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Originally Posted by yuriandrade
iheartthed, do you have detailed data on those shifts?
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Admitted, I don't know much about Houston or Galveston but I do know that Galveston was once the dominant city of that region. Some people point to the 1900 hurricane hitting Galveston as the turning point, but Houston had already slightly overtaken Galveston by the time it hit. However, Houston's growth rate does seem to have accelerated quite a bit after the hurricane. I'll do the others a little later.
Houston vs Galveston (percentages represent Houston's population as percentage of Galveston's population)
Houston
1850 2,396 ----- 57.36%
1860 4,845 ----- 66.31%
1870 9,332 ----- 67.54%
1880 16,513 ----- 74.22%
1890 27,557 ----- 94.75%
1900 44,633 ----- 118.11%
1910 78,800 ----- 213.08%
1920 138,276 ----- 312.45%
1930 292,352 ----- 552.25%
1940 384,514 ----- 631.78%
1950 596,163 ----- 895.57%
1960 938,219 ----- 1396.68%
1970 1,232,802 ----- 1994.53%
1980 1,595,138 ----- 2576.88%
1990 1,630,553 ----- 2760.37%
2000 1,953,631 ----- 3412.63%
2010 2,100,263 ----- 4399.10%
Galveston
1850 4,177
1860 7,307
1870 13,818
1880 22,248
1890 29,084
1900 37,789
1910 36,981
1920 44,255
1930 52,938
1940 60,862
1950 66,568
1960 67,175
1970 61,809
1980 61,902
1990 59,070
2000 57,247
2010 47,743