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Waco, TX Metro Area Demographics

Waco, TX Metro Area is the 167th most populous of 935 metro areas in the United States, with 295,782 residents across 2,785 square miles. That is about 106 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 295,782
Land area 2,785 sq mi
Density 106 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

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Counties in the Waco, TX Metro Area area

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
County McLennan 260,579 1,037.1 251
Bosque County, TX 18,235 983.0 19
Falls County 16,968 765.5 22

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