Ranier almost quadrupled its population since 2010, mostly thanks to annexation

By Sylvia Wier The U.S. Census, an every-decade accounting of who’s where and what’s what in America, published its list of population winners and losers this month.  The losers? Philadelphia, Pine Bluff, Ark., Danville, Ill. The reasons are varied. The winners? A myriad of reasons too but gold stars went to Phoenix, New Braunfels, Texas,…