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[craigs]

Most populous counties:

1 Los Angeles County -- 9,757,179
2 Cook County -- 5,182,617
3 Harris County - 5,009,302
4 Maricopa County -- 4,673,096
5 San Diego County -- 3,298,799
6 Orange County -- 3,170,435
7 Miami-Dade County -- 2,838,461
8 Dallas County -- 2,656,028
9 Kings County NY -- 2,617,631
10 Riverside County -- 2,529,933

[Lobotomizer]

Originally Posted by craigs

Most populous counties:

1 Los Angeles County -- 9,757,179
2 Cook County -- 5,182,617
3 Harris County - 5,009,302
4 Maricopa County -- 4,673,096
5 San Diego County -- 3,298,799
6 Orange County -- 3,170,435
7 Miami-Dade County -- 2,838,461
8 Dallas County -- 2,656,028
9 Kings County NY -- 2,617,631
10 Riverside County -- 2,529,933

Harris County is a beast. It looks like it'll pass Cook County in the next two or three years.

[ChiSoxRox]

Originally Posted by Lobotomizer

Harris County is a beast. It looks like it'll pass Cook County in the next two or three years.

Fort Bend County is two years or so away from the 1M mark as well. Texas overall is adding half a million a year.

[JManc]

Originally Posted by ChiSoxRox

Fort Bend County is two years or so away from the 1M mark as well. Texas overall is adding half a million a year.

And Montgomery is at 750k and is growing really fast. Probably will hit 1M by 2035.

[UrbanNebraska]

Omaha finally cracked a million for the MSA population.

[craigs]

Originally Posted by UrbanNebraska

Omaha finally cracked a million for the MSA population.

Congrats to Omaha!

[N90]

2020-2024 gains (counties that added 100k+)

1. Harris County, Texas: + 278,157
2. Maricopa County, Arizona: + 252,528
3. Collin County, Texas: + 190,193
4. Denton County, Texas: + 138,698
5. Miami-Dade County, Florida: + 136,694
6. Fort Bend County, Texas: + 135,655
7. Clark County, Nevada: + 133,410
8. Montgomery County, Texas: + 129,170
9. Polk County, Florida: + 127,832
10. Hillsborough County, Florida: + 121,664
11. Tarrant County, Texas: + 120,068
12. Williamson County, Texas: + 118,463
13. Bexar County, Texas: + 118,413
14. Riverside County, California: + 111,748
15. Orange County, Florida: + 103,738
16. Wake County, North Carolina: + 103,034
17. Lee County, Florida: + 100,137

[N90]

Originally Posted by JManc

And Montgomery is at 750k and is growing really fast. Probably will hit 1M by 2035.

Williamson, Hidalgo, and maybe El Paso too.

Hidalgo will get there well before 2035.

[DCReid]

Originally Posted by N90

By percentage it’s #4

Off topic but Atlanta’s really cooled down the last 10 years. DC and Miami both surpassed it.

Atlanta seems to be growing steadily at 1-1.5% yearly, and it was only passed this year. I bet that DC and Miami will slow over the next few years, DC may suffer from the current Fed job cuts and Miami is quite expensive and getting more so. Atlanta will probably pass both again by 2030.

It will be interesting to guess when Austin will pass San Antonio - perhaps by 2035. Previous blogs said that the metros are growing in different directions and doubt that they will be combined anytime soon.

Off topic - does anyone know if Pittsburgh and Cleveland are still losing people in their metros. What about Memphis?

[Steely Dan]

Originally Posted by DCReid

Off topic - does anyone know if Pittsburgh and Cleveland are still losing people in their metros.

Don't know about Pittsburgh, but like the rest of the midwest's major MSAs, Cleveland saw a gain last year according to CB estimates (for whatever they're worth).

And Omaha crossed over into 1M+ land for the first time ever.


