accommodation and food services (72)
9,875
$554 / wk
#3
Retail trade (44-45)
9,435
$843 / wk
#4
Construction (23)
8,216
$1,743 / wk
#5
Wholesale trade (42)
6,839
$2,261 / wk
What workers earn in the Midland, TX metro — top occupations by employment plus six curated benchmarks (registered nurse, software developer, elementary teacher, general manager, retail salesperson, truck driver). Wages are metro-area medians from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). See methodology §25.
General and Operations Managers is the largest tracked occupation in the Midland, TX metro (4,830 jobs, median $132,420/yr).
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Occupation
Employment
Median annual
Median hourly
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas
3,940
$47,180
$22.68
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas
3,460
$49,470
$23.78
Fast Food and Counter Workers
3,240
$28,650
$13.78
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
2,700
$79,940
$38.44
Industrial Machinery Mechanics
2,630
$60,420
$29.05
Construction Laborers
1,970
$39,500
$18.99
Stockers and Order Fillers
1,900
$38,200
$18.36
General and Operations Managers · benchmark
4,830
$132,420
$63.66
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers · benchmark
4,540
$58,200
$27.98
Retail Salespersons · benchmark
2,210
$33,660
$16.18
Registered Nurses · benchmark
1,210
$82,120
$39.48
Software Developers · benchmark
400
$126,190
$60.67
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education · benchmark
All items run 4.2% below the U.S. average (RPP 95.8); utilities run 16.8% below (RPP 83.2) — the metro's utility affordability is the main driver.
Cost of living (RPP, all items)RPP 95.8
US
Midland's cost of living runs 4.2% below the U.S. average (RPP 95.8 vs 100).
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of metro/non-metro areas with a BEA price parity
BEA Regional Price Parity (all items)
RPP 95.8
−4.2% vs U.S. average · BEA 2024 · Midland, TX metro
HUD Fair Market Rent, 2-BR
$1,772/mo
FY2026 · Martin County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area
State income tax (top marginal rate)
0%
no state income tax · TY2025
Family-of-four monthly budget total
$7,579/mo
3BR rent + food + childcare + taxes + transport · federal sources
Single-adult monthly budget total
$4,528/mo
1BR rent + food + taxes + transport · federal sources
Local income tax
—
not applicable in Texas · no modeled local income tax
Household budget figures are arithmetic floors using current federal sources at the grains documented in methodology. Not a recommended salary, not a poverty threshold, not a composite score.
13.2% foreign-born (U.S. median 14%); Spanish is the most-spoken language at home other than English (28.3% of residents 5+).
A quick read on Midland's residents — nativity and languages spoken at home shown above, from the ACS 5-Year 2020–2024. The full demographic breakdown (age, race and ethnicity, household types, and educational attainment, each with its margin of error) lives on the demographics page.
These are K-12 public school districts. Higher education (colleges and universities) is not represented in this dataset.
Public school districts serving Midland, from the NCES EDGE Geographic Relationship Files (GRF25, 2024–25 school year boundaries). The join is many-to-many — large cities often span multiple districts, and one district often serves multiple cities. Sorted primary district first. See methodology §12 for the consolidated-city fallback and Milford CT special case.
Source: NCES EDGE GRF25 · school year 2024–25 · methodology →
What is the climate like in Midland?
Hottest month: July (95°F avg high). Coldest: January (32°F avg low). Annual precipitation: 14.4 in.
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) for Midland from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. See methodology §15 for the gridded vs. station source path.
Average monthly highs & lows · 30-year normal (NOAA 1991–2020). Every number on this chart is an average.
bar = avg daily high → avg daily lowprecip in inches below each barprecip in millimeters below each bar
Composite risk spans 20.0–81.2/100 across 2 counties; most-cited top hazard is Drought (in 1 of 2).
Natural-hazard exposure for Midland from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index (FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0). NRI is an expected-annual-loss composite calibrated on 1996–2019 historical losses, published at the U.S. county grain. See methodology §17.
Midland spans 2 counties. We list each separately because hurricane, flood, and fire risk varies meaningfully across county lines — manufacturing a single “city-level” risk score would hide that signal.
Hail 98.3 Relatively High · Winter Weather 95.9 Relatively High · Wildfire 93.1 Relatively Moderate
Source: FEMA National Risk Index · FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0 · methodology →
How fast is home internet in Midland?
18 non-satellite ISPs serve the area; 59% of locations have gigabit-capable service per ISP filings.
