

Other metropolitan areas which saw the largest growth in number were Houston, adding more than 124,000 residents Atlanta, with almost 79,000 new residents Phoenix, with an additional nearly 73,000 people and Orlando, Florida, adding almost 65,000 new residents. Metro Dallas-Fort Worth’s 7.9 million residents made it the nation’s fourth-largest metropolitan area, behind only New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, all of which lost population last year but with much smaller losses compared to the first year of the pandemic. metros, jumping by six-digit figures for a second consecutive year, as it gained another 170,000 residents last year. The Dallas-Fort Worth area grew the most among U.S. metros that had gains in 2022 after experiencing losses in 2021 were Washington, Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Seattle, Minneapolis and San Diego, according to 2022 population estimates released Thursday by the Census Bureau. metro areas grew by just 0.1%, as fear of the virus sent residents fleeing the most densely-populated urban areas and the popularity of remote work allowed people to live far from their workplaces.īy comparison, only eight of the 20 largest metro areas decreased in 2022, and the growth rate for all U.S.

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(AP) - The flight from urban areas that took place during the first year of the pandemic either reversed or slowed in its second year, as last year metropolitan areas in Texas and Florida boomed and declines in New York and Los Angeles were halved, according to new estimates from the U.S.
