2014 Population estimates ranked by largest city (Houston, Dallas: apartments, condos, homes)

[rynetwo]

Listed below are the latest CITY population numbers and the change from 2010...

Houston
2,239,558
+140,107

San Antonio
1,436,697
+109,290

Dallas
1,281,047
+83,231

Austin
912,791
+122,401

Fort Worth
812,238
+71,023

El Paso
679,036
+29,915

Corpus Christi
320,434
+15,219

I was surprised that Austin grew faster than San Antonio, but our neighbor the North has busy annexing quite a bit. (San Antonio is about again but has not in years and does not need to IMO)

[JimBaker488]

Any predcitions on if it will be FTW or Austin to be the first to over take Dallas in size and replace it as the third largest city in the state ?

[ViolentMimes]

Originally Posted by JimBaker488

Any predcitions on if it will be FTW or Austin to be the first to over take Dallas in size and replace it as the third largest city in the state ?

I really don't see either happening, especially with all the inner city growth in Dallas from the past few years. I actually see Dallas surpassing SA within the next 10 years

[JJG]

Originally Posted by JimBaker488

Any predcitions on if it will be FTW or Austin to be the first to over take Dallas in size and replace it as the third largest city in the state ?

At this rate, it'll be Austin.

But either way, it's going to take a while before either city even touches Dallas in population.

[rynetwo]

Originally Posted by ViolentMimes

I really don't see either happening, especially with all the inner city growth in Dallas from the past few years. I actually see Dallas surpassing SA within the next 10 years

I highly doubt that.

San Antonio is having new urban core apartments and condos announced weekly. (4300 units approved and or under construction)

[TheOverdog]

San Antonio is having new urban core apartments and condos announced weekly. (4300 units approved and or under construction)

Dallas has close to 15,000 under construction, but SA is growing faster and has 150,000 more population, and Dallas has had recent periods with very little urban growth, and has a lot of growth siphoned away by the northern suburbs (over 5,000 in Richardson planned, and equally as many in Plano currently planned) so I see Austin passing Dallas in the next decade and don't see Dallas catching SA.

[thebeard13]

Wow. Remarkable growth for San Antonio in particular, and Austin continues to be on fire, but those are strong numbers pretty much across the board. Ft. Worth, Houston, and Dallas are strong and even El Paso and Corpus have had solid growth.

[dollaztx]

Both will eventually pass Dallas. I see Austin passing it first and then Fort Worth on the long run (especially if they annex more land). Dallas is growing extremely fast, but all this will do is widen it's gap as the densest large city in Texas. It is very likely that it can grow more than San Antonio in percentage and numbers in the next years but I also doubt it will ever catch up with SA in total population.

[Mark Senior]

I've watched this for years. Dallas is land locked and has been for years. Houston went wild annexing years ago. Not so now. Fort Worth went nuts annexing recently. Don't know current plans. But again, has to expand in the area they have now, the others can annex their hearts away, within the newer maximums per year under state law. I'm sure someone take the time to look up state law on annexations. Longview is barely growing, so their plans are to annex big time, at least twice, before the 2020 census. Tyler says, what? not us !! No plans to annex far at least ten years out. Actually no plans no talks. Annexed once in the last 25 years, except for about 100 homes who asked to be annexed.

[gguerra]

The numbers are misleading since they account only for the city itself and fewer and fewer people are moving into the city. This is not to mention that many cities as stated above are land locked. Also, they are not isolated, they are surround by suburbs. The Dallas Metro area is the largest in the state.

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