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    Chicago slips in population but is still third-largest city in US — for now

    by Cecilia Reyes and Patrick M. O'Connell, Chicago Tribune May 23, 2019 5 minutes

    CHICAGO - The majority of municipalities in the Chicago region, including the city itself, lost population last year, according to newly released estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, part of a familiar trend of overall stagnation and decline among Midwestern cities.

    Though Chicago remains the third-largest city in the United States, behind New York and Los Angeles, fourth-place Houston continued to close the gap, moving to within 380,492 residents of Chicago. After losing an estimated 7,073 people from 2017 to 2018, Chicago stands at just over 2.7 million residents, according to the new census data. Houston, the biggest city in Texas, gained 8,057 last year and now has more than 2.3 million.

    The growth in Houston reflects national trends, as cities in the South and West - including Phoenix, San Antonio, Fort Worth, Texas, Seattle and Charlotte, N.C. -

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