U.S. Census Bureau population estimates for July 1, 2024

[minneha]

U.S. Census Bureau population estimates for July 1, 2024 have been released. The data is available here:

https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html

Some observations in my neck of the woods:

Wichita, Kansas has surpassed 400,000 for the first time. It now has a population of 400,991.

Aurora, Colorado has surpassed 400,000 and now has a population of 403,130.

Garden City is the largest city in western Kansas, but only by a few hundred. Garden City has 27,996 and Dodge City has 27,663.

[Road Hog]

Celina, Texas has dropped from No. 1 in annual growth among cities 20K or larger in 2024 to No. 4 this year. No. 1 is neighboring Princeton, which had to call a 120-day development moratorium last year because they didn't have their shit together.

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2025/05/17/princeton-is-the-fastest-growing-city-in-the-u-s-

[Great Lakes Roads]

All of the Indy's northern suburbs are still growing...

Carmel- 103,606
Fishers- 103,986
Noblesville- 75,239
Westfield- 62,994
Zionsville- 33,161
Whitestown- 14,564
Lebanon- 17,608

Both Carmel and Fishers have passed the 100k mark in 2021, and both Westfield and Noblesville are not that far behind.

[epzik8]

Dang, Baltimore supposedly grew for the first time in a while.

[SEWIGuy]

Dang, Baltimore supposedly grew for the first time in a while.

Same with Milwaukee. Younger people moving into trendy neighborhoods, along with some retirees returning to an urban environment, outpaces those who are leaving.

[Max Rockatansky]

Seems like Visalia is going to pass a crap ton of cities in this coming decade.  Fresno keeps growing also at a rapid pace (which I have mixed feelings on).

[hotdogPi]

Of the 351 municipalities in Massachusetts, 61 went down from 2023. All are in western Massachusetts except for Rowley (by exactly one person), six on Cape Cod, and Concord which was somehow the largest percentage decrease of all of them.

Four of the five largest percentage increases are Stoneham, Woburn, Wakefield, and North Reading, where the first three touch and North Reading is two towns away. (The other one in the top five is Pelham, which I guess increased because it's adjacent to Amherst.) The SW corridor between 128 and 495 (Millis, Dover, Norfolk) also has some with large percentage increases.

Lawrence, which is 80% Hispanic, grew way more than expected between 2010 and 2020. It's in the middle of the pack from 2023-2024, which is still a minor increase.

[mgk920]

Dang, Baltimore supposedly grew for the first time in a while.

Same with Milwaukee. Younger people moving into trendy neighborhoods, along with some retirees returning to an urban environment, outpaces those who are leaving.

Detroit, MI (city) grew slightly, too.  I am expecting that as people with direct memories of the 'bad old days' continue to age out and move/pass on, this trend will continue and speed up.

Mike

[LilianaUwU]

With Baltimore and Detroit growing, it's a good time to remind everyone that gentrification is a bad thing.

[JayhawkCO]

No mention made of this yet, but now we have two more million resident cities - Jacksonville and Fort Worth.

Also, the five most populous cities to have lost population - Memphis, Albuquerque, Long Beach, New Orleans, and Chandler.

[Rothman]

With Baltimore and Detroit growing, it's a good time to remind everyone that gentrification is a bad thing.

I don't know.  There's displacement and then there's tangible improvement.  I find labeling all rises in property value as gentrification to be a bad thing.

[Max Rockatansky]

With Baltimore and Detroit growing, it's a good time to remind everyone that gentrification is a bad thing.

Depends on how you feel about Urban Exploration and Ruins Porn.