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May 16, 2024 · The city’s population is still the third-highest in the U.S., but Houston is rapidly gaining, growing by 0.5% to 2,314,157. According to an analysis by the Illinois Policy Institute,...
May 16, 2024 · New data released by the U.S. Census Bureau this week showed Chicago losing approximately 8,200 residents in the span of a calendar year, which could not only drop the Windy City behind...
Jun 3, 2016 · As Chicago’s population shrinks, Houston is set to overtake the Windy City as the third-largest city in America. Illinois’ slumping economy is a major reason for that, but the cities’...
May 16, 2024 · Illinois Policy reports that if current trends continue, Houston will overtake Chicago and become the third-biggest city by 2035.
- jldodge@viacomcbs.com
- April 21, 2020
- 1440 min
- The Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) contains nine Texas counties: Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery and Waller.
- The Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land MSA covers 9,444 square miles, an area larger than five other U.S. states: New Hampshire, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware and Rhode Island.
- Harris County covers 1,778 square miles. That’s enough space to fit the cities of Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, New York City and Seattle with room to spare.
- At 665 square miles, the City of Houston is larger than the cities of Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix and San Diego.
Jun 29, 2023 · With 2,304,580 residents as of April 1, 2020, Houston remained the fourth-largest city, still lagging behind Chicago’s 2,746,388, according to 2020 census data released in 2021 by the U.S....
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Aug 16, 2021 · 2020 U.S. census, Houston is still the fourth most-populous city in the country, behind New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. For years, there has been speculation about when — not if — Houston will take the Windy City’s third place.
