Anyone think FT Worth might out pace Dallas in pop. (San Antonio: condos, estimated)

[traveler guy]

I read on a article that FT Worth hit the 700K mark and with Dallas flirting with 1 mil in the 900K area, my question is do you think FT Worth might out pace Dallas?
And if so will it be another San Jose were it will still be less important then Dallas? or will the tides turn.

[case44]

Originally Posted by traveler guy

I read on a article that FT Worth hit the 700K mark and with Dallas flirting with 1 mil in the 900K area, my question is do you think FT Worth might out pace Dallas?
And if so will it be another San Jose were it will still be less important then Dallas? or will the tides turn.

The Fort Worth population info may be correct, but I don't know where you got your Dallas info. Dallas has had more than 1 million people for quite some time, and they are jockeying with San Antonio for the second-most populous city in Texas. It's possible that Ft Worth could surpass Dallas in population and land mass, but right now, it's a little early to tell. Dallas will certainly be building on empty spots of land that they have now, with the exception of the flood plains. FW would have to do a lot of catching up before they surpass Dallas in city population. As for your 'San Jose' inquiry, you could say Ft Worth is in the shadow of Dallas, but keep in mind that these are two completely different cities and two distinct personalities.

[awecelot]

I think I saw the Dallas city population estimated at 1.3 million by North Texas Council of Governments the other day...

[traveler guy]

My bad about the population.

[Mark Senior]

In the next 20-30 years. Dallas has long been "land locked" cities completely surround Dallas. Fort Worth has annexed many square miles in recent years - has plenty of room to fill-in with population - probably will annex more - The Census will come out with new city figures soon this July with estimates for July 1, 2007. The Texas State Data Center in Austin comes out with new figures for July 1st this year in December - currently they have figures for January 1 2008. Both sources of estimates have been very close the last twenty years to the offical 10 year actual census count.

[case44]

Originally Posted by Mark-Tyler is Special

In the next 20-30 years. Dallas has long been "land locked" cities completely surround Dallas. Fort Worth has annexed many square miles in recent years - has plenty of room to fill-in with population - probably will annex more - The Census will come out with new city figures soon this July with estimates for July 1, 2007. The Texas State Data Center in Austin comes out with new figures for July 1st this year in December - currently they have figures for January 1 2008. Both sources of estimates have been very close the last twenty years to the offical 10 year actual census count.

Yes, I'm very much aware of the landlock situation in Dallas, but there is still some empty space. And I think we will see some new high-rise condos in some places. But Ft Worth does have some room, so it will be interesting to watch what happens. But let us also see what the suburbs around Ft Worth decide to do, too.

[Mark Senior]

Fort Worth will not likely past Dallas, if ever, for who knows how many years - can't believe I didn't look at that current figures - I knew Fort Worth was approaching 700,000 but failed to remember Dallas was way over a million - so that 500 -600,000 differecnce for Fort Worth to make up is going to take some many, many years - my, big mistake. !!