Major urban areas regaining residents lost at start of pandemic: Census data

The Hill ^ | 05/18/2023 | JULIA MUELLER

[ChicagoConservative27]

Major urban areas in the U.S. are regaining some of the residents they lost when the COVID-19 pandemic pushed many out of cities into less dense areas, according to new Census data.

U.S. metro areas grew by roughly 0.4 percent between 2021 and 2022, the Census estimates, with around two-thirds of the 384 recorded metro areas seeing population increases in that same period.

Many metro areas in the south saw increases in the new data: the metro area around Phoenix, Ariz., crossed 5 million and the Villages, Fla., metro area went up by a significant 7.5 percent.

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area in Texas had the biggest numeric population jump in the U.S., adding 170,396 people. Georgetown, Texas, had the highest percent change, with a 14.4 percent increase. Houston, Texas, also added more than 124,000 residents.

[ChicagoConservative27]

I had no idea people are jumping to move to Dallas fort worth area? What is the attraction?

[BenLurkin]

Maybe the population increase in cities includes a lot of illegal aliens?

[Boogieman]

Bingo.

[jimwatx]

Those moving to Texas and Arizona are probably just fleeing California.

[FreeReign]

U.S. metro areas grew by roughly 0.4 percent between 2021 and 2022

We have a wide open border to our south with illegals pouring into our metro areas.

Just pointing that out,

[ladyjane]

I had no idea people are jumping to move to Dallas fort worth area? What is the attraction?

They're desperate to get out of California and they think they have a chance to turn it liberal.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

BenLurkin :" Maybe the population increase in cities includes a lot of illegal aliens? "

And they all speak Spanish
And a few speak "Spanglish", enough to get on by
or as Mexico calls it : "Re-Conquest of our lands"
or, " Aztlán "

[DocRock]

Si, amego!

[meyer]

How many of them are Americans?

[pfflier]

Wow! Is this title misleading. They want to imply the likes of the NYC cliff dwelling expats have come back to the rotten apple.

Instead, gaining Urban areas in general were cited like Dallas, Phoenix and the Villages in Fla???

Nope, doesn't work quite like they want you to think. It is not an urban population gain, it is an urban population shift.

[cgbg]

Some metro areas have a huge land area—as big as my state (CT).

Statistics on “metro areas” are meaningless.

[ridesthemiles]

ESTIMATES-—Probably tracking the EBT cards being handed out

[deport]

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area in Texas had the
biggest numeric population jump in the U.S., adding 170,396
people. Georgetown, Texas, had the highest percent change,
with a 14.4 percent increase. Houston, Texas, also added more
than 124,000 residents.

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I guess the question becomes
“How many of these just crossed the
Rio Grande from Mexico into Texas”?
And are they legal or illegal new commers?

[Fledermaus]

Census data BS. They just make it up.

[Fledermaus]

Dallas is liberal

[RetiredTexasVet]

They are illegals you idiots. There are no normal people rushing back to Progressive sh!tholes.

[ottbmare]

I sure hope so. I am SO sick of all these city people moving out to the country and trying to impose their horrible values on the rest of us.

[Iron Munro]

And they all speak Spanish
And a few speak "Spanglish", enough to get on by
or as Mexico calls it : "Re-Conquest of our lands"
or " Aztlán"

https://enemiesforeignanddomestic.com/

[ladyjane]

Yes, Dallas is liberal. But that’s not where they’re moving. They’re going to Austin and spilling over into purple areas. The rest of Texas is going to be liberal soon.