Which metro area has the highest population growth?

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL ranks #1 with +136.3% (2000 Decennial Census).

What are the top 5 metro areas by population growth?

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, Edwards, CO, St. George, UT, Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV, Pahrump, NV.

How many metro areas are in this ranking?

918 metro areas qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2000 Decennial Census data.

How is population growth measured?

Percent change in population from the prior decennial census. Source: US Census Bureau, 2000 Decennial Census.

RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 418 SHOWN OF 918

Fastest growing, US metro areas · 2000

US metro areas ranked by population growth from the 1990 census to 2000.

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SAME RANKING BYCities Counties States

YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION GROWTHVS –

501Corinth, MSMS34,569+8.9%–

502Cincinnati, OHOH2,312,858+8.9%–

503Newberry, SCSC39,561+8.9%–

504Florence, ALAL156,609+8.9%–

505Virginia Beach, VAVA1,797,213+8.8%–

506Findlay, OHOH75,034+8.8%–

507Salina, KSKS59,121+8.8%–

508Bellefontaine, OHOH46,302+8.7%–

509Dothan, ALAL156,266+8.7%–

510Big Rapids, MIMI42,320+8.7%–

511New York, NYNY20,112,448+8.7%–

512Casper, WYWY80,526+8.7%–

513Talladega, ALAL91,764+8.6%–

514Miami, OKOK30,438+8.6%–

515Monticello, ININ25,164+8.6%–

516Alma, MIMI41,190+8.5%–

517Red Wing, MNMN48,195+8.4%–

518Sheboygan, WIWI118,047+8.4%–

519Enterprise, ALAL56,953+8.4%–

520McPherson, KSKS30,064+8.4%–

521Grand Island, NENE78,076+8.4%–

522Port Lavaca, TXTX19,599+8.4%–

523Jasper, ININ44,016+8.4%–

524Franklin, KYKY20,788+8.3%–

525Charleston, SCSC889,263+8.3%–

526McAlester, OKOK43,320+8.3%–

527Washington, ININ34,209+8.3%–

528Goldsboro, NCNC122,278+8.3%–

529Kingsport, TNTN314,834+8.3%–

530Abilene, TXTX185,429+8.3%–

531Midland, TXTX193,139+8.2%–

532Palatka, FLFL77,734+8.2%–

533Tuscaloosa, ALAL281,850+8.2%–

534Mount Vernon, ILIL36,147+8.2%–

535Blacksburg, VAVA181,616+8.1%–

536Decatur, ININ36,650+8.1%–

537Nacogdoches, TXTX66,035+8.1%–

538New Philadelphia, OHOH92,373+8.1%–

539Lake Charles, LALA244,655+8.1%–

540Adrian, MIMI97,779+8.1%–

541Columbus, NENE46,583+8.1%–

542Santa Maria, CACA442,065+8.0%–

543Fond du Lac, WIWI104,669+8.0%–

544Orangeburg, SCSC83,177+8.0%–

545Urbana, OHOH38,820+8.0%–

546Wichita Falls, TXTX149,448+7.9%–

547Racine, WIWI198,919+7.9%–

548Kankakee, ILIL105,525+7.9%–

549Mineral Wells, TXTX30,791+7.9%–

550Eau Claire, WIWI176,647+7.8%–

551Longview, TXTX297,315+7.8%–

552Allentown, PAPA887,615+7.8%–

553Paris, TXTX63,319+7.8%–

554Grand Rapids, MNMN45,404+7.7%–

555Trenton, NJNJ399,289+7.7%–

556Fitzgerald, GAGA17,099+7.6%–

557Macon-Bibb County, GAGA238,553+7.6%–

