US Metropolitan Areas: Core City Share: 1990-2000: Top 50 Metropolitan Areas Metropolitan Area 2000 Metropolitan Population 2000 Core City (is) Population % 1990 Metropolitan Population 1990 Core City (is) Population % Change in Share Atlanta, GA MSA 4, 112, 198 416, 474 10. 1% 2, 959, 950 394, 017 13. 3% -23. 9%Austin — San Marcos, TX MSA 1, 249, 763 656, 562 52. 5% 846, 227 465, 622 55. 0% -4.
5%Boston — Worcester — Lawrence, MA — NH — ME — CT CMSA 5, 819, 100 589, 141 10. 1% 5, 455, 403 574, 283 10. 5% -3. 8%Buffalo — Niagara Falls, NY MSA 1, 170, 111 292, 648 25. 0% 1, 189, 288 328, 123 27. 6% -9.
3%Charlotte — Gastonia — Rock Hill, NC — SC MSA 1, 499, 293 540, 828 36. 1% 1, 162, 093 395, 934 34. 1% 5. 9%Chicago — Gary — Kenosha, IL — IN — WI CMSA 9, 157, 540 2, 896, 016 31. 6% 8, 239, 820 2, 783, 726 33. 8% -6.
4%Cincinnati — Hamilton, OH — KY — IN CMSA 1, 979, 202 331, 285 16. 7% 1, 817, 571 364, 040 20. 0% -16. 4%Cleveland — Akron, OH CMSA 2, 945, 831 478, 403 16. 2% 2, 859, 644 505, 616 17. 7% -8.
2%Columbus, OH MSA 1, 540, 157 711, 470 46. 2% 1, 345, 450 632, 910 47. 0% -1. 8%Dallas — Fort Worth, TX CMSA 5, 221, 801 1, 723, 274 33. 0% 4, 037, 282 1, 454, 496 36. 0% -8.
4%Denver — Boulder — Greeley, CO CMSA 2, 581, 506 554, 636 21. 5% 1, 980, 140 467, 610 23. 6% -9. 0%Detroit — Ann Arbor — Flint, MI CMSA 5, 456, 428 951, 270 17. 4% 5, 187, 171 1, 027, 974 19.
8% -12. 0%Grand Rapids — Muskegon — Holland, MI MSA 1, 088, 514 197, 800 18. 2% 937, 891 189, 126 20. 2% -9. 9%Greensboro — Winston-Salem — High Point, NC MSA 1, 251, 509 409, 667 32. 7% 1, 050, 304 327, 006 31.
1% 5. 1%Hartford, CT MSA 1, 183, 110 121, 578 10. 3% 1, 157, 585 139, 739 12. 1% -14.
9%Houston — Galveston — Brazoria, TX CMSA 4, 669, 571 1, 953, 631 41. 8% 3, 731, 131 1, 630, 553 43. 7% -4. 3%Indianapolis, IN MSA 1, 607, 486 781, 870 48. 6% 1, 380, 491 731, 327 53. 0% -8.
2%Jacksonville, FL MSA 1, 100, 491 735, 617 66. 8% 906, 727 635, 230 70. 1% -4. 6%Kansas City, MO — KS MSA 1, 776, 062 441, 545 24. 9% 1, 582, 875 435, 146 27. 5% -9.
6%Las Vegas, NV — AZ MSA 1, 563, 282 478, 434 30. 6% 852, 737 258, 295 30. 3% 1. 0%Los Angeles — Riverside — Orange County, CA CMSA 16, 373, 645 3, 694, 820 22.
6% 14, 531, 529 3, 485, 398 24. 0% -5. 9%Louisville, KY — IN MSA 1, 025, 598 256, 231 25. 0% 948, 829 269, 063 28. 4% -11. 9%Memphis, TN — AR — MS MSA 1, 135, 614 650, 100 57.
2% 1, 007, 306 610, 337 60. 6% -5. 5%Miami — Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA 3, 876, 380 362, 470 9. 4% 3, 192, 582 358, 548 11. 2% -16. 7%Milwaukee — Racine, WI CMSA 1, 689, 572 596, 974 35.
3% 1, 607, 183 628, 088 39. 1% -9. 6%Minneapolis — St. Paul, MN — WI MSA 2, 968, 806 669, 769 22.
