Data for this visualization was compiled and preprocessed by Sydney Quant, who also made the initial prototype maps in QGIS. The map shown here was made in R with {leaflet} using the US Census Bureau’s TIGER/Line database.

Sources

• U.S. Census Bureau. (n.d.). Historical Population Change Data (1910-2020). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved from https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html.
• U.S. Census Bureau. (n.d.). TEXAS: 2020 Census. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved from https://www.census.gov/library/stories/state-by-state/texas-population-change-between-census-decade.html. 

For another neat visualization, see the click-through gallery "Maps show how Houston has grown since 1836" at the Houston Chronicle (here).