How did San Antonio, TX surpass Dallas, TX in city population?

American cities are mostly lower density and sprawling. A city is considered “built-out” when it runs out of land to build even though the population density may still be low by world standards. Hence a city with smaller size will contain smaller population. Here, Dallas' size (area-wise) is much smaller than San Antonio. read more

Dallas is considered a much bigger “city” than San Antonio is because the metropolitan area of Dallas has much more population than San Antonio. San Antonio is also bigger (population-wise) than many more cities that are considered “bigger” than San Antonio: Boston, Washington, DC, Atlanta, Miami and many more. read more

In 2012, San Antonio experienced growth of 1.87%, but this growth grew to 2% in 2013. The job growth rate is also at 2% while unemployment is going down. This means the San Antonio metropolitan area can continue to see healthy growth in the years to come. read more