Houston is set to pass Chicago as the third biggest city in the United States over the next 10 years, according to a new report. New York and Los Angeles now claim the No. 1 and 2 spots, respectively. Houston also has low taxes and a strong aerospace industry. And according to data gathered from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown metro has the second most engineers in the country, behind Silicon Valley.

Speaking to Reuters about the revelation regarding Houston’s imminent promotion to become the third most populated city in America, its Mayor Parker declared, “Texas has a long tradition, and Houston has it in spades, that we are not so much interested in where you are from”.

A new report says that Chicago will soon see its top-3 status in the USA fall to the wayside thanks to a booming town down South.

Apart from domestic migration, about one in five Houstonians is foreign born and more than 90 languages are spoken in the city.

That being said, Texas companies and universities know they’re increasingly in the spotlight, which breeds a desire to stand out as an innovation hub.

Houston’s rapid job growth and burgeoning ethnic and cultural diversity are behind the massive demographic shift, according to Reuters. And while Houston has remained below the national unemployment average, Chicago has recently been above it, the report notes.

However, she doesn’t believe it will last, adding, “There are few restrictions on zoning which has led to sprawl and that has already created major problems with traffic congestion”, which Mancini believes will ultimately stop people from moving there.

Currently, according to US Census estimates for 2014, Chicago’s population is estimated be around 2.7 million people, and Houston’s is only 2.2 million.

The city ranks near the top in the United States in terms of resettling refugees from overseas and when the price of oil picks up again, it will see a fresh wave of migration from those seeking employment.