Recently, I have been having a number of discussions with my friends and son regarding the United States population and where people are living and moving too. In addition, I believe Dallas, Texas, which is an amazing place to live, will change and be challenging in say 10 years. My reasoning is because the info structure might not be able to handle the increase in population.
I was curious where people were moving to and if my thoughts were backed up by facts and guess what – they were!
The current chart lists the
I was a little surprised to see how prominent the state of Texas was on the list. Did you know:
- That three of the top nine cities by population are in Texas
- As well as six out of the top nineteen are in Texas. While each of those cities are bigger than Seattle, Denver, Boston, and Nashville to name a few.
I converted the chart to excel, added a column and formula to see what cities had the greatest population growth since 1990 and here is what I saw:
- Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Baltimore, Cleveland & New Orleans didn’t grow at all. In fact, they now have less people than they did 24 years ago.
- Las Vegas grew the most 237%, followed by Louisville 224%, and Charlotte at 204%.
- Four of the top ten growth cities are in Texas. They are Austin, Ft Worth, San Antonio, and Arlington.
- Every single city in Texas grew by at least 27%.
So I ask you… when are you moving to the great state of Texas!
- What do you think about the trends based on the chart?
- What surprised you?
I look forward to reading your comments.
P.S. Please call if you end up moving here or want some additional information!!
Patti Schluesselheim says:
Actually, we are moving back to the Dallas area at the end of the month. We were very hesitant due to some of the factors above (traffic, too many people, not enough space. But we are looking forward to getting back to the home of Tex-Mex, sunshine and the Great State Fair of Texas!
Lucy says:
I left the Detroit area in 1981 and moved to Phoenix, which had a population of under 3M, today we are the 6th largest city with a population of almost 7M. its estimated that 75,000 people add to the Phoenix population annually. I think the growth is good, but I hate the traffic. Rush hour now starts about 2:30in the afternoon….feeling more like LA!
Detroit’s proper population has decreased tremendously, but many have moved to the suburbs as well as to other states. Interesting topic Merrill.
And to add to this, whichever candidate wins the Presidential 2016 race, I am NOT moving to any other country. The good ol’ USA is still the best place to live, regardless of city or state.