Metro area growth linked to immigration
Posted April 5th, 2007 by Tara Murray in Migration, Pennsylvania Demographics, US DemographyAccording to new Census Bureau estimates released today, the nation’s fastest-growing metropolitan areas are in the South and West. See the press release for details, including tables and maps.
Without an influx of immigrants, many metropolitan areas would be shrinking as native-born Americans move farther out (AP via Centre Daily Times).
Outside of areas directly affected by Hurricane Katrina, Pittsburgh had the steepest population decline from 2000 to 2006 (AP via Centre Daily Times).
