2000: Jacksonville - 735,503
2010: Jacksonville - 821,784
2011: Jacksonville - 827,908
2000: Austin - 656,562
2010: Austin - 790,390
2011: Austin - 820,611
Despite having the largest land area in the top 20, Jax is one of the slower growing outside of long time struggling places like Detroit. We'll get passed by Austin and perhaps Indianapolis over the next year if rates remain the same. I'd be somewhat concerned. We're blessed with too many natural assets, IMO. Given the land area, I don't think its too hard to make an assumption that we're still losing inner city population. In a place like Miami or San Francisco, who outgrow a county-sized city numerically despite being less than 40 square miles total, things appear to be different. As we continue to cut our services, such as library hours, it's something I'd keep my eyes on moving forward.
The Honolulu number does stick out. I don't know if that is a statistical error or if something drastic is going on there. Perhaps, someone in the know will elaborate on Honolulu's situation.