The 10 Metros with the Largest Increase from April 2010 to July 2011 from the Census (better, places)

[Fairlady Z]

Census Estimates Show New Patterns of Growth Nationwide

The 10 Metro Areas with the Largest Numeric Increase from April 1, 2010, to July 1, 2011

1. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas: 154,774
2. Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas: 139,699
3. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va: 121,911
4. New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa: 118,791
5. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif: 115,964
6. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Fla: 105,490
7. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Ga: 90,345
8. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif: 80,146
9. Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Ariz: 70,349
10. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas: 67,230

Metro areas

• As of July 1, 2011, the nation's 366 metro areas contained 261.1 million people -- 83.8 percent of the total population.
• Houston surpassed the 6 million population mark between 2010 and 2011.
• Six metro areas increased their populations by more than 100,000 people from 2010 to 2011: Dallas-Fort Worth (155,000), Houston (140,000), Washington, D.C. (122,000), New York (119,000), Los Angeles (116,000) and Miami-Fort Lauderdale (105,000).
• The most populous metro areas on July 1, 2011, were New York (19.0 million), Los Angeles (12.9 million) and Chicago (9.5 million). Fourteen metro areas had populations of 4 million or more.

The press release didn't release much else, hence the absence of large metros such as Philadelphia, Boston, or San Francisco. The Census Bureau will release all of the 2011 data including city population, county population, and demographics in the coming months (Probably July?).

[Summersm343]

Originally Posted by Fairlady Z

Census Estimates Show New Patterns of Growth Nationwide

The 10 Metro Areas with the Largest Numeric Increase from April 1, 2010, to July 1, 2011

1. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas: 154,774
2. Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas: 139,699
3. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va: 121,911
4. New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa: 118,791
5. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif: 115,964
6. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Fla: 105,490
7. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Ga: 90,345
8. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif: 80,146
9. Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Ariz: 70,349
10. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas: 67,230

The press release didn't release much else, hence the absence of large metros such as Philadelphia, Boston, or San Francisco. The Census will release all of the 2011 data including city population, county population, and demographics in the coming months (Probably July?).

The city of Philadelphia gained 10,465 people for a 0.7% growth. No word on the metro yet. So happy Philly is finally growing and not declining!

Growth spurt: City’s population rising, census shows


Htownlove... looks like you were right! Houston metro has passed Philly in population. Congrats. Now that I have sufficient data I can acknowledge you like I said I would haha.

P.S.... if Phoenix passes Philly in city population I will cry.

[HtownLove]

Originally Posted by Fairlady Z

Census Estimates Show New Patterns of Growth Nationwide

The 10 Metro Areas with the Largest Numeric Increase from April 1, 2010, to July 1, 2011

1. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas: 154,774
2. Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas: 139,699
3. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va: 121,911
4. New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa: 118,791
5. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif: 115,964
6. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Fla: 105,490
7. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Ga: 90,345
8. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif: 80,146
9. Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Ariz: 70,349
10. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas: 67,230

The press release didn't release much else, hence the absence of large metros such as Philadelphia, Boston, or San Francisco. The Census Bureau will release all of the 2011 data including city population, county population, and demographics in the coming months (Probably July?).

wow, ATL slowed a lil, but not as much as everyone has been saying.
Phoenix too.

Miami and DC picked up a bit. NY and LA held stronger than I expected.

Dallas and Houston is no news. They are where city bureaus have been predicting yearly increases.

so from the info we do have:

1. NY 19,015,900
2. LA 12,872,051
3. Chicago ~ 9.5M
4. DFW 6,526,547
5. Houston 6,086,499
6. Philly ~6M
7. DC 5,704,081
8. Miami 5,670,125
9. ATL 5,359,205
10. Boston ~ 4.5M

[PDX_LAX]

Looks like the sunbelt is still growing faster than anywhere else, 8/10!

[Fairlady Z]

I found an excel document that listed 50 metros with largest numeric increases. From that data, it almost lists all of the largest metros.

Link to Excel Document

Top 20 Largest Metros in July 2011:

1. New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA: 19,015,900
2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA: 12,944,801
3. Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI: 9,504,753
4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX: 6,526,548
5. Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX: 6,086,538
6. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD: 5,992,414
7. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV: 5,703,948
8. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL: 5,670,125
9. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA: 5,359,205
10. Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH: 4,591,112
11. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA: 4,391,037
12. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA: 4,304,997
13. Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI: ???
14. Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ: 4,263,236
15. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA: 3,500,026
16. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI: 3,318,486
17. San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA: 3,140,069
18. St. Louis, MO-IL: ???
19. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL: 2,824,724
20. Baltimore-Towson, MD: 2,729,110

Neither Detroit or St. Louis made the list of metros with the largest gains, so I left it blank. Otherwise, this should be accurate with the Riverside Metro swapping places with Detroit.

[HtownLove]

Originally Posted by Fairlady Z

I found an excel document that listed 50 metros with largest numeric increases. From that data, it almost lists all of the largest metros.

Link to Excel Document

Top 20 Largest Metros in July 2011:

1. New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA: 19,015,900
2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA: 12,944,801
3. Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI: 9,504,753
4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX: 6,526,548
5. Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX: 6,086,538
6. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD: 5,992,414
7. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV: 5,703,948
8. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL: 5,670,125
9. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA: 5,359,205
10. Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH: 4,591,112
11. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA: 4,391,037
12. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA: 4,304,997
13. Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI: ???
14. Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ: 4,263,236
15. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA: 3,500,026
16. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI: 3,318,486
17. San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA: 3,140,069
18. St. Louis, MO-IL: ???
19. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL: 2,824,724
20. Baltimore-Towson, MD: 2,729,110

Neither Detroit or St. Louis made the list of metros with the largest gains, so I left it blank. Otherwise, this should be accurate with the Riverside Metro swapping places with Detroit.

whoops, I guess my math was a lil off on some of these.

Anyway I hope the census doesn't get too overboard on these and project exorbitant numbers all the way threw. I have not read the methodology of the estimates.

I guess in about a year the second biggest metro in California will be Riverside

[Gnutella]

Pittsburgh MSA

2010: 2,356,285
2011: 2,359,746
Numerical difference: +3,461
Percent difference: +0.1%

2020 extrapolation: 2,390,895
Numerical difference: +34,610
Percent difference: +1.5%

[unusualfire]

Originally Posted by HtownLove

whoops, I guess my math was a lil off on some of these.

Anyway I hope the census doesn't get too overboard on these and project exorbitant numbers all the way threw. I have not read the methodology of the estimates.

I guess in about a year the second biggest metro in California will be Riverside

True Some of those places are adding tons of people with terrible economies. Some of those places with economies that's better than the national average is not gaining much or even losing people(Cleveland). Not sure how that is even possible. Vegas dropped off the cliff though.

[Gnutella]

Originally Posted by unusualfire

True Some of those places are adding tons of people with terrible economies. Some of those places with economies that's better than the national average is not gaining much or even losing people(Cleveland). Not sure how that is even possible. Vegas dropped off the cliff though.

Natural population growth is always overlooked. Many of the "Sun Belt" MSAs with lousy economies are still growing rapidly because of a large number of births.

[HtownLove]

Originally Posted by Gnutella

Natural population growth is always overlooked. Many of the "Sun Belt" MSAs with lousy economies are still growing rapidly because of a large number of births.

yeah, Houston's natural increase last decade was something like 600,000
that is a lot of babies