Dossier
Big Spring
Coverage of Big Spring in the Nexus archive.
- Bureau of Prisons Will Close Facilities Housing Thousands of Inmates
The Bureau of Prisons will close facilities housing thousands of inmates. The federal prison in Big Spring, Texas, is among the facilities to close.
- What the 10 fastest-shrinking cities say about America
Over 600 U.S. cities with 20,000+ residents lost population between 2020 and 2025, with Big Spring, Texas, experiencing the steepest 15.3% decline. Shrinking cities face poverty, aging infrastructure, and limited job growth, often in majority-Black Southern communities or legacy industrial Midwest towns.