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Boulder is, for all intents and purposes, part of the metro. It should be 3.3 million.
For some reason they don't officially count Boulder as part of Denver's MSA but they do for the CSA.
Next up as of the 2022 census are Baltimore, St. Louis, Orlando, Charlotte, and San Antonio in order, with actually the last 3 especially Orlando as having the most potential to pass Baltimore and St. Louis in crossing the 3 mil mark first.
San Antonio CSA gains about 50k a year and in 2023 that figure is right around 2,725,000... it should cross the 3 million mark before the end of the decade.
For some reason they don't officially count Boulder as part of Denver's MSA but they do for the CSA.
Next up as of the 2022 census are Baltimore, St. Louis, Orlando, Charlotte, and San Antonio in order, with actually the last 3 especially Orlando as having the most potential to pass Baltimore and St. Louis in crossing the 3 mil mark first.
I would bet that Orlando has passed STL by now and will definitely cross 3M before it.
The way Charlotte, Orlando and San Antonio have been growing, I think they will be pretty close to Denver by 2030.
I think Austin has a good chance of making it to 3M not long after the next census.
Alamance County feels like it'd have commuters to BOTH Durham and Greensboro, from looking up it's location. Also I believe it's possible that one day, Raleigh-Durham might get up to 3 million residents. There aren't any weird issues going on here, like that Raleigh and Durham are considered separate metros? Since I've always viewed both cities as the same metro area.
And as the Nashville area was mentioned earlier, does the Census consider Montgomery County (w/Clarksville) and Maury County(w/Columbia) as part of the Nashville area? If it doesn't, to me I'd include those 2 counties in the Nashville metro area myself.
Alamance County feels like it'd have commuters to BOTH Durham and Greensboro, from looking up it's location. Also I believe it's possible that one day, Raleigh-Durham might get up to 3 million residents. There aren't any weird issues going on here, like that Raleigh and Durham are considered separate metros? Since I've always viewed both cities as the same metro area.
And as the Nashville area was mentioned earlier, does the Census consider Montgomery County (w/Clarksville) and Maury County(w/Columbia) as part of the Nashville area? If it doesn't, to me I'd include those 2 counties in the Nashville metro area myself.
Maury County is currently part of Nashville’s CSA however I’m surprised Montgomery Country/Clarksville/Bowling Green, KY isn’t included in CSA numbers as it’s about the same distance to Columbia with tons of commuters. Adding the Montgomery/Clarksville MSA would add another 330,000 to the Nashville region to around the 2.4-2.5 million range currently.
As for the topic, I can see Orlando, Charlotte, San Antonio and a few others reach or just under 3 million by the 2030 census.
For some reason they don't officially count Boulder as part of Denver's MSA but they do for the CSA.
Next up as of the 2022 census are Baltimore, St. Louis, Orlando, Charlotte, and San Antonio in order, with actually the last 3 especially Orlando as having the most potential to pass Baltimore and St. Louis in crossing the 3 mil mark first.
Because of commute patterns, alot of people who work in Boulder also live there. But many also live 10mins away in metro Denver. Greeley is also in the CSA, a county that borders Wyoming. I don't think it's wild to predict Ft. Collins being added to the MSA/CSA in the future.
I don’t think it will be too long before some of the fast-growing municipalities in both CSAs become part of their MSA.
They should already be there.
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