America's Fastest Growing Combined Statistical Areas (by %) (statistics, ranked)

[censusdata]

Here are the 55 largest Combined Statistical Areas ranked by percent growth from 2000 to 2007

1. Las Vegas +33.53
2. Raleigh/ Durham +24.45
3. Atlanta +23.70
4. Orlando +22.93
5. Charlotte +20.03
6. Houston +18.98
7. Dallas-Ft Worth +18.41
8. Nashville +15.94
9. Sacramento +15.87
10. Sarasota +14.82
11. Salt Lake City +14.78
12. Denver +14.03
13. Fresno +13.37
14. Columbia +10.30
15. Knoxville +9.99
16. Indianapolis +9.26
17. Lexington +9.20
18. Seattle +8.94
19. Washington-Baltimore +8.84
20. Baton Rouge +8.73
21. Oklahoma City +8.71
22. Greensboro/ Winston Salem +8.57
23. Los Angeles +8.44
24. Greenville/ Spartanburg +8.31
25. Minneapolis/ St Paul +8.16
26. Kansas City +8.04
27. Columbus +8.01
28. Omaha +7.81
29. Chattanooga +7.67
30. Little Rock +7.17
31. Cincinnati +6.17
32. Louisville +5.92
33. Grand Rapids +5.45
34. Birmingham +5.23
35. Tulsa +5.19
36. Chicago +4.65
37. Harrisburg +4.35
38. St Louis +4.07
39. Hartford +3.85
40. Milwaukee +2.95
41. Philadelphia +2.87
42. New York +2.81
43. Albany +2.71
44. Boston +2.44
45. San Francisco- San Jose +2.43
46. Detroit +0.90
47. Rochester -0.77
48. Syracuse -0.92
49. Toledo -1.25
50. Dayton -1.60
51. Cleveland -1.66
52. Pittsburgh -3.13
53. Buffalo -3.65
54. Youngstown -4.98
55. New Orleans -20.96

[JMT]

Shouldn't Nashville be ahead of Sacramento?

[censusdata]

Originally Posted by JMT

Shouldn't Nashville be ahead of Sacramento?

Good point. I switched them

[Akhenaton06]

Where's the source for these statistics?

[censusdata]

Originally Posted by Akhenaton06

Where's the source for these statistics?

Good point. I got them off Wikipedia, which sources them from the Census Bureau

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_United_States_Combined_Statistical_Areas

[censusdata]

Just for the record...

Despite the fact it would be most logical to have ALL metro areas listed in some Combined Statistical Area the Census Bureau omits several cities.

I noticed these missing from the CSA map:
* Miami
* Tampa
* Richmond
* Memphis
* Austin
* San Antonio
* Phoenix
* Tucson
* Albuquerque

[TX_AGGIE13]

Yea, I think San Antonio was around 13% - 16%, and Austin as well....

[Akhenaton06]

Originally Posted by censusdata

Just for the record...

Despite the fact it would be most logical to have ALL metro areas listed in some Combined Statistical Area the Census Bureau omits several cities.

I noticed these missing from the CSA map:
* Miami
* Tampa
* Richmond
* Memphis
* Austin
* San Antonio
* Phoenix
* Tucson
* Albuquerque

Yeah, I don't think any of those cities have CSAs, only MSAs. I know it's like that for Charleston, SC also.

[DC at the Ridge]

I followed the link, and it's quite a bit different than this list. Is this list in order of gross population growth? It doesn't seem to be in order of percentage growth, especially with the cities/regions left out.
How did you extrapolate your list from the census figures?

[Mr. Answers]

The biggest news here is that Detroit managed positive growth.