City officials believe that Houston has gained about 200,000 people since 1980.
New York gained more than 400,000 people, or 2.4 percent.
From 1986 to 1987 the metropolitan areas gained 1.8 million people, for 1.0 percent growth.
At the same time, the southern counties gained 20,000 people.
The new city was projected to gain two million people and 750,000 jobs from the 1970s through the 1990s.
New Jersey, which has a top tax rate on personal income of 3.5 percent, gained 109,000 people over the same period.
Between 1980 and 1990 the area gained 1,000 to 3,500 people per square mile.
In the past year these rural areas have gained 532,000 people, the new surveys show.
That was my first reaction: we have just gained more people for our movement.
The city of 443,878 residents has gained 9,000 people since the early 1990's.
