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MEDIUM SIZED METROPOLITAN AREAS GROW NEARLY AS FAST AS LARGE
Distribution of USA Population Growth:
2000 to 2003: Metropolitan,
Central Cities, Suburbs and Other

  2000 2003 Change % Change
Metropolitan Areas Over 1,000,000 170,794,757 177,510,088 6,715,331 3.93%
Central Cities 40,669,575 41,178,916 509,341 1.25%
Suburbs 130,125,182 136,331,172 6,205,990 4.77%
         
Metropolitan Areas: 500,000 to 1,000,000 26,080,896 27,067,707 986,811 3.78%
Metropolitan Areas: 250,000 to 500,000 21,344,429 22,049,415 704,986 3.30%
         
Metropolitan Areas Over 250,000 218,220,082 226,627,210 8,407,128 3.85%
         
Other 63,203,149 64,182,567 979,418 1.55%
         
United States 281,423,231 290,809,777 9,386,546 3.34%

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