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US Metropolitan Areas Over 1,000,000 (1999):
Ranked by Percentage Change from 1900

Rank Metropolitan Area (County Based) 1999 1900 Change % Change
1 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA 3,711,102 4,955 3,706,147 74796.1%
2 Las Vegas, NV-AZ MSA 1,381,086 4,566 1,376,520 30147.2%
3 Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA 3,013,696 28,236 2,985,460 10573.2%
4 San Diego, CA MSA 2,820,844 35,090 2,785,754 7938.9%
5 Orlando, FL MSA 1,535,004 22,285 1,512,719 6788.1%
6 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA 16,036,587 250,187 15,786,400 6309.8%
7 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA 2,278,169 45,705 2,232,464 4884.5%
8 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX CMSA 4,493,741 181,762 4,311,979 2372.3%
9 Sacramento-Yolo, CA CMSA 1,741,002 84,305 1,656,697 1965.1%
10 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA CMSA 3,465,760 208,082 3,257,678 1565.6%
11 Jacksonville, FL MSA 1,056,332 64,187 992,145 1545.7%
12 San Antonio, TX MSA 1,564,949 111,776 1,453,173 1300.1%
13 Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO CMSA 2,417,908 203,795 2,214,113 1086.4%
14 Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT MSA 1,275,076 110,960 1,164,116 1049.1%
15 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA 4,909,523 441,526 4,467,997 1011.9%
16 Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA 1,562,635 141,429 1,421,206 1004.9%
17 Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA 2,180,996 208,004 1,972,992 948.5%
18 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSA 6,873,645 679,623 6,194,022 911.4%
19 Oklahoma City, OK MSA 1,046,283 111,259 935,024 840.4%
20 Atlanta, GA MSA 3,857,097 419,375 3,437,722 819.7%
21 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA 5,469,312 700,087 4,769,225 681.2%
22 Austin-San Marcos, TX MSA 1,146,050 148,210 997,840 673.3%
23 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA 1,417,217 221,031 1,196,186 541.2%
24 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA 1,105,535 176,827 928,708 525.2%
25 Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA 1,179,384 197,699 981,685 496.6%
26 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA 7,359,044 1,392,130 5,966,914 428.6%
27 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA 2,872,109 604,573 2,267,536 375.1%
28 Columbus, OH MSA 1,489,487 319,796 1,169,691 365.8%
29 Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA 1,105,058 251,811 853,247 338.8%
30 Grand Rapids, MI MSA 1,052,092 245,229 806,863 329.0%
31 Hartford, CT NECMA 1,113,800 261,763 852,037 325.5%
32 Cleveland-Akron, OH CMSA 2,910,616 704,768 2,205,848 313.0%
33 Nashville, TN MSA 1,171,755 289,713 882,042 304.5%
34 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA 8,885,919 2,268,037 6,617,882 291.8%
35 Milwaukee-Racine, WI CMSA 1,648,199 450,842 1,197,357 265.6%
36 Kansas City, MO-KS MSA 1,755,899 481,684 1,274,215 264.5%
37 Indianapolis, IN MSA 1,536,665 431,584 1,105,081 256.1%
38 New Orleans, LA 1,305,479 375,429 930,050 247.7%
39 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA/NECMA 20,102,875 6,003,789 14,099,086 234.8%
40 Louisville, KY-IN MSA 1,005,849 341,191 664,658 194.8%
41 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 5,999,034 2,162,813 3,836,221 177.4%
42 St. Louis, MO-IL MSA 2,591,456 946,937 1,644,519 173.7%
43 Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN CMSA 1,960,995 741,031 1,219,964 164.6%
44 Rochester, NY MSA 1,079,073 417,903 661,170 158.2%
45 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence-Lowell-Brockton, MA-NH NECMA 5,901,589 2,601,749 3,299,840 126.8%
46 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA 1,142,121 508,647 633,474 124.5%
47 Pittsburgh, PA MSA 2,331,336 1,251,220 1,080,116 86.3%
48 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL MSA 1,049,420 Palm Beach County (MSA) had not been established in 1900

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