558Detroit Lakes, MNMN35,497+7.6%–

559Albany, GAGA145,510+7.6%–

560Kingston, NYNY183,330+7.5%–

561Pittsburg, KSKS39,008+7.5%–

562Huntington, ININ37,224+7.5%–

563Roanoke, VAVA316,547+7.4%–

564Effingham, ILIL44,727+7.4%–

565Ukiah, CACA88,122+7.4%–

566Rocky Mount, NCNC148,486+7.3%–

567Harrisburg, PAPA617,427+7.3%–

568Lebanon, NHNH224,500+7.3%–

569Troy, ALAL33,688+7.3%–

570New Iberia, LALA66,846+7.3%–

571Bedford, ININ45,568+7.2%–

572Baltimore, MDMD2,857,781+7.2%–

573Hillsdale, MIMI45,738+7.1%–

574Muskegon, MIMI177,901+7.1%–

575Clovis, NMNM65,270+7.0%–

576Astoria, OROR40,926+7.0%–

577Plymouth, ININ46,599+7.0%–

578Dyersburg, TNTN36,320+7.0%–

579Burley, IDID49,308+6.9%–

580Texarkana, TXTX146,816+6.9%–

581Pella, IAIA34,192+6.8%–

582Alexander City, ALAL40,953+6.8%–

583Ames, IAIA128,090+6.8%–

584Kalamazoo, MIMI263,795+6.8%–

585Topeka, KSKS233,052+6.8%–

586Chambersburg, PAPA160,652+6.8%–

587South Bend, ININ324,538+6.8%–

588Monticello, NYNY80,586+6.8%–

589DuBois, PAPA78,100+6.8%–

590Sidney, OHOH48,065+6.7%–

591Laurinburg, NCNC33,322+6.6%–

592Beaumont, TXTX399,310+6.6%–

593Fairbanks, AKAK93,972+6.6%–

594Elizabethtown, KYKY128,666+6.6%–

595Logansport, ININ37,836+6.6%–

596Evansville, ININ273,786+6.5%–

597Natchitoches, LALA36,089+6.5%–

598Madison, ININ33,279+6.4%–

599Morgantown, WVWV141,995+6.4%–

600Houma, LALA199,668+6.4%–

601Riverton, WYWY39,464+6.4%–

602Lubbock, TXTX368,431+6.3%–

603Washington, NCNC44,670+6.3%–

604Brattleboro, VTVT45,204+6.3%–

605Willmar, MNMN44,720+6.3%–

606Ardmore, OKOK48,910+6.3%–

607Carlsbad, NMNM62,509+6.3%–

608Springfield, ILIL206,033+6.3%–

609Le Mars, IAIA25,697+6.2%–

610Evanston, WYWY23,415+6.2%–

611Boston, MAMA5,034,221+6.2%–

612Eureka, CACA131,647+6.2%–

613Marion, ILIL67,225+6.2%–

614Roswell, NMNM63,364+6.1%–

615Roseburg, OROR111,951+6.1%–

616Vineland, NJNJ157,148+6.1%–

617North Platte, NENE33,972+6.1%–

618Norfolk, NENE49,228+6.0%–

619Sturgis, MIMI60,968+6.0%–

620Worcester, MAMA888,502+5.8%–

621Chillicothe, OHOH76,429+5.8%–

622Lebanon, PAPA146,380+5.8%–

623Jackson, MIMI159,552+5.8%–

624Hays, KSKS29,075+5.8%–

625Norwalk, OHOH58,250+5.8%–

626San Angelo, TXTX122,065+5.7%–

627Akron, OHOH701,780+5.7%–

628Barre, VTVT59,652+5.7%–

629St. Joseph, MOMO119,170+5.6%–

630Mobile, ALAL411,658+5.6%–

631McComb, MSMS52,640+5.6%–

632Spearfish, SDSD29,459+5.6%–

633Poplar Bluff, MOMO41,904+5.4%–

634Columbus, GAGA324,830+5.3%–

635Keene, NHNH78,269+5.3%–

636Mitchell, SDSD25,913+5.3%–

637Elk City, OKOK22,159+5.2%–

638Kokomo, ININ83,904+5.1%–

639Pullman, WAWA48,512+5.1%–

640Laurel, MSMS82,281+5.0%–

641Marinette, WIWI65,515+5.0%–

642Thomaston, GAGA28,500+4.9%–

643Glens Falls, NYNY124,373+4.9%–

644Meadville, PAPA81,792+4.9%–

645Hannibal, MOMO38,969+4.9%–

646Dixon, ILIL32,914+4.9%–

647Providence, RIRI1,708,161+4.8%–

648Owensboro, KYKY113,962+4.8%–

