From the September 23, 2015, Chicago Tribune "Charting Chicago's lagging growth" by Kyle Bentle.
"Chicago's position as the third-largest city could soon be in danger..." Houston could surpass it within the next 8-10 years Recent data from the Illinois Department of Health show that the 2.7 million in Chicago could decrease by 3% by 2025 to 2.5 million. Meanwhile, Houston's population could reach 2.54 million by 2025.
POPULATION CHANGE IN THE TEN LARGEST U.S. CITIES: Rank, city-- 2010 census-- new people added by 2014.
1. New York-- 8,175,133-- 315,946
2. Los Angeles-- 3,792,621-- 136,243
3. Chicago-- 2,695,598-- 26,791
4. Houston-- 2,099,451-- 140,107
5. Philadelphia-- 1,526,006-- 34,291
6. Phoenix-- 1,445,632-- 91,426
7. San Antonio-- 1,327,407
8. San Diego-- 1,307,402-- 73,667
9. Dallas-- 1,197,816-- 83,231
10. San Jose, Ca.-- 945,942-- 69,843
--Seems Folks Are Headed South and West. --Cooter
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