2,145,000

[nmm]

Thats your new population count. From the 1,960,000 in 2000 to 2,150,000. Congratulations.

http://www.census.gov/popest/estimates.php

[houstonmacbro]

Not exactly sure what this is, but I heard a report that said Phoenix was the 5th largest city in the country due to proximity to the Mexican border. It was basically also saying that the top 10 cities in the USA are now closer to the Mexican border whereas a couple of decades ago, the top 10 cities in the USA were within 500 miles of the Canadian border.

[westguy]

That's because snowbirds have been flocking to cities like Phoenix.

[houstonmacbro]

Snowbirds and dare I say, illegals.

[TheNiche]

Snowbirds and dare I say, illegals.

Yep, and people generally. Lower cost of living and mild winters. People like that.

[Trae]

Phoenix is expensive. It isn't that cheap like people are making it out to be.

[houstonmacbro]

Phoenix is expensive. It isn't that cheap like people are making it out to be.

And isn't water getting expensive out in the desert?

[millennica]

Phoenix is expensive. It isn't that cheap like people are making it out to be.

Don't forget cheap is relative, not fixed. For people moving to Phoenix from the SF Bay Area (and other cities like Boston, NY, DC), Phoenix is cheap although not as cheap as moving to many cities in Texas, Houston, for example. I'm the first to admit that living in the SF Bay area distort one's view of what housing should cost, but from where I sit, being able to purchase a house--not a condo-- for less than 400,000 seems cheap to me.

[ricco67]

Also remember major old cities like Pittsburgh, Detroit, and others have dropped their populations by half.

[wxman]

According to http://www.demographia.com/db-msaproj2030.pdf, they are predicting the MSA of Houston to be between 9.3 and 10.6 million people by 2030. That's up from the roughly 5.5 million we have now. That's amazing.

[Trae]

That is amazing. Houston should be at 6 million by 2010. If not six million, then at 5.9 and above Philly.

[jmancuso]

^ the philly forumers over at SSP would not be happy with yet another sunbelt sprawler over taking philly

anyway, houston has way too many damn people...all y'all need to leave.

[lockmat]

http://www.nysun.com/article/57514

This really wowed me.

New York City is twice as big as any other municipality in the country

Houston, with an approximate population of 2.1 million, is currently the fourth largest city in the country. If measured separately from New York City, Brooklyn and Queens would be the fourth and fifth largest cities, with populations of 2.5 million and 2.2 million, respectively

That's big, to say the least.