649Fremont, NENE38,057+4.8%–

650Detroit, MIMI4,390,913+4.8%–

651Milwaukee, WIWI1,575,010+4.8%–

652Honolulu, HIHI988,703+4.8%–

653Waycross, GAGA57,670+4.8%–

654Aberdeen, WAWA78,144+4.7%–

655Philadelphia, PAPA6,329,118+4.6%–

656Rockingham, NCNC42,041+4.6%–

657Greenwood, MSMS34,912+4.6%–

658Muscatine, IAIA41,853+4.5%–

659Wapakoneta, OHOH45,909+4.5%–

660Cambridge, OHOH38,379+4.5%–

661Shreveport, LALA383,474+4.5%–

662Winona, MNMN50,523+4.5%–

663Athens, OHOH63,197+4.5%–

664St. Louis, MOMO2,814,421+4.5%–

665Grenada, MSMS30,222+4.4%–

666Mankato, MNMN104,907+4.4%–

667Paducah, KYKY102,259+4.3%–

668Kingsville, TXTX30,315+4.2%–

669Coos Bay, OROR63,992+4.2%–

670Kinston, NCNC55,837+4.1%–

671Roanoke Rapids, NCNC63,025+4.1%–

672Big Spring, TXTX30,504+4.0%–

673Laramie, WYWY38,558+4.0%–

674La Grande, OROR25,900+3.9%–

675Amherst, MAMA164,065+3.9%–

676Greensburg, ININ26,576+3.8%–

677Hutchinson, KSKS61,539+3.8%–

678Oskaloosa, IAIA21,880+3.8%–

679Celina, OHOH42,737+3.8%–

680Vicksburg, MSMS41,759+3.7%–

681Champaign, ILIL239,979+3.7%–

682Worthington, MNMN22,338+3.7%–

683Iron Mountain, MIMI30,575+3.6%–

684Gadsden, ALAL103,886+3.6%–

685Huntington, WVWV365,965+3.6%–

686Rochester, NYNY1,056,149+3.5%–

687Washington Court House, OHOH28,552+3.5%–

688Salem, OHOH99,377+3.5%–

689Meridian, MSMS85,419+3.5%–

690Lansing, MIMI479,722+3.5%–

691Coshocton, OHOH37,188+3.5%–

692Great Falls, MTMT85,029+3.4%–

693Henderson, KYKY57,184+3.4%–

694Austin, MNMN40,971+3.3%–

695Canton, OHOH400,246+3.3%–

696Huntingdon, PAPA43,001+3.2%–

697Ottawa, ILIL145,902+3.2%–

698Emporia, KSKS34,838+3.2%–

699Quincy, ILIL74,146+3.2%–

700Bennington, VTVT36,630+3.2%–

701Waterloo, IAIA169,189+3.2%–

702LaGrange, GAGA107,097+3.2%–

703Sandusky, OHOH112,777+3.2%–

704Dubuque, IAIA99,381+3.2%–

705Houghton, MIMI40,028+3.1%–

706Alice, TXTX45,383+3.1%–

707Columbus, MSMS67,144+3.1%–

708El Campo, TXTX42,060+3.1%–

709Zanesville, OHOH87,014+3.1%–

710Monroe, LALA222,390+3.1%–

711Manitowoc, WIWI81,710+3.1%–

712Marion, OHOH65,115+3.0%–

713Charleston, ILIL46,607+3.0%–

714Ada, OKOK38,528+3.0%–

715Hastings, NENE40,577+3.0%–

716Sayre, PAPA59,600+2.9%–

717Lawton, OKOK127,590+2.9%–

718Forrest City, ARAR21,800+2.9%–

719Michigan City, ININ111,294+2.8%–

720Plainview, TXTX36,700+2.8%–

721Bay City, TXTX36,463+2.8%–

722Taylorville, ILIL33,443+2.8%–

723Owosso, MIMI67,681+2.7%–

724Marshalltown, IAIA39,890+2.7%–

725Vermillion, SDSD15,031+2.7%–

726Wisconsin Rapids, WIWI74,060+2.6%–

727Terre Haute, ININ169,241+2.6%–

728Marshall, MNMN25,684+2.6%–

729Ithaca, NYNY104,047+2.6%–

730Scottsbluff, NENE36,272+2.4%–

731Selinsgrove, PAPA39,655+2.4%–

732Peoria, ILIL363,505+2.3%–

733Duluth, MNMN281,219+2.3%–

734Alpena, MIMI28,853+2.3%–

735Union City, TNTN30,067+2.3%–

736Somerset, PAPA72,004+2.3%–

737Storm Lake, IAIA20,449+2.2%–

738Cleveland, OHOH2,165,775+2.2%–

