Which Texas City Will be the Next to Hit the 1,000,000 Population Mark? (Dallas: move to, estimate)

[Lucidus]

Originally Posted by lothartheterrible

Mentone.

Yep.

[brajohns81]

Originally Posted by Spade

Both should hit it well after we are gone sometime in the 22nd century with their growth rates. especially Dallas. I don't believe the city of Dallas has received 200,000 so far this decade. Could be wrong though.

You are wrong. You saw that in the other thread.

[Exult.Q36]

Fort Worth due to Northern Tarrant county growth and stronger economy will reach the million mark before Austin...Technically Fort Worth is much larger than Austin if we added suburbs to the equation...

[lothartheterrible]

What does it matter? Before long, the IH35 corridor from Denton all the way to San Antonio will be one barely broken string of urban mess, anyway. Explosive growth is not necessarily a good thing.

[Jerryltx]

Based upon the July 2009 U.S. census population estimates (released July 2010), Fort Worth is growing at 3.3 percent annually and has a population of 727,575. Austin is 786,382 and growing at a 2.5 percent rate. Using a spreadsheet, those growth rates would have Fort Worth and Austin both reaching 1,000,000 in 10 years. Fort Worth would be larger than Austin by 20 people. Obviously estimates and projections are not always accurate and growth rates do not remain the same over an extended period of time. My vote for the next 1 million city would be Fort Worth based upon Fort Worth being viewed as a city that seems very 'user friendly' but still part of the ever growing metroplex with all of its attraction as a major metro area.

[case44]

The likelihood for that figure first would be Ft Worth, but I don't see that happening this decade. Next decade may be a possibility. Northwest Ft Worth has had only slight growth and much of that land is still rural. As far as the other two cities, I don't see that happening anytime soon. The Austin area will see more growth in the suburban areas rather than in Austin city proper.

[uhsfilmcrew]

The great city of Laredo. Were a growing empire, soon you will see for yourselves.

[ladarron]

Originally Posted by uhsfilmcrew

The great city of Laredo. Were a growing empire, soon you will see for yourselves.

If you think so.

[ImOnFiya]

I would say Austin because the buzz is just starting to go national and due to our alternate rep, we are getting invaded by people from California and the Northeast in droves. (Just look at Austin board on City-Data.)

Plus, Travis County (where Austin resides) has already hit the 1 million mark last year, in July 2009.

Travis County surpasses 1 million population mark

Currently, 1,705,075 live in the Austin-Round Rock metro.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by brajohns81

You are wrong. You saw that in the other thread.

What other thread.