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New York City Metropolitan Area: 2000-2004:
Most Growth in Suburbs

CITY   2000.04.01 2004.07.01 Change % Share of Growth
New York Richmond County 443,728 463,314 19,586 4.4% 3.9%
New York Kings County 2,465,326 2,475,290 9,964 0.4% 2.0%
New York New York County 1,537,195 1,562,723 25,528 1.7% 5.1%
New York Queens County 2,229,379 2,237,216 7,837 0.4% 1.6%
New York Bronx County 1,332,650 1,365,536 32,886 2.5% 6.6%
    8,008,278 8,104,079 95,801 1.2% 19.3%
             
INNER RING          
New Jersey Hudson County 608,975 606,240 (2,735) -0.4% -0.6%
New Jersey Passaic County 489,049 500,427 11,378 2.3% 2.3%
New Jersey Union County 522,541 531,957 9,416 1.8% 1.9%
New Jersey Essex County 793,633 796,684 3,051 0.4% 0.6%
New Jersey Bergen County 884,118 902,998 18,880 2.1% 3.8%
New York Nassau County 1,334,544 1,339,641 5,097 0.4% 1.0%
New York Westchester County 923,459 942,444 18,985 2.1% 3.8%
    5,556,319 5,620,391 64,072 1.2% 12.9%
             
             
MIDDLE RING          
New York Putnam County 95,745 100,570 4,825 5.0% 1.0%
New York Orange County 341,367 370,352 28,985 8.5% 5.8%
New York Suffolk County 1,419,369 1,475,488 56,119 4.0% 11.3%
New York Rockland County 286,753 293,626 6,873 2.4% 1.4%
New Jersey Monmouth County 615,301 636,298 20,997 3.4% 4.2%
Connecticut Fairfield County 882,567 903,291 20,724 2.3% 4.2%
New Jersey Sussex County 144,166 152,218 8,052 5.6% 1.6%
New Jersey Somerset County 297,490 316,750 19,260 6.5% 3.9%
New Jersey Morris County 470,212 488,173 17,961 3.8% 3.6%
New Jersey Middlesex County 750,162 785,095 34,933 4.7% 7.0%
    5,303,132 5,521,861 218,729 4.1% 44.0%
             
OUTER RING          
New York Dutchess County 280,150 293,395 13,245 4.7% 2.7%
New Jersey Hunterdon County 121,989 129,746 7,757 6.4% 1.6%
Connecticut New Haven County 824,008 845,694 21,686 2.6% 4.4%
New York Ulster County 177,749 181,779 4,030 2.3% 0.8%
New Jersey Mercer County 350,761 365,271 14,510 4.1% 2.9%
Connecticut Litchfield County 182,193 189,246 7,053 3.9% 1.4%
New Jersey Ocean County 510,916 553,251 42,335 8.3% 8.5%
Pennsylvania Pike County 46,302 54,117 7,815 16.9% 1.6%
    2,494,068 2,612,499 118,431 4.7% 23.8%
             
             
Consolidated Area (County Based) 21,361,797 21,858,830 497,033 2.3% 100.0%

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