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| | Press Release for Population Estimates |
 | | During the same period, smaller cities with populations between 10,000 and 50,000 grew at a faster rate than their larger counterparts, according to population estimates released on the Internet today. |
 | | Among cities of at least 1 million, Phoenix had the fastest rate of increase, at 21.3 percent, while San Antonio was second, with a growth rate of 14.1 percent. |
 | | Among the 2,578 cities with 10,000 or more people in 1998, 1,854 or 71.9 percent, gained population while the remaining 724 lost population between 1990 and 1998. |
| www.census.gov /Press-Release/www/1999/cb99-128.html (261 words) |
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