The state's fourth-largest city seems to be in a continual state of turmoil.

New York's fourth-largest city does not have to be the punch line to a cynical joke.

"On its own, Brooklyn would be the fourth-largest city in the country."

It became Arizona's fourth-largest city, with a peak population of 13,348.

In 1840 it was the nation's fourth-largest city, with a population of 102,000.

Houston is the fourth-largest city in the nation and the largest in the state.

Elsewhere in Houston, the nation's fourth-largest city had the air of a ghost town.

Today it is Israel's fourth-largest city, with about 220,000 people.

The population was 18,522 as of the 2010 census, making it the fourth-largest city in Gwinnett county.

Houston, the country's fourth-largest city, ranks 25th in the size of its public housing stock.