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Chicago metro has done a big about-face. During the 2000's the collar counties grew by around 525,000 while the built-out counties of Cook and DuPage collectively lost around 150,000. During the past three years Cook and DuPage counties have grown by 61,227 while the outlying counties that had a majority of the population gain the past few decades only grew by 15,203.
[SIZE=4][SIZE=4][SIZE=4]10 Metro Areas
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[SIZE=3]The 10 Largest Metro Areas on July, 1, 2013 [/SIZE][SIZE=3][/SIZE][SIZE=3][SIZE=3]Metro area [/SIZE][/SIZE]
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[SIZE=3][SIZE=3]1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa.
[/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=3][/SIZE][SIZE=3][SIZE=3]19,949,502
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[SIZE=3][SIZE=3]2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, Calif.
[/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=3][/SIZE][SIZE=3][SIZE=3]13,131,431
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[SIZE=3][SIZE=3]3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, Ill.-Ind.-Wis.
[/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=3][/SIZE][SIZE=3][SIZE=3]9,537,289
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[SIZE=3][SIZE=3]4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
[/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=3][/SIZE][SIZE=3][SIZE=3]6,810,913
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[SIZE=3][SIZE=3]5. Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas
[/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=3][/SIZE][SIZE=3][SIZE=3]6,313,158
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[SIZE=3][SIZE=3]6. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md.
[/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=3][/SIZE][SIZE=3][SIZE=3]6,034,678
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[SIZE=3][SIZE=3]7. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va.
[/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=3][/SIZE][SIZE=3][SIZE=3]5,949,859
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[SIZE=3][SIZE=3]8. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, Fla.
[/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=3][/SIZE][SIZE=3][SIZE=3]5,828,191
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[SIZE=3][SIZE=3]9. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, Ga.
[/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=3][/SIZE][SIZE=3][SIZE=3]5,522,942
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[SIZE=3][SIZE=3]10. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, Mass.-N.H.
[/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=3][/SIZE][SIZE=3][SIZE=3]4,684,299
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Houston, TX
New York, NY-NJ-PA
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
Los Angeles, CA
Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV
Phoenix, AZ
Atlanta, GA
Miami, FL
San Francisco-Oakland, CA
Seattle, WA
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137,692
111,749
108,112
94,386
87,265
71,130
68,513
64,909
62,117
57,514 [SIZE=4][SIZE=4][SIZE=4]
10 Fastest Growing Metro Areas
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[SIZE=3]The 10 Largest Metro Areas on July, 1, 2013 [/SIZE][SIZE=3][/SIZE][SIZE=3][SIZE=3]Metro area [/SIZE][/SIZE]
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[SIZE=3][SIZE=3]1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa.
[/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=3][/SIZE][SIZE=3][SIZE=3]19,949,502
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[SIZE=3][SIZE=3]2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, Calif.
[/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=3][/SIZE][SIZE=3][SIZE=3]13,131,431
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[SIZE=3][SIZE=3]3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, Ill.-Ind.-Wis.
[/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=3][/SIZE][SIZE=3][SIZE=3]9,537,289
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[SIZE=3][SIZE=3]4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
[/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=3][/SIZE][SIZE=3][SIZE=3]6,810,913
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[SIZE=3][SIZE=3]5. Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas
[/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=3][/SIZE][SIZE=3][SIZE=3]6,313,158
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[SIZE=3][SIZE=3]6. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md.
[/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=3][/SIZE][SIZE=3][SIZE=3]6,034,678
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[SIZE=3][SIZE=3]7. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va.
[/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=3][/SIZE][SIZE=3][SIZE=3]5,949,859
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[SIZE=3][SIZE=3]8. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, Fla.
[/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=3][/SIZE][SIZE=3][SIZE=3]5,828,191
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[SIZE=3][SIZE=3]9. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, Ga.
[/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=3][/SIZE][SIZE=3][SIZE=3]5,522,942
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[SIZE=3][SIZE=3]10. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, Mass.-N.H.
