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Omaha's MSA hits 915,312 for the 2015 estimate, adding 11,000 over last year and 50,000 since 2010..and passing Albuquerque, NM as the 59th largest MSA in the US ..
Houston numbers are bogus. The city loss thousands jobs after the oil boom ended. No way they gained a 150,000 new residents.
What you and others don't realize is that Houston grew very fast numerically during the oil bust of the late 2000's. Oil bust doesn't affect Houston's growth the way you and others think and want it to.
Growth doesn't just come by just relocations though.
Houston economy isn't exactly booming you know. It's stagnant to barely growing at best. No way this city added 150,000 plus residents. It's not possible even with the other factors you mentioned. Houston is overstating its numbers to stay in the news IMO.
I'm hoping they revised last years numbers downward or something so that way it shows gains for this year but this years numbers are definitely lower than what its population was last year at MSA level.
I find that disturbing.
It's very strange indeed.
I did the Bay Area and its amazing that 9 of the 10 fastest growing counties in California are either in the Bay Area or border the Bay Area.
Kudos to SF City, which hit 864,816 in 2015.
Also, the SF MSA has grown by 300,000+ since 2010 which is amazing--5 million doesnt seem that far away anymore.
Anyhow, Bay Area CSA
2015 Population: 8,713,914
2014 Population: 8,607,423
2014-2015 Numerical Change: +106,491
2014-2015 Percent Growth: +1.231%
Houston economy isn't exactly booming you know. It's stagnant to barely growing at best. No way this city added 150,000 plus residents. It's not possible even with the other factors you mentioned. Houston is overstating its numbers to stay in the news IMO.
I know Houston's economy isn't booming right now. However, you need to take this up with the census bureau. Also, Houston did grow in medical and manufacturing jobs. Right now, the facts from the Census show Houston grew up by nearly 160k people.
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