Midwest MSAs: 2024 pop. (2023 - 2024 num. growth)

1. Chicago: 9,408,576 (+70,762)
2. Detroit: 4,400,578 (+30,988)
3. Minneapolis: 3,757,952 (+35,476)
4. St. Louis: 2,811,927 (+6,420)
5. Cincinnati: 2,302,815 (+20,191)
6. Kansas City: 2,253,579 (+24,817)
7. Columbus: 2,225,377 (+30,348)
8. Indianapolis: 2,174,833 (+26,661)
9. Cleveland: 2,171,877 (+5,605)
10. Milwaukee: 1,574,452 (+6,563)
11. Grand Rapids: 1,178,826 (+11,762)
12. Omaha: 1,001,010 (+12,144)
13. Dayton: 821,740 (+5,194)
14. Des Moines: 753,913 (+13,782)
15. Madison: 707,606 (+9,103)
16. Akron: 702,209 (+2,115)
17. Wichita: 661,217 (+6,927)
18: Toledo: 601,396 (+392)
19. Springfield (MO): 496,975 (+5,284)
20. Lansing: 479,971 (+3,366)

Source: https://www.skyscrapercity.com/threa...post-192479712

[Lobotomizer]

Originally Posted by DCReid

Atlanta seems to be growing steadily at 1-1.5% yearly, and it was only passed this year. I bet that DC and Miami will slow over the next few years, DC may suffer from the current Fed job cuts and Miami is quite expensive and getting more so. Atlanta will probably pass both again by 2030.

It will be interesting to guess when Austin will pass San Antonio - perhaps by 2035. Previous blogs said that the metros are growing in different directions and doubt that they will be combined anytime soon.

Off topic - does anyone know if Pittsburgh and Cleveland are still losing people in their metros. What about Memphis?

They're not ever going to combined, but they're not growing in different directions.

Hays County south of Austin, and Comal County north of San Antonio are both growing very rapidly.

It is true Austin's fastest growing county is Williamson north of the city, but the string of towns between the two are rapidly growing, in particular Kyle and New Braunfels.

[Lobotomizer]

Originally Posted by N90

Williamson, Hidalgo, and maybe El Paso too.

Hidalgo will get there well before 2035.

Williamson County passing a million people is so astonishing to me, but will most likely occur within a decade or so.

[iheartthed]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

Don't know about Pittsburgh, but like the rest of the midwest's major MSAs, Cleveland saw a gain last year according to CB estimates (for whatever they're worth).

And Omaha crossed over into 1M+ land for the first time ever.


Midwest MSAs: 2024 pop. (2023 - 2024 num. growth)

1. Chicago: 9,408,576 (+70,762)
2. Detroit: 4,400,578 (+30,988)
3. Minneapolis: 3,757,952 (+35,476)
4. St. Louis: 2,811,927 (+6,420)
5. Cincinnati: 2,302,815 (+20,191)
6. Kansas City: 2,253,579 (+24,817)
7. Columbus: 2,225,377 (+30,348)
8. Indianapolis: 2,174,833 (+26,661)
9. Cleveland: 2,171,877 (+5,605)
10. Milwaukee: 1,574,452 (+6,563)
11. Grand Rapids: 1,178,826 (+11,762)
12. Omaha: 1,001,010 (+12,144)
13. Dayton: 821,740 (+5,194)
14. Des Moines: 753,913 (+13,782)
15. Madison: 707,606 (+9,103)
16. Akron: 702,209 (+2,115)
17. Wichita: 661,217 (+6,927)
18: Toledo: 601,396 (+392)
19. Springfield (MO): 496,975 (+5,284)
20. Lansing: 479,971 (+3,366)

Source: https://www.skyscrapercity.com/threa...post-192479712

Back in 2010 Minneapolis was on track to overtake Detroit for the second biggest MSA in the Midwest by 2030. MPLS is still within striking distance but looks like it won't be happening any time soon.

[ChiSoxRox]

Originally Posted by DCReid

Off topic - does anyone know if Pittsburgh and Cleveland are still losing people in their metros. What about Memphis?

Metro area numbers here. Memphis shrank but Pittsburgh grew, barely (using MSA numbers).

