Will Spokane Loose Bragging Rights

Will Tacoma overtake Spokane as the 2nd largest city in Washington State? Each city's population is fairly close. Just think of all the people in Spokane bragging about living in Washington's 2nd largest city. We might all have to hang our heads in shame if we're number 3.

clipped from depts.washington.edu University of Washington State Relations More on the State Population Forecast: Spokane or Tacoma … Who’s Really No. 2? July 5th, 2007 One of the things that caught my eye in the recent state population figures released by the Governor’s budget office was that Tacoma is really gaining on Spokane for status as the state’s second largest city.  Both cities have populations just over the 200,000 mark, separated by less than 2,000 residents. According to the Tacoma News Tribune “inside the editorial page” blog, Tacoma lobbyist Randy Lewis says Spokane cheated and that Tacoma should rightfully be in the number two city slot.  Lewis apparently issued a memo pointing out that due to a large annexation in 2005, Spokane’s population is 1,469 residents higher than Tacoma which picked up only three residents through such changes.  Take annexation out of the picture and Tacoma surges ahead of Spokane by 1,266 residents by counting only births and in-migration.