By Megan Wehring HAYS COUNTY — Hispanics make up 40% of the population in Hays County and that number continues to grow every year.   As one of the fastest growing counties in the U.S., Hays County’s total population grew by more than 80,000 residents in the last decade to 241,067 in 2020, according...

As a result of the population boom in Kyle, Buda and San Marcos, traditionally small farming towns in east Hays County could start to feel growing pains, too. Towns such as Uhland, whose recent growth began in 2013 with the Cotton Gin Estates housing development, can expect their population to doubl...

105 percent rise in the estimated population over a six-year period casts Buda as the Hays County city with the highest growth percentage since 2010, according to new Census Bureau estimates released in late May. According to the statistics, which included population estimates as of July 2016, Buda ...