Municipal · Texas

City of Waco

Waco is a city in and the county seat of McLennan County, Texas, United States. It is situated along the Brazos River and I-35, halfway between Dallas and Austin. The city had a U.S. census estimated 2024 population of 146,608, making it the 24th-most populous city in the state. The Waco metropolitan statistical area consists of McLennan, Falls, and Bosque Counties, which had a 2020 population of 295,782. Bosque County was added to the Waco MSA in 2023. The 2025 U.S. census population estimate for the Waco metropolitan area was 308,807 residents.

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Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)

Census ID (PID6): 176286
FIPS state: 48
FIPS county: 309
FIPS place: 76000
Census record name: CITY OF WACO
Mailing address: PO BOX 2570, WACO 76702