Fixed broadband availability for Midland from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's Broadband Data Collection (BDC), as of June 30, 2025. Every speed and provider count below is an ISP-reported advertised maximum — not measured throughput. Actual delivered speeds typically run 60–80% of advertised. See methodology §16.
Measure
Value
Note
Providers serving this city
18 + satellite
distinct ISPs, excluding satellite-only
Fiber providers
13
offer fiber-to-the-premises somewhere in the BDC
Units with ≥100/20 Mbps fixed
100.0%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Locations with ≥100 Mbps upload
59.4%
derived: max(fiber ≥100/20, gigabit). Fiber is symmetric; gigabit is ≥100 up by definition
Units with ≥1 Gbps fixed
59.4%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Total broadband-serviceable units
65,735
residential locations in the FCC Fabric (not households)
Source: FCC BDC · as of June 30, 2025 · methodology →
How much crime is reported in Midland?
In 2024, law enforcement reported 512 violent and 2,262 property offenses in the Midland jurisdiction — a violent-crime rate of 364.9 per 100,000, about even with the U.S. estimate of 359.1.
Reported offenses known to law enforcement from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program (CIUS Table 8), 2024. Figures describe the FBI agency jurisdiction: Midland — an FBI jurisdiction population of 140,303, versus the Census place population of 147,615. The rate per 100,000 is the FBI's own (count ÷ that jurisdiction population), never divided by the Census place figure. These are reported crimes under voluntary participation — not measured or victimization crime — and the FBI cautions against using them to rank or compare places. See methodology §31.
Offenses known, 2024
Count
Rate /100k
U.S. rate
Violent crime
512
364.9
359.1
Property crime
2,262
1,612.2
1,760.1
▸ Offense breakdown and 3-year trend
Offense, 2024
Count
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter
7
Rape
94
Robbery
33
Aggravated assault
378
Burglary
321
Larceny-theft
1,645
Motor vehicle theft
296
Arson (12-month reporters only)
3
Year
Violent /100k
Property /100k
Jurisdiction pop.
2022
491.7
1,910.0
129,945
2023
430.3
1,891.3
135,253
2024
364.9
1,612.2
140,303
Only years the agency reported a complete 12 months appear; the FBI does not estimate missing agency-years, so a gap is a non-reporting year, not zero crime.
U.S. rate is the FBI national estimate (imputes non-reporting agencies); the city figures are reported-only. Source: FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (2022–2024) · FBI agency jurisdiction: Midland · methodology → · FBI Crime Data Explorer →
In-state context.
Midland sits at state rank #25 among 1,224 cities in Texas. Nearby in the state ranking:
Just above in the profiled set: Thornton, CO · #190 · 147,766 residents.
Just below in the profiled set: Rockford, IL · #192 · 147,384 residents.
Quick travel facts for Midland
Quick travel facts.
Nearest commercial airport
Midland International Air and Space Port(MAF) ·
8 mi 12 km from city centroid
Best months to visit
Mar, Nov · months when the avg high sits in 65–80°F and precipitation is at or below the city's median monthly precip
Sources: elevation from USGS Elevation Point Query Service (3DEP) · nearest airport from OurAirports CSV (FAA-aligned, type=large/medium, scheduled_service=yes) · best months derived from NOAA 1991-2020 normals · methodology →
Frequently asked questions about Midland.
How many people live in Midland, TX?
Midland has 147,615 residents as of July 1, 2025, making it the #191 largest city in the United States and #25 in Texas. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025.
Is Midland growing or shrinking?
Midland has grown 11.1% since the April 2020 census baseline, adding 14,749 residents, including a 2.4% increase from 2024 to 2025. Source: Census PEP Vintage 2025.
Midland spans Martin County, Midland County in Texas.
How big is Midland?
Midland covers 76.2 square miles of land, with a population density of about 1,938 residents per square mile. Source: Census Gazetteer 2025.
What is the median household income in Midland?
$89,585, about 15% above the U.S. median. Source: ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024.
SourceU.S. Census · PEP
VintageV2025
Reference2025-07-01
Place typeIncorporated place
GEOID4848072
Last build2026-07-02
Sources · provenance
Every listed dataset is used on this page.
The GEOID for Midland is 4848072. These are the official datasets used by this profile's main data modules; click "methodology" for inclusion rules and the V2019 ↔ V2025 seam, or "source" for the raw publisher page. The headline population value above includes a source-detail disclosure with publisher, dataset, vintage, native geography, transformation, and caveat.
