Population estimates for Texas metrosTo illustrate the massive growth in the 4 major Texas metros since 1990, I built th

[savanite]

Originally Posted by JJG

Um, ok... but we're talking about the ENTIRE DFW Metroplex, right?

No, not really. I'm talking about eastern Tarrant commuting into Denton, Collin, Rockwall or Dallas counties, and inferring their relationship as a suburb of those counties.

[savanite]

One interesting factoid about the figures is that it now seems that half of the people of Texas live in just two cities (metropolitan areas) either DFW or Houston.

I'd then wonder what percentage of the land area those two metros occupy.

Probably the entire population of the United States could fit into Texas at the same density of DFW or Houston.

Ok, assume Texas has 250,000 square miles. At a density of 3,500 people per square mile, that comes out to 875 million people. So we could fit almost 3 countries the size of the United States into the land area of Texas and still live our low density lifestyle.

If DFW and Houston combined have 12 1/2 million people, and a density of 3500 per square mile, that means they occupy 3,570 square miles between them. Since Texas has 250,000 square miles, that means half of the Texans live on 1.4% of the land. The other half live on 98.6% of the land.

[mattscards]

Originally Posted by savanite

The real news isthat houston is past philadelphia.

You are right. They predicted that the Houston metro in 10 years would bust through all the way up to #6 by 2015. 4 years later (2011) we are at #5. Houston, and other Texas cities: exceeding all estimates and never looking back!

[HtownLove]

Originally Posted by savanite

One interesting factoid about the figures is that it now seems that half of the people of Texas live in just two cities (metropolitan areas) either DFW or Houston.

Its interesting that with two other large Metros (SA and Austin) And 6 Middle sized areas with populations near the 400K to 1M range ( El Paso, McAllen, Corpus, Brownsville, Killeen, Beaumont) that two metros would still have half the State's population

[JoninATX]

Originally Posted by HtownLove

Its interesting that with two other large Metros (SA and Austin) And 6 Middle sized areas with populations near the 400K to 1M range ( El Paso, McAllen, Corpus, Brownsville, Killeen, Beaumont) that two metros would still have half the State's population

It's alot of people, and also with cities in the 100-300k range Amarillo, Lubbock, Midland, Odessa, Waco, Laredo, Bryan- College Station, Tyler, Abilene, San Angelo, Victoria.