739Mansfield, OHOH124,893+2.2%–

740Davenport, IAIA380,452+2.1%–

741Duncan, OKOK44,310+2.1%–

742Greenfield, MAMA70,698+2.1%–

743Albany, NYNY915,835+2.0%–

744Rutland, VTVT59,653+2.0%–

745Muskogee, OKOK66,708+2.0%–

746Key West, FLFL80,406+2.0%–

747Lock Haven, PAPA37,870+2.0%–

748Butte-Silver Bow, MTMT36,118+2.0%–

749Escanaba, MIMI36,582+2.0%–

750Sumter, SCSC105,067+2.0%–

751Bartlesville, OKOK54,037+1.9%–

752Freeport, ILIL43,220+1.9%–

753Oneonta, NYNY60,589+1.9%–

754Erie, PAPA265,832+1.9%–

755Parkersburg, WVWV87,264+1.9%–

756Enid, OKOK61,779+1.9%–

757Odessa, TXTX173,801+1.8%–

758Ruston, LALA48,360+1.8%–

759Ketchikan, AKAK13,549+1.8%–

760Bogalusa, LALA44,937+1.7%–

761Elkins, WVWV26,882+1.7%–

762Gloversville, NYNY52,216+1.6%–

763Beckley, WVWV109,940+1.6%–

764Marietta, OHOH58,389+1.6%–

765Bloomsburg, PAPA66,193+1.5%–

766Battle Creek, MIMI133,408+1.5%–

767Cambridge, MDMD33,628+1.4%–

768Danville, VAVA101,137+1.3%–

769Flint, MIMI401,093+1.3%–

770Los Alamos, NMNM19,407+1.3%–

771Lincoln, ILIL27,182+1.3%–

772Moberly, MOMO24,513+1.2%–

773Kirksville, MOMO29,824+1.2%–

774Williamsport, PAPA112,587+1.1%–

775Augusta, MEME129,067+1.0%–

776Ottumwa, IAIA35,210+1.0%–

777Marshall, MOMO23,265+1.0%–

778Pontiac, ILIL35,057+1.0%–

779Price, UTUT20,680+1.0%–

780Maryville, MOMO20,174+0.9%–

781Beatrice, NENE21,711+0.9%–

782Madisonville, KYKY45,127+0.9%–

783Sterling, ILIL54,121+0.8%–

784New Castle, ININ49,137+0.8%–

785Watertown, NYNY111,540+0.7%–

786Clarksburg, WVWV88,142+0.7%–

787Platteville, WIWI52,446+0.7%–

788St. Marys, PAPA29,926+0.7%–

789Niles, MIMI152,444+0.7%–

790Toledo, OHOH599,376+0.7%–

791Lewistown, PAPA46,127+0.6%–

792Batavia, NYNY58,416+0.5%–

793New Orleans, LALA970,849+0.5%–

794Canton, ILIL32,901+0.4%–

795Defiance, OHOH38,292+0.4%–

796Gallipolis, OHOH29,072+0.4%–

797Cumberland, MDMD93,640+0.4%–

798Jacksonville, NCNC217,175+0.3%–

799Martinsville, VAVA63,091+0.3%–

800Centralia, ILIL36,382+0.3%–

801Jacksonville, ILIL37,381+0.3%–

802Dayton, OHOH826,554+0.3%–

803Hudson, NYNY60,168+0.2%–

804Kennett, MOMO26,855+0.1%–

805Sikeston, MOMO49,978+0.1%–

806Ponca City, OKOK43,490+0.0%–

807Carroll, IAIA20,303-0.0%–

808Springfield, MAMA464,338-0.0%–

809Massena, NYNY105,488-0.0%–

810Fort Dodge, IAIA36,838-0.3%–

811New Ulm, MNMN25,517-0.3%–

812Aberdeen, SDSD41,583-0.3%–

813Fremont, OHOH58,655-0.3%–

814Burlington, IAIA44,061-0.3%–

815Wabash, ININ30,713-0.3%–

816Minot, NDND75,694-0.3%–

817Olean, NYNY75,390-0.3%–

818Magnolia, ARAR21,894-0.3%–

819Fort Leonard Wood, MOMO54,442-0.3%–

820Corning, NYNY91,855-0.4%–

821Minden, LALA34,948-0.4%–

822Auburn, NYNY74,365-0.4%–

823Indiana, PAPA82,878-0.4%–

824Pine Bluff, ARAR70,211-0.4%–

825Hobbs, NMNM74,749-0.5%–

826Greenville, OHOH51,520-0.6%–

827Hermitage, PAPA107,860-0.6%–

828Mason City, IAIA49,710-0.7%–

829Cortland, NYNY45,850-0.7%–

