Total Population: 442,736

(An increase of 4.4 % in the past 5 years.)

Census Data

• Foreign Born - 33,680
• Language Spoken at Home - 28,356

• 7.6% of Total Population are Foreign Born
• 6.4% of Total Population Speak Another Language Other than English at Home

[Source: American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Foreign Born and Language Spoken at Home]

Quick Facts

• Longview and Tyler are considered the major hub cities for East Texas.


• Tyler hosts for more a significant population of higher education students, a College of Engineering, and a University Health Science Center, two regional, billion-dollar hospital systems, and a variety of technology startups.


• Among the foreign born, Muslim and Buddhist people groups like Arabs and Cambodian, Khmer and Vietnamese are the largest


• A significant Gujarati and Hindi community is also found in this area