Fastest growing Metropolitan areas 2014

[Drewcifer]

Originally Posted by mjlo

Those are only the largest metros listed. There are metro areas in the Midwest growing at faster rates than MSP.

Not in terms of raw numbers, which is what this list is.

[PhillyPhan95]

Originally Posted by SyraBrian

Give me a slow growth metro that grows enough to keep everything the locals like and not enough to make the locals irritable and nervous.

You've just described Philadelphia, practically perfectly.

[Trafalgar Law]

2010-2014:
- Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area: + 7.36%
- Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area: + 4.87%
- Madison, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area: + 4.68%
- Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metropolitan Statistical Area: + 4.52%
- Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area: + 4.42%
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area: + 4.37%
- Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area: + 3.92%

[lookintomove15]

Houston has always been fast growing.....

HOUSTON, FASTEST GROWING BIG CITY, SHOWING SIGNS OF HAVING HIT PRIME - NYTimes.com

"Houston, the fastest rising big city in America in the 1970's. Metropolitan Houston add nearly a million people in the 1970's. Based on a number of indicators, it is even possible to pinpoint what may turn out to be Houston's zenith in terms of sheer growth in numbers: the year 1978. In that year, according to Census estimates and the Chamber of Commerce's research division, the metropolitan area's population grew by 97,200. People from other parts of the country have continued to flood into town in search of jobs since then, but at a slower rate. In every year since 1978, there have been fewer people added to the population. After the peak of 97,200 in 1978, the number of new residents dropped to 93,200 in 1979 and 89,000 in 1980."

[Drewcifer]

Originally Posted by Red John

2010-2014:
- Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area: + 7.36%
- Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area: + 4.87%
- Madison, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area: + 4.68%
- Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metropolitan Statistical Area: + 4.52%
- Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area: + 4.42%
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area: + 4.37%
- Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area: + 3.92%

I will reiterate, the numbers in the opening post and the subject of this thread is raw growth, not percentage. Minneapolis is the fastest growing metro in the Midwest in terms of raw growth, there are some smaller metros that are growing faster in percentage terms. Actually, before the recession Chicago was the fastest growing metro in the Midwest for decades, in terms of raw numbers.

[Min-Chi-Cbus]

Originally Posted by Red John

2010-2014:
- Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area: + 7.36%
- Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area: + 4.87%
- Madison, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area: + 4.68%
- Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metropolitan Statistical Area: + 4.52%
- Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area: + 4.42%
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area: + 4.37%
- Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area: + 3.92%

He said raw numbers (if you're trying to emphasize the TC's there, which is what it looks like). Obviously MSP didn't grow by more than 7.36%, which is quite fast.

[cjester]

Originally Posted by lookintomove15

Houston has always been fast growing.....

HOUSTON, FASTEST GROWING BIG CITY, SHOWING SIGNS OF HAVING HIT PRIME - NYTimes.com

"Houston, the fastest rising big city in America in the 1970's. Metropolitan Houston add nearly a million people in the 1970's. Based on a number of indicators, it is even possible to pinpoint what may turn out to be Houston's zenith in terms of sheer growth in numbers: the year 1978. In that year, according to Census estimates and the Chamber of Commerce's research division, the metropolitan area's population grew by 97,200. People from other parts of the country have continued to flood into town in search of jobs since then, but at a slower rate. In every year since 1978, there have been fewer people added to the population. After the peak of 97,200 in 1978, the number of new residents dropped to 93,200 in 1979 and 89,000 in 1980."

This article was printed 35 years ago, thanks for keeping us up to date.

[mrfoe]

Originally Posted by cjester

This article was printed 35 years ago, thanks for keeping us up to date.

Well to this day Houston is still growing.