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Originally Posted by JoninATX

The 2024 population estimates are out. Here are the top 10 growth contenders among US metros, July 1, 2023-July 1, 2024

1. New York City: up 213,403 to 19,940,274 (1.1% YoY increase)
2. Houston: up 198,171 to 7,796,182 (2.5%)
3. Dallas-Fort Worth: up 177,922 to 8,344,032 (2.1%)
4. Miami: up 123,471 to 6,457,988 (1.9%)
5. Washington, D.C.: up 90,608 to 6,436,489 (1.4%)
6. Phoenix: up 84,938 to 5,186,958 (1.6%)
7. Orlano, Florida: up 75,969 to 2,940,513 (2.6%)
8. Atlanta: up 75,134 to 6,411,149 (1.7%)
9. Chicago: up 70,762 to 9,408,576 (0.8%)
10. Seattle: up 66,666 to 4,145,494 (1.6%)

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-re...metro-micro.html#counties-numeric-growth

Nearly all of the largest numerical declines by county were in Sun Belt states (St. Louis the exception). When is the last time that happened?

Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere

NYC passing 20 million will be a big step - and it could happen this year by the looks of it.

NY metro officially passed 20 million in the 2020 census. The post pandemic annual estimates put NYM back under 20 million.