6% 2, 538, 834 640, 618 25. 2% -10. 6%Nashville, TN MSA 1, 231, 311 545, 524 44. 3% 985, 026 488, 374 49. 6% -10. 6%New Orleans, LA MSA 1, 337, 726 484, 674 36.
2% 1, 285, 270 496, 938 38. 7% -6. 3%New York — Northern New Jersey — Long Island, NY — NJ — CT — PA CMSA 21, 199, 865 8, 008, 278 37. 8% 19, 549, 649 7, 322, 564 37. 5% 0. 9%Norfolk — Virginia Beach — Newport News, VA — NC MSA 1, 569, 541 234, 403 14.
9% 1, 443, 244 261, 229 18. 1% -17. 5%Oklahoma City, OK MSA 1, 083, 346 506, 132 46. 7% 958, 839 444, 719 46.
4% 0. 7%Orlando, FL MSA 1, 644, 561 185, 951 11. 3% 1, 224, 852 164, 693 13. 4% -15.
9%Philadelphia — Wilmington — Atlantic City, PA — NJ — DE — MD CMSA 6, 188, 463 1, 517, 550 24. 5% 5, 892, 937 1, 585, 577 26. 9% -8. 9%Phoenix — Mesa, AZ MSA 3, 251, 876 1, 321, 045 40.
6% 2, 238, 480 983, 403 43. 9% -7. 5%Pittsburgh, PA MSA 2, 358, 695 334, 563 14. 2% 2, 394, 811 369, 879 15. 4% -8. 2%Portland — Salem, OR — WA CMSA 2, 265, 223 529, 121 23.
4% 1, 793, 476 437, 319 24. 4% -4. 2%Providence — Fall River — Warwick, RI — MA MSA 1, 188, 613 173, 618 14. 6% 1, 134, 350 160, 728 14. 2% 3. 1%Raleigh — Durham — Chapel Hill, NC MSA 1, 187, 941 463, 128 39.
0% 855, 545 344, 562 40. 3% -3. 2%Richmond — Petersburg, VA MSA 996, 512 197, 790 19. 8% 865, 640 203, 056 23. 5% -15. 4%Rochester, NY MSA 1, 098, 201 219, 773 20.
0% 1, 062, 470 231, 636 21. 8% -8. 2%Sacramento — Yolo, CA CMSA 1, 796, 857 407, 018 22. 7% 1, 481, 102 369, 365 24. 9% -9.
2%Salt Lake City — Ogden, UT MSA 1, 333, 914 181, 743 13. 6% 1, 072, 227 159, 936 14. 9% -8. 7%San Antonio, TX MSA 1, 592, 383 1, 144, 646 71.
9% 1, 324, 749 935, 933 70. 6% 1. 7%San Diego, CA MSA 2, 813, 833 1, 223, 400 43. 5% 2, 498, 016 1, 110, 549 44. 5% -2. 2%San Francisco — Oakland — San Jose, CA CMSA 7, 039, 362 776, 733 11.
0% 6, 253, 311 723, 959 11. 6% -4. 7%Seattle — Tacoma — Bremerton, WA CMSA 3, 554, 760 563, 374 15. 8% 2, 970, 328 516, 259 17. 4% -8.
8%St. Louis, MO — IL MSA 2, 603, 607 348, 189 13. 4% 2, 492, 525 396, 685 15. 9% -16.
0%Tampa — St. Petersburg — Clearwater, FL MSA 2, 395, 997 551, 679 23. 0% 2, 067, 959 518, 644 25. 1% -8. 2%Washington — Baltimore, DC — MD — VA — WV CMSA 7, 608, 070 1, 223, 213 16. 1% 6, 727, 050 1, 342, 914 20.
0% -19. 5%West Palm Beach — Boca Raton, FL MSA 1, 131, 184 82, 103 7. 3% 863, 518 67, 643 7. 8% -7.
3%Totals 162, 514, 411 42, 716, 161 26. 3% 141, 941, 417 39, 369, 389 27. 7% -5. 2%Core cities are the first listed, plus Fort Worth, Winston-Salem, St. Paul, Durham, Oakland, St. Petersburg and Baltimore (c) 2001 web — – Wendell Cox Consultancy — – Permission granted to use with attribution.
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