Houston and four other Texas cities were among the big American cities that gained the largest number of new residents last year, according to estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau today. The estimates show that 26,600 people moved to Houston in 2006, bringing the city's population to 2.14 million — and we're sure every one of them is already joining the fray on the Katy Freeway.
San Antonio and Fort Worth gained the second- and third-largest numbers of residents, respectively, last year: About 33,100 people moved to San Antonio in 2006, bringing the city's population to nearly 1.3 million, and Fort Worth had 30,200 new residents, making its population 653,300. Austin had 18,600 new residents, for a population of 709,000, and there are 16,700 new Dallasites, meaning that city's population is now 1.2 million. Three Dallas-area cities — McKinney, Grand Prairie and Denton — made the list of places with the highest growth rates (as opposed to actual numerical gains).
The city with the biggest number of new residents in 2006 was Phoenix, which added 43,000 people for a total population of 1.5 million. That puts Phoenix ahead of Philadelphia as the fifth-largest city in the U.S.
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