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These 11 Cities Are Growing Faster Than San Francisco

The Sunbelt is where it’s at.

Sunbelt cities like Houston are attracting a lot more people, and growing more rapidly than many cities in the North.Flickr/Thomas Hawk

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May 21, 2015 at 4:17 PM EDT

The U.S. Census Bureau released population estimates today that reveal America’s urban growth patterns over the last year. One of the big takeaways from an analysis of the data is that while people still throng to destinations such as New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, many cities in the Sunbelt are overtaking these urban hotspots in terms of population growth.

Here’s a table showing the 11 cities that are comparable in size to San Francisco but showed more growth—both in raw population number and percentage change—from 2013 to 2014:

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