Here's How Davis And Yolo County's Populations Changed In 2018

YOLO COUNTY, CA — The city of Davis and Yolo County both gained some residents in 2018, according to new population estimates for cities, counties and towns released Thursday by the United States Census Bureau. The numbers show which places gained or lost the most residents in 2018.

An estimated 540 more people started calling the city of Davis home, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The city's population increased from 68,749 in 2017 to 69,289 in 2018. At the same time, Yolo County's estimated population went from 218,376 in 2017 to 220,408 in 2018, an increase of 2,032 residents.

Elsewhere in Yolo County, the city of Woodland went from a population of 59,877 in 2017 to 60,531 in 2018, an increase of 654 residents. Over the same period of time, the population in Winters increased by 38, from 7,248 residents in 2017 to 7,286 in 2018.

The figures released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau also contained the number of housing units available in the state of California and each of its counties. Yolo County had 78,531 housing units in 2018, an increase of 584 units from 77,947 in 2017.

In 2018 in California, there were 14,277,157 total housing units and an overall estimated state population of 39,557,045. That's an increase of 157,696 people calling the Golden State home in one year's time but a decrease of 103,561 housing units, according to the figures provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.

When looking at population estimates for all U.S. cities, more people moved to Phoenix than any other city in 2018. Phoenix was among a handful of cities mainly in the West and the South that saw the largest jumps in population in 2018.

New York City remains America's most populous city but more than 39,000 residents fled the Big Apple in 2018, the figures show. On the country's opposite coast — also known to some as the "left," "west" or "best" coast — Los Angeles, the second-most populous city in the nation, gained nearly 8,500 residents.

San Antonio, Fort Worth, Seattle and Charlotte rounded out the top five cities with the largest population increases.

Ten communities in America exceeded the 50,000-population mark in 2018, while another three crossed the 100,000-population mark.

Overall, the 15 U.S. cities with the largest population increases in 2018 were:

Phoenix, Arizona
San Antonio, Texas
Fort Worth, Texas
Seattle, Washington
Charlotte, North Carolina
Austin, Texas
Jacksonville, Florida
San Diego, California
Denver, Colorado
Frisco, Texas
Columbus, Ohio
Henderson City, Nevada
McKinney, Texas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Miami, Florida

Patch national staffer Feroze Dhanoa contributed to this report.