830Muncie, ININ113,106-0.7%–

831Natchez, MSMS54,722-0.8%–

832Saginaw, MIMI187,688-0.9%–

833Atchison, KSKS16,172-0.9%–

834Galesburg, ILIL47,767-1.0%–

835Seneca Falls, NYNY32,883-1.0%–

836Ozark, ALAL49,912-1.0%–

837Marion, ININ66,524-1.0%–

838Altoona, PAPA119,541-1.1%–

839Altus, OKOK24,764-1.1%–

840Fairmont, WVWV55,584-1.1%–

841Bangor, MEME157,967-1.1%–

842Lima, OHOH100,881-1.2%–

843Richmond, ININ66,169-1.2%–

844Spencer, IAIA16,202-1.2%–

845Lewiston, MEME116,487-1.4%–

846Bay City, MIMI102,123-1.4%–

847Portsmouth, OHOH71,365-1.4%–

848Albert Lea, MNMN30,440-1.4%–

849Syracuse, NYNY652,273-1.5%–

850Pottsville, PAPA145,085-1.5%–

851Sunbury, PAPA107,788-1.5%–

852Jamestown, NDND21,414-1.5%–

853Jamestown, NYNY124,126-1.5%–

854Pittsburgh, PAPA2,421,992-1.5%–

855Vincennes, ININ35,652-1.6%–

856Buffalo, NYNY1,155,653-1.6%–

857Connersville, ININ23,533-1.6%–

858Fort Madison, IAIA32,306-1.6%–

859Arkansas City, KSKS34,382-1.7%–

860Clinton, IAIA46,002-1.7%–

861Tiffin, OHOH54,522-1.8%–

862Weatherford, OKOK39,059-1.8%–

863Bishop, CACA18,158-1.8%–

864Bucyrus, OHOH41,896-1.9%–

865Springfield, OHOH135,340-1.9%–

866Youngstown, OHOH423,678-2.0%–

867Wahpeton, NDND23,019-2.1%–

868Decatur, ILIL99,300-2.1%–

869Peru, ININ34,487-2.2%–

870El Dorado, ARAR36,926-2.3%–

871Carbondale, ILIL52,501-2.4%–

872Bradford, PAPA38,984-2.5%–

873Scranton, PAPA574,418-2.5%–

874Woodward, OKOK19,827-2.6%–

875Warren, PAPA37,038-2.6%–

876Van Wert, OHOH29,013-2.6%–

877Alexandria, LALA147,952-2.7%–

878Dickinson, NDND39,142-2.9%–

879Vernon, TXTX12,481-2.9%–

880Cleveland, MSMS28,262-3.0%–

881Bluefield, WVWV96,138-3.0%–

882Oil City, PAPA49,346-3.1%–

883Hereford, TXTX18,626-3.1%–

884Charleston, WVWV200,170-3.1%–

885Rock Springs, WYWY41,267-3.1%–

886Pittsfield, MAMA128,224-3.2%–

887Oxford, ALAL115,834-3.3%–

888Clarksdale, MSMS19,849-3.3%–

889Selma, ALAL35,140-3.7%–

890Wheeling, WVWV134,089-3.8%–

891Great Bend, KSKS24,790-4.0%–

892Manhattan, KSKS136,122-4.2%–

893Pikeville, KYKY89,122-4.3%–

894Elmira, NYNY80,415-4.3%–

895Amsterdam, NYNY50,046-4.4%–

896Middlesborough, KYKY22,829-4.6%–

897Binghamton, NYNY243,189-4.6%–

898Sweetwater, TXTX14,117-4.8%–

899Fairmont, MNMN19,440-4.9%–

900Danville, ILIL71,259-4.9%–

901Camden, ARAR26,363-5.1%–

902Utica, NYNY285,611-5.3%–

903Pampa, TXTX21,786-5.4%–

904Grand Forks, NDND105,046-5.5%–

905Johnstown, PAPA128,968-6.4%–

906Williston, NDND41,767-6.5%–

907Macomb, ILIL25,916-6.6%–

908Huron, SDSD19,624-6.7%–

909Plattsburgh, NYNY78,138-7.1%–

910Borger, TXTX19,633-7.1%–

911Greenville, MSMS40,446-7.3%–

912Weirton, WVWV112,468-7.4%–

913Morgan City, LALA46,552-7.9%–

914Marquette, MIMI68,064-8.8%–

915Andrews, TXTX18,914-9.3%–

916Blytheville, ARAR37,828-9.6%–

917Snyder, TXTX16,162-12.2%–

918Town of Pecos, TXTX12,138-17.1%–

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