The city of Austin, remains on the outside looking into the top 10 most-populated cities nationally, based on U.S. Census population estimates released today.
Austin’s population increased by 17,738 people from July 2015 to July 2016, the ninth-largest numeric increase of any U.S. city. The 11th most-populated U.S. city now has 947,890 residents, according to the U.S. Census estimates.
Central Texas no longer home to nation's fastest-growing city
San Antonio grew the most of any Texas city to make the list, growing 1.7 percent to 1,492,510 people. Dallas (9) grew by 1.6 percent, to 1,317,929 residents, and Houston (4) now has 2,303,482 people, growing by less than a half-percent.
Austin’s growth rate dipped to its lowest level in the past five years:
2015-16 population estimates:
- New York City, New York: 8,537,673
- Los Angeles, California: 3,976,322
- Chicago, Illinois: 2,704,958
- Houston, Texas: 2,303,482
- Phoenix, Arizona: 1,615,017
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 1,567,872
- San Antonio, Texas: 1,492,510
- San Diego, California: 1,406,630
- Dallas, Texas: 1,317,929
- San Jose, California: 1,025,350
- Austin, Texas: 947,890
- Jacksonville, Florida: 880,619
- San Francisco, California: 870,887
- Columbus, Ohio: 860,090
- Indianapolis, Indiana: 855,164