[/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=3][/SIZE][SIZE=3][SIZE=3]4,684,299
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The Villages, FL
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10 Metro Areas
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Houston, TX
New York, NY-NJ-PA
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
Los Angeles, CA
Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV
Phoenix, AZ
Atlanta, GA
Miami, FL
San Francisco-Oakland, CA
Seattle, WA
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137,692
111,749
108,112
94,386
87,265
71,130
68,513
64,909
62,117
57,514 [SIZE=4][SIZE=4][SIZE=4]
10 Fastest Growing Metro Areas
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The Villages, FL
Chicago metro has done a big about-face. During the 2000's the collar counties grew by around 525,000 while the built-out counties of Cook and DuPage collectively lost around 150,000. During the past three years Cook and DuPage counties have grown by 61,227 while the outlying counties that had a majority of the population gain the past few decades only grew by 15,203.
There is a trend (for the most part) back to the urban core. It's the same deal in Pittsburgh, where Allegheny County gained 1,615 despite the metropolitan area losing 122 people. At least Chicago's outer counties aren't totally useless like Pittsburgh's are.
Detroit and Cleveland are still losing people in the urban core, but have begun to gain in the suburbs. For Cleveland, Cuyahoga County lost 2,895 people, but Geauga, Lake, Lorain and Medina Counties gained 2,891 people, which means the metropolitan area lost exactly four people. For Detroit, Wayne County lost 17,223 people, but Lapeer, Livingston, Macomb, Oakland and St. Clair Counties gained 19,374 people, resulting in a gain of 2,151 people.
Not bad at all for a Midwestern city and pretty consistent with its historical 50-100 year growth patterns (steady as a rock!), but still does not compete with some of its closest current rivals, like Denver and Seattle. I expect to see these numbers possibly continue to climb throughout the decade and beyond, as they have every year since 2010 and as the region continues to embrace this renewed emphasis on urban living, and also because Minneapolis and St. Paul are very well built to accomodate this new change infrastructurally: great bus transit system, expanding LRT transit system, a pro-growth/density City Council (for a change!), recent micro-migration of development to Downtown East (an untapped part of downtown), etc.
Also, in related fun local news, it looks as though the Twin Cities MSA is set to breach the 3 million population mark by 2015, and possibly 2014! Although people go back and forth between stating a metro's population in terms of its CSA, MSA and UA, I prefer MSA to CSA (but not to UA), since it's a more realistic scale of a city's breadth and size.
There is a trend (for the most part) back to the urban core. It's the same deal in Pittsburgh, where Allegheny County gained 1,615 despite the metropolitan area losing 122 people. At least Chicago's outer counties aren't totally useless like Pittsburgh's are.
Detroit and Cleveland are still losing people in the urban core, but have begun to gain in the suburbs. For Cleveland, Cuyahoga County lost 2,895 people, but Geauga, Lake, Lorain and Medina Counties gained 2,891 people, which means the metropolitan area lost exactly four people. For Detroit, Wayne County lost 17,223 people, but Lapeer, Livingston, Macomb, Oakland and St. Clair Counties gained 19,374 people, resulting in a gain of 2,151 people.
This is also the case for Charlotte. Charlotte, well Mecklenburg county, added 23,006 people and added more people than all of the suburb counties combined. I found that this trend is around the nation. I wonder if it's gas prices among other things.
2013 Population and Annual Numerical Change and Annual Percent Change
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA 18,351,929 +138,154 +0 .7%
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA 8,469,845 +105,295 +1.2%
D.C. proper had a growth rate of +2.05% in 2013 while the DC Metro Area only had a growth rate of 1.42% last year. This confirms what most people have already been thinking. D.C. is absorbing a much higher percentage of regional growth than it has in 60 years and is growing faster than the region by a wide margin. A very high percentage of people moving to the area want to live in the city compared to the suburbs by a pretty wide margin.
2013 D.C. Proper Added = +13,022 people (61.4 sq. miles)
2013 D.C. Metro Area (suburbs) Added = +74,243 people (5,503.2 sq. miles)
2013 D.C. Proper Added = +2.05% Growth Rate
2013 D.C. Metro Area (suburbs) Added = +1.42% Growth Rate
For D.C. proper to add 13,022 people in 2013 in only 61 sq. mile's with the region only adding 74,243 people outside it's borders in a whopping 5,503.2 sq. mile's is substantial. D.C. proper is booming, the suburbs, not so much. Pretty interesting.
Atlanta only grew by 68k people. It's nowhere in the leagues of Houston and Dallas anymore.
Might be a good thing. Nice sustainable growth. Houston and Dallas won't stay growing that fast for long.
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