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US Metropolitan Areas over 1,000,000: 1999:
Ranked by Population Increase

Rank Metropolitan Area 1999 1990 Change % Change
1 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA 16,036,587 14,531,529 1,505,058 10.4%
2 Atlanta, GA MSA 3,857,097 2,959,500 897,597 30.3%
3 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA 4,909,523 4,037,282 872,241 21.6%
4 Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA 3,013,696 2,238,498 775,198 34.6%
5 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX CMSA 4,493,741 3,731,014 762,727 20.4%
6 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA 8,885,919 8,239,820 646,099 7.8%
7 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA 7,359,044 6,726,395 632,649 9.4%
8 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA 20,196,649 19,566,968 629,681 3.2%
9 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSA 6,873,645 6,277,523 596,122 9.5%
10 Las Vegas, NV-AZ MSA 1,381,086 852,646 528,440 62.0%
11 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA 3,711,102 3,192,725 518,377 16.2%
12 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA CMSA 3,465,760 2,970,300 495,460 16.7%
13 Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO CMSA 2,417,908 1,980,140 437,768 22.1%
14 Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA 2,180,996 1,793,476 387,520 21.6%
15 Minneapolis-St Paul, MN-WI MSA 2,872,109 2,538,776 333,333 13.1%
16 San Diego, CA MSA 2,820,844 2,498,016 322,828 12.9%
17 Orlando, FL MSA 1,535,004 1,224,844 310,160 25.3%
18 Austin-San Marcos, TX MSA 1,146,050 846,227 299,823 35.4%
19 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA 5,469,312 5,187,171 282,141 5.4%
20 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA 1,417,217 1,161,546 255,671 22.0%
21 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA 1,105,535 858,516 247,019 28.8%
22 San Antonio, TX MSA 1,564,949 1,324,749 240,200 18.1%
23 Sacramento-Yolo, CA CMSA 1,741,002 1,506,792 234,210 15.5%
24 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 5,667,225 5,455,535 211,690 3.9%
25 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA 2,278,169 2,067,959 210,210 10.2%
26 Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT MSA 1,275,076 1,072,227 202,849 18.9%
27 Nashville, TN MSA 1,171,755 985,026 186,729 19.0%
28 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL MSA 1,049,420 863,503 185,917 21.5%
29 Kansas City, MO-KS MSA 1,755,899 1,582,874 173,025 10.9%
30 Indianapolis, IN MSA 1,536,665 1,380,491 156,174 11.3%
31 Jacksonville, FL MSA 1,056,332 906,727 149,605 16.5%
32 Columbus, OH MSA 1,489,487 1,345,460 144,027 10.7%
33 Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN CMSA 1,960,995 1,817,542 143,453 7.9%
34 Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA 1,179,384 1,050,304 129,080 12.3%
35 Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA 1,562,635 1,444,710 117,925 8.2%
36 Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI MSA 1,052,092 937,891 114,201 12.2%
37 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 5,999,034 5,893,019 106,015 1.8%
38 Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA 1,105,058 1,007,306 97,752 9.7%
39 Oklahoma City, OK MSA 1,046,283 958,839 87,444 9.1%
40 St Louis, MO-IL MSA 2,569,029 2,492,348 76,681 3.1%
41 Louisville, KY-IN MSA 1,005,849 949,012 56,837 6.0%
42 Cleveland-Akron, OH CMSA 2,910,616 2,859,662 50,954 1.8%
43 Milwaukee-Racine, WI CMSA 1,648,199 1,607,183 41,016 2.6%
44 New Orleans, LA MSA 1,305,479 1,285,262 20,217 1.6%
45 Rochester, NY MSA 1,079,073 1,062,470 16,603 1.6%
46 Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA 1,125,639 1,134,161 (8,522) -0.8%
47 Hartford, CT MSA 1,147,504 1,157,847 (10,343) -0.9%
48 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA 1,142,121 1,189,340 (47,219) -4.0%
49 Pittsburgh, PA MSA 2,331,336 2,394,811 (63,475) -2.7%

Source: US Census Bureau

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