Texas cities with most population growth are big and usually Democrat leaning

This comes to us by way of Foxnews.com in an article titled Texas cities lead list of those with largest population gains, census report says -- five of the top 15 cities are in Texas. The press release can be found at Census Bureau Reveals Fastest-Growing Large Cities.

Here's a reproduction of the numbers from a table at that census page:

Rank	City, State	Increase	2017 total
1	San Antonio, TX	24,208	1,511,946
2	Phornix, AZ	24,036	1,626,078
3	Dallas, TX	18,935	1,341,075
4	Fort Worth, TX	18,664	874,168
5	Los Angeles, CA	18,643	3,999,759
6	Seattle, WA	17,490	724,745
7	Charlotte, NC	15,551	859,035
8	Columbus, OH	15,429	879,170
9	Frisco, TX	13,470	177,286
10	Atlanta, GA	13,323	486,290
11	San Diego, CA	12,834	1,419,516
12	Austin, TX	12,515	950,715
13	Jacksonville, FL	11,169	892,062
14	Irvine, CA	11,068	277,453
15	Henderson, NV	10,534	302,539

Note that Ft. Worth, with a 2017 population of less than a million had more people moving in than Los Angeles with a 2017 population of around four million.

Texas politicians cheer the increases, for the most part. But conservatives and libertarians might be tempted to note that the gains are in the big cities which traditionally lean toward Democrats. The reason for the immigration is probably for jobs, not for political reasons. If only there were some way to convince the new arrivals that conservative governments are most likely better for the residents than the ones they escaped.

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3:05 PM 5/29/2018