L.A. picks up a mere 27,077 people

For a city with a population of 3,819,702, that's not much. The latest numbers from the Census Department show that L.A.'s population growth was just 0.7 percent between April, 2010 and July, 2011. This seems to run counter to other parts of the country, where cities are growing faster than the suburbs - the first time that's happened in a century. Atlanta, for example, grew by 3 percent and Austin, Texas by 3.8 percent. I suppose L.A.'s slow growth could be blamed on the weak economy, but it's curious given the increased popularity of places like downtown and Hollywood. Where exactly is everybody? From AP:

"I will never live in the suburbs," said Jaclyn King, 28, a project director at a Denver hospital. King, who grew up in the Denver suburb of Littleton and attended Columbine High School, still remembers her parents' 45-minute train commute to the city each day for work. She now rents a Denver house with her fiancée. "I just like being connected to everything down here -- concerts, work, restaurants, all of it. This is where everything's at," said King, who biked 6 miles to her job on a recent morning.

As for population totals:

1.
New York 8,244,910

2
Los Angeles 3,819,702

3.
Chicago 2,707,120

4.
Houston 2,145,146

5.
Philadelphia 1,536,471

6.
Phoenix 1,469,471

7.
San Antonio 1,359,758

8.
San Diego 1,326,179

9.
Dallas 1,223,229

10.
San Jose, Calif. 967,487

11.
Jacksonville, Fla. 827,908

12.
Indianapolis 827,609

13.
Austin, Texas 820,611

14.
San Francisco 812,826

15.
Columbus, Ohio 797,434