US Urban Core City Growth: 1990-2000:

Top 50 Metropolitan Areas

Metropolitan Area

Metropolitan Change

Core City (ies) Change

Suburban Change

Urban Share of Gain

New York--Northern New Jersey--Long Island, NY--NJ--CT--PA CMSA

1,650,216

685,714

964,502

41.6%

Phoenix--Mesa, AZ MSA

1,013,396

337,642

675,754

33.3%

Houston--Galveston--Brazoria, TX CMSA

938,440

323,078

615,362

34.4%

Dallas--Fort Worth, TX CMSA

1,184,519

268,778

915,741

22.7%

Las Vegas, NV--AZ MSA

710,545

220,139

490,406

31.0%

Los Angeles--Riverside--Orange County, CA CMSA

1,842,116

209,422

1,632,694

11.4%

San Antonio, TX MSA

267,634

208,713

58,921

78.0%

Austin--San Marcos, TX MSA

403,536

190,940

212,596

47.3%

Charlotte--Gastonia--Rock Hill, NC--SC MSA

337,200

144,894

192,306

43.0%

Raleigh--Durham--Chapel Hill, NC MSA

332,396

118,566

213,830

35.7%

San Diego, CA MSA

315,817

112,851

202,966

35.7%

Chicago--Gary--Kenosha, IL--IN--WI CMSA

917,720

112,290

805,430

12.2%

Jacksonville, FL MSA

193,764

100,387

93,377

51.8%

Portland--Salem, OR--WA CMSA

471,747

91,802

379,945

19.5%

Denver--Boulder--Greeley, CO CMSA

601,366

87,026

514,340

14.5%

Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA

201,205

82,661

118,544

41.1%

Columbus, OH MSA

194,707

78,560

116,147

40.3%

Oklahoma City, OK MSA

124,507

61,413

63,094

49.3%

Nashville, TN MSA

246,285

57,150

189,135

23.2%

San Francisco--Oakland--San Jose, CA CMSA

786,051

52,774

733,277

6.7%

Indianapolis, IN MSA

226,995

50,543

176,452

22.3%

Seattle--Tacoma--Bremerton, WA CMSA

584,432

47,115

537,317

8.1%

Memphis, TN--AR--MS MSA

128,308

39,763

88,545

31.0%

Sacramento--Yolo, CA CMSA

315,755

37,653

278,102

11.9%

Tampa--St. Petersburg--Clearwater, FL MSA

328,038

33,035

295,003

10.1%

Minneapolis--St. Paul, MN--WI MSA

429,972

29,151

400,821

6.8%

Atlanta, GA MSA

1,152,248

22,457

1,129,791

1.9%

Salt Lake City--Ogden, UT MSA

261,687

21,807

239,880

8.3%

Orlando, FL MSA

419,709

21,258

398,451

5.1%

Boston--Worcester--Lawrence, MA--NH--ME--CT CMSA

363,697

14,858

348,839

4.1%

West Palm Beach--Boca Raton, FL MSA

267,666

14,460

253,206

5.4%

Providence--Fall River--Warwick, RI--MA MSA

54,263

12,890

41,373

23.8%

Grand Rapids--Muskegon--Holland, MI MSA

150,623

8,674

141,949

5.8%

Kansas City, MO--KS MSA

193,187

6,399

186,788

3.3%

Miami--Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA

683,798

3,922

679,876

0.6%

Richmond--Petersburg, VA MSA

130,872

-5,266

136,138

-4.0%

Rochester, NY MSA

35,731

-11,863

47,594

-33.2%

New Orleans, LA MSA

52,456

-12,264

64,720

-23.4%

Louisville, KY--IN MSA

76,769

-12,832

89,601

-16.7%

Hartford, CT MSA

25,525

-18,161

43,686

-71.1%

Norfolk--Virginia Beach--Newport News, VA--NC MSA

126,297

-26,826

153,123

-21.2%

Cleveland--Akron, OH CMSA

86,187

-27,213

113,400

-31.6%

Milwaukee--Racine, WI CMSA

82,389

-31,114

113,503

-37.8%

Cincinnati--Hamilton, OH--KY--IN CMSA

161,631

-32,755

194,386

-20.3%

Pittsburgh, PA MSA

-36,116

-35,316

-800

 

Buffalo--Niagara Falls, NY MSA

-19,177

-35,475

16,298

 

St. Louis, MO--IL MSA

111,082

-48,496

159,578

-43.7%

Philadelphia--Wilmington--Atlantic City, PA--NJ--DE--MD CMSA

295,526

-68,027

363,553

-23.0%

Detroit--Ann Arbor--Flint, MI CMSA

269,257

-76,704

345,961

-28.5%

Washington--Baltimore, DC--MD--VA--WV CMSA

881,020

-119,701

1,000,721

-13.6%

Totals

20572994

3346772

17226222

0.837322074

Core cities are the first listed, plus Fort Worth, Winston-Salem, St. Paul, Durham, Oakland, St. Petersburg and Baltimore

Source: (c) 2001 www.demographia.com 

 

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