Population Still Favors Sunny Localities

The U.S. Census Bureau has released 2007 population updates identifying fastest growing areas.

Here are the 10 cities with the largest numerical increase from July 2006 to July 2007:

Houston: 38,932
Phoenix: 34,941
San Antonio: 32,680
Fort Worth: 29,453
New Orleans: 28,926
New York: 23,960
Atlanta: 20,623
Austin, Texas: 17,648
Charlotte, N.C.: 17,471
Raleigh, N.C.: 15,148

Here are the 10 largest U.S. cities as of July 2007:

New York: 8,274,527
Los Angeles: 3,843,340
Chicago: 2,836,658
Houston: 2,208,180
Phoenix: 1,552,259
Philadelphia: 1,449,634
San Antonio: 1,328,984
San Diego: 1,266,731
Dallas: 1,240,499
San Jose: 939,899

Source: U.S. Census Bureau (07/10/2008)