Anna more than doubles since 2020 and ranks fifth in the nation for growth

Anna grew 10.2% in the year ending July 1, 2025, to 35,245 residents, the fifth-fastest growth rate of any U.S. city with at least 20,000 people, according to the latest Census Bureau estimates.

The city added 3,249 people that year. Its population has more than doubled since the 2020 census, when it counted 17,137, an increase of about 106%.

Steady, slightly slower growth

Anna's yearly gains have been large and fairly even. The bureau's estimates show the city adding about 2,800 people from 2020 to 2021, 3,400 the next year, and a little over 4,000 in each of the two years after that. The 2025 gain of about 3,200 was smaller than either of those, but still enough for a top-five national ranking.

• July 2021: 20,459
• July 2022: 23,825
• July 2023: 27,938
• July 2024: 31,996
• July 2025: 35,245

Neighbors growing too

Anna is one of four North Texas suburbs in the national top five, with Celina first, Princeton third and Melissa fourth. Melissa, just to the south on U.S. 75, grew 14.5%. Van Alstyne, to the north, grew 11.0%, though it is too small for the national ranking. Princeton, to the southeast, has passed Anna in size at 43,524.

Across the 21 North Texas cities and towns this newsroom covers, the region added 64,204 people in the year, while larger suburbs closer to Dallas, such as Plano and Allen, were close to flat.

How it compares

Texas as a whole grew 1.2% over the same year, adding 391,243 residents, and Collin County grew 3.4% to about 1.3 million, adding 42,966. Anna grew about three times as fast as the county and more than eight times as fast as the state.

These are Census Bureau estimates, not counts, and the bureau revises earlier years with each new release. They follow city limits, so annexed land counts as growth, and the city's own planning figures may differ.

Sources

U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 city and town population estimates, released May 14, 2026: census.gov U.S. Census Bureau, Texas city and town population estimates, 2020-2025: www2.census.gov Regional analysis of all 21 North Texas cities and towns: North Texas growth has moved north: Census estimates put Celina, Princeton, Melissa and Anna among the nation's fastest-growing cities (frisco.city)