Texas Cities Top Growth Charts

Texas A&M recently reported on Texas growth. 

In the five years ending in 2005, Texas was the only state to have more than one city among the fastest-growing in America, and it had four...Texas population patterns show the state's large cities are not just growing rapidly, but even those such as Austin, which struggled during the post-2001 recession, have recovered...While such large U.S. cities as Detroit, Philadelphia and Chicago lost population in the first five years of this decade, big Texas cities attracted new residents by the thousands and drove real estate markets to record levels.

According to the article:

1. The Top Ten Most Populated Metros in 2005 were Houston (#4), San Antonio (#7), and Dallas (#9).
2. Fastest Growing Texas Cities 2000-2005 were San Antonio (#4), fort Worth (#5), Houston (#7), and El Paso (#10).
3. U.S. Rankings by Percentage Growth 2000-2005 were Fort Worth (#1), San Antonio (#4), El Paso (#7), and Austin (#10).

Although growth is expected to continue in fort Worth, recent reports from the fort Worth Star Telegram is expected to slow in 2007.