River Islands, a master planned community in Lathrop, is shown in an undated promotional image. Bay Area residents are migrating to the San Joaquin Valley in droves, which helped drive Lathrop's population higher by 13.6 percent from July 2022 to July 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. (Photo courtesy of River Islands)

Lathrop in San Joaquin County was among the fastest-growing cities in the country in recent years, according to newly released U.S. Census Bureau data.

Among cities across the U.S. with 20,000 residents or more, Lathrop had the fifth-highest growth of residents between the start of July in 2022 and 2023, behind four cities in Texas, Census officials said Thursday.

Lathrop’s population increase year-over-year was 13.6 percent and the Census as of July 2023 had the city’s population as 39,857.

The four Texas cities that had a higher recent annual increase were Celina (26.6 percent), Fulshear (25.6 percent), Princeton (22.3 percent) and Anna (16.9 percent).