How on Earth are we going to accommodate all these extra people if we don’t get another toll road built through downtown Dallas ASAP? Â <rimshot>
A new update from the United States Census Bureau this morning shows that Texas “dominates” the lists of fastest-growing American cities, both in terms of percentage and numeric increases. Â Here are the top 15 by percentage, with percentage increase over the 2010 Census numbers and total estimated 2011 population:
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1.
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New Orleans
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4.9 | 360,740 |
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2.
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Round Rock, Texas
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4.8 | 104,664 |
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3.
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Austin, Texas
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3.8 | 820,611 |
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4.
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Plano, Texas
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3.8 | 269,776 |
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5.
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McKinney, Texas
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3.8 | 136,067 |
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6.
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Frisco, Texas
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3.8 | 121,387 |
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7.
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Denton, Texas
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3.4 | 117,187 |
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8.
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Denver
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3.3 | 619,968 |
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9.
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Cary, N.C.
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3.2 | 139,633 |
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10.
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Raleigh, N.C.
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3.1 | 416,468 |
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11.
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Alexandria, Va.
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3.1 | 144,301 |
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12.
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Tampa, Fla.
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3.1 | 346,037 |
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13.
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McAllen, Texas
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3.0 | 133,742 |
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14.
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Carrollton, Texas
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3.0 | 122,640 |
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15.
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Atlanta
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3.0 | 432,427 |
That’s Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Denton, and Carrollton on the list from North Texas. Â Plus a couple other Texas cities you may have heard of.
Dallas itself showed up in the top 15 cities in terms of pure number of extra people showing up to live here:
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1.
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New York
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69,777 | 8,244,910 |
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2.
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Houston
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45,716 | 2,145,146 |
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3.
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San Antonio
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32,152 | 1,359,758 |
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4.
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Austin, Texas
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30,221 | 820,611 |
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5.
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Los Angeles
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27,077 | 3,819,702 |
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6.
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Dallas
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25,413 | 1,223,229 |
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7.
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Phoenix
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23,815 | 1,469,471 |
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8.
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Denver
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19,960 | 619,968 |
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9.
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Charlotte, N.C.
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19,663 | 751,087 |
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10.
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San Diego
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18,773 | 1,326,179 |
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11.
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New Orleans
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16,911 | 360,740 |
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12.
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Fort Worth, Texas
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16,708 | 758,738 |
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13.
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El Paso, Texas
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16,416 | 665,568 |
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14.
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Washington
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16,273 | 617,996 |
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15.
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San Jose, Calif.
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14,875 | 967,487 |
Oh yeah, Fort Worth is on there too. Dallas remains the ninth-most populous city in the U.S.
Have these people not heard that they must endure three months of Holy Hell each summer? Â And they still want to come clog up our roads?