Memphis - 1,339,345 (-1,103)

Pittsburgh - 2,429,917 (+448)

New Orleans is also dropping: 966,230 (-975)

Fastest shrinking numerically is Jackson, Mississippi: 606,178; -3,039

[DCReid]

Originally Posted by ChiSoxRox

Metro area numbers here. Memphis shrank but Pittsburgh grew, barely (using MSA numbers).

Memphis - 1,339,345 (-1,103)

Pittsburgh - 2,429,917 (+448)

New Orleans is also dropping: 966,230 (-975)

Fastest shrinking numerically is Jackson, Mississippi: 606,178; -3,039

Thanks. Yes, I also saw that New Orleans is dropping. And Honolulu is below 1 million. Most metros are past their 2020 totals with the notable exceptions of NYC, Chicago, LA, and SF (in fact most California big metros), per Wiki. St Louis will likely be surpassed by both Austin and San Antonio and drop out of the top 25 by 2030 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrop...atistical_area

[iheartthed]

Originally Posted by ChiSoxRox

Metro area numbers here. Memphis shrank but Pittsburgh grew, barely (using MSA numbers).

Memphis - 1,339,345 (-1,103)

Pittsburgh - 2,429,917 (+448)

New Orleans is also dropping: 966,230 (-975)

Fastest shrinking numerically is Jackson, Mississippi: 606,178; -3,039

Looks like Mississippi is headed for another decade of population loss. Mississippi has 5 of the 10 fastest declining counties in the country.

[ChiSoxRox]

As for independent and county exact equivalent cities over 200k, getting those in one post:

New York, NY - 8,478,072 (+87,184)

Philadelphia, PA - 1,573,916 (+10,567)

San Francisco, CA - 827,526 (+8,375)

Denver, CO - 729,019 (+7,652)

Washington, DC - 702,250 (+14,926)

Baltimore, MD - 568,271 (+754)

Virginia Beach, VA - 454,808 (+1,029)

New Orleans, LA - 362,701 (-2,466)

Anchorage, AK - 289,600 (+1,668)

St. Louis, MO - 279,695 (-3,077)

Chesapeake, VA - 254,997 (+1,030)

Richmond, VA - 233,655 (+3,272)

Norfolk, VA - 231,105 (-273)


First positive growth for Baltimore, perhaps it has finally joined the Northeastern boom. San Francisco is rebounding quite nicely, although St. Louis city continues to wither.

Edited to add: An encouraging data point is Wayne County, Michigan: 1,771,063 (+8,692). Is Detroit growing again? City numbers are sometime in May.

[dave8721]

Originally Posted by N90

2020-2024 gains (counties that added 100k+)

1. Harris County, Texas: + 278,157
2. Maricopa County, Arizona: + 252,528
3. Collin County, Texas: + 190,193
4. Denton County, Texas: + 138,698
5. Miami-Dade County, Florida: + 136,694
6. Fort Bend County, Texas: + 135,655
7. Clark County, Nevada: + 133,410
8. Montgomery County, Texas: + 129,170
9. Polk County, Florida: + 127,832
10. Hillsborough County, Florida: + 121,664
11. Tarrant County, Texas: + 120,068
12. Williamson County, Texas: + 118,463
13. Bexar County, Texas: + 118,413
14. Riverside County, California: + 111,748
15. Orange County, Florida: + 103,738
16. Wake County, North Carolina: + 103,034
17. Lee County, Florida: + 100,137

Miami-Dade's rise is pretty impressive when you consider it lost population between 2020-and 2022. In 2023/2024 (per these estimates) it regained the lost population and added another 137K on top of that.

[chris08876]

The gains in Washington DC have been super impressive. The whole MSA really.

There's a lot of growth going on in DC. Like every other block something going on it seems.

[subterranean]

Originally Posted by chris08876

The gains in Washington DC have been super impressive. The whole MSA really.

There's a lot of growth going on in DC. Like every other block something going on it seems.

Hate to say it, but I think that trend is about to reverse pretty drastically.