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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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