Giant Los Angeles and relatively small Irvine made the list of the 15 U.S. cities adding the most residents in the year ended July 1.

Population growth in the two Southern California cities was highlighted in a Census Bureau report released Thursday, May 24.

At the city level for the 12 months studied, Los Angeles added 18,643 people — the nation’s No. 5 gain in population count and just 241 people shy of 4 million. That’s a modest growth of 0.47 percent. L.A., by the way, was the nation’s No. 2 city for overall population behind New York City.

Irvine added 11,068 people in the year — the No. 14 gain in population count — to 277,453. That’s a 4.15 percent growth. The city is undergoing a homebuilding surge that is luring new residents.

Texas also was high on these city growth charts. San Antonio added the most residents in the nation, up 24,208 residents to 1,511,946 That’s a 1.63 percent growth. The Dallas suburb of Frisco was the fastest growing city in the year by percentage gain — up 8.2 percent to 177,286. And Fort Worth become the 15th most-populous city: its population of 874,168 surpassed Indianapolis at 863,002.

Statewide, the census tallied 39.54 million residents — tops in the U.S. That’s up 240,177 in a year and the No. 3 increase nationally — or 0.61 percent growth — 21 fastest out of 50 states. And the U.S. population grew by 2.3 million to 326 million, 0.7 percent growth.

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