Here's How Napa Valley's Population Changed In 2018

NAPA VALLEY, CA — Napa County lost some residents in 2018, according to new population estimates for cities and towns released Thursday by the United States Census Bureau. The numbers show which places gained or lost the most residents in 2018.

Both the city and county of Napa experienced slight changes in population between 2017 and 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Napa County's estimated population in 2018 was 139,417, a decrease of 768 residents from 2017. The estimated population in the city of Napa in 2018 was 76,323, a decrease of 73 in the number of people who call the city home.

According to the estimates, American Canyon gained 491 residents for a 2018 population of 20,359; St. Helena lost six residents for a 2018 population of 6,152; Calistoga gained 65 residents for a population of 5,322; and Yountville gained five residents for a 2018 population of 2,982.

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. Napa County, the estimates showed, had 55,460 housing units. That's down 387 from 55,847 housing units in 2017, which may possibly be attributed to homes being lost in the October 2017 wildfires.

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.