Domestic Migration & Land Rationing: US Metropolitan Areas over 1,000,000: 2000-2005
| Metropolitan area (CSA or MSA) | Net Domestic Migration: 2000 to 2005 | Compared to 2000 Population | Significant Land Rationing? |
| New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA | (1,175,336) | -5.5% | YES |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA | (305,431) | -1.9% | YES |
| Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI | (343,635) | -3.7% | YES |
| Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV | (29,757) | -0.4% | YES |
| San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA | (548,852) | -7.7% | YES |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD | (50,615) | -0.9% | NO |
| Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH | (204,240) | -3.6% | YES |
| Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI | (151,025) | -2.8% | NO |
| Dallas-Fort Worth, TX | 115,034 | 2.2% | NO |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL | (41,049) | -0.8% | YES |
| Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX | 60,605 | 1.3% | NO |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL | 193,860 | 4.3% | NO |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA | (4,184) | -0.1% | YES |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI | (10,705) | -0.3% | YES |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 301,150 | 9.3% | YES |
| Cleveland-Akron-Elyria, OH | (78,773) | -2.7% | NO |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | (97,536) | -3.5% | YES |
| St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL | (15,269) | -0.6% | NO |
| Pittsburgh-New Castle, PA | (39,609) | -1.6% | NO |
| Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO | (19,298) | -0.8% | YES |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 201,715 | 8.4% | YES |
| Cincinnati-Middletown-Wilmington, OH-KY-IN | (9,796) | -0.5% | NO |
| Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Truckee, CA-NV | 141,492 | 7.3% | YES |
| Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 47,932 | 2.5% | YES |
| Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS | 16,881 | 0.9% | NO |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Salisbury, NC-SC | 111,607 | 5.9% | NO |
| Indianapolis-Anderson-Columbus, IN | 30,082 | 1.6% | NO |
| Columbus-Marion-Chillicothe, OH | 8,517 | 0.5% | NO |
| San Antonio, TX | 66,334 | 3.9% | NO |
| Orlando-The Villages, FL | 190,172 | 11.2% | YES |
| Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI | (48,865) | -2.9% | NO |
| Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA | (4,561) | -0.3% | YES |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 947 | 0.1% | NO |
| Salt Lake City-Ogden-Clearfield, UT | (34,973) | -2.4% | NO |
| Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC | 12,033 | 0.9% | NO |
| Las Vegas-Paradise-Pahrump, NV | 227,765 | 16.2% | YES |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Columbia, TN | 51,421 | 3.7% | NO |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Bogalusa, LA | (40,605) | -3.0% | NO |
| Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC | 82,459 | 6.3% | NO |
| Louisville-Elizabethtown-Scottsburg, KY-IN | 11,015 | 0.9% | NO |
| Hartford-West Hartford-Willimantic, CT | 6,200 | 0.5% | NO |
| Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI | (3,023) | -0.2% | NO |
| Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY | (34,730) | -2.8% | NO |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 74,882 | 6.0% | NO |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | (871) | -0.1% | NO |
| Oklahoma City-Shawnee, OK | 10,110 | 0.9% | NO |
| Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY | (26,678) | -2.4% | NO |
| Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman, AL | 12,490 | 1.1% | NO |
| Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC | 24,580 | 2.2% | NO |
| Jacksonville, FL | 82,264 | 7.3% | YES |
| Albany-Schenectady-Amsterdam, NY | 12,112 | 1.1% | NO |
| Richmond, VA | 41,163 | 3.8% | NO |
| Dayton-Springfield-Greenville, OH | (26,606) | -2.5% | NO |
| Fresno-Madera, CA | 12,646 | 1.4% | YES |
| Total | (1,198,554) | -0.7% | |
| Significant Land Rationing | (1,579,448) | -1.6% | YES |
| Total Population: 2000 | 100,781,192 | ||
| No Significant Land Rationing | 380,894 | 0.5% | NO |
| Total Population: 2000 | 70,936,081 | ||
| Calculated from US Bureau of the Census data. |
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