Texas' population is expected to double by 2050 to 54.4 million people, according to projections released Thursday by the state demographer.



That increase will largely be due to more people moving to the state, rather than just by Texans having more children, according to the report by State Demographer Lloyd Potter and his staff. Migration patterns are expected to "substantially alter the future age structure of Texas," the report found.

Here are the main findings: