Forbes Top Ten Cities Where Americans Are Relocating
April 6, 2009
Written By Lauren Sherman from Forbes.com
Behind the Numbers
To determine the fastest-growing metro areas in the country, we used 2008 population estimates for metropolitan statistical areas with a population over 1 million, released March 19, 2009, by the U.S. Census Bureau. MSAs are geographic entities defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget for use by federal agencies in collecting, tabulating and publishing federal statistics.
We then compared the 2008 population estimates to the previous year’s data to see which areas had grown the most, percentage-wise.
No. 10: Denver, Colo.
No. 9: Atlanta, Ga.
No. 8: New Orleans, La.
No. 7: Houston, Texas
No. 6: San Antonio, Texas
(San Antonio metro area)
2008 Population: 2,031,445
2007-2008 Change: 2.34%
With a 6.3% unemployment rate, San Antonio’s job market is faring better when compared with the country overall. The metro area’s success has a lot to do with its sizable health care and oil companies, including Valero Energy and Tesoro Petroleum.
No. 5: Dallas, Texas
No. 4: Phoenix, Ariz.
No. 3: Charlotte, N.C.
No. 2: Austin, Texas
No. 1: Raleigh, N.C.
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