It is important to remember that some of these big city gains were front-loaded in the early 2010s due to the arrival of young movers, especially millennials, in the aftermath of the 2007-2009 Great Recession a period when suburban and small city housing and employment opportunities were less available. Frey analysis of 20 US decennial censuses Only four of these big cities-Detroit, Baltimore, Milwaukee, and Memphis-registered losses for the decade. Atlanta showed the largest cross-decade growth gain-from 0.8% in 2000-2010 to 18.7% in 2010-2020. 1 The highest growth rates were among cities in the South and West, led by Texas cities, Fort Worth and Austin, at 24% and 22%, followed by Seattle, Charlotte, and Denver. Eight of the 10 million-plus cities bested their early 2000s growth, including New York, which registered a 7.7% gain, and led by Phoenix and Houston, at rates of 11.2% and 9.8% respectively.Īmong all 50 big cities, 32 grew more rapidly than in the 2000-2010 decade ( download Table A). The new 2020 census numbers reveal a return to large city growth in the 2010s decade. As a group, these 50 cities grew about half much in the 2000-2010 decade (5.6%) than they did in the 1990s (10.9%). Of the nation’s 50 largest cities, 37 grew more slowly in the early 2000s than in the 1990s, including nine of the 10 with populations exceeding 1 million. The 1990s saw high growth in many large cities bolstered by strong immigration and economic forces, only to decline in the 2000-2010 decade as their populations dispersed to the suburbs and smaller-sized places due to heated housing and job markets elsewhere. A decade-wide uptick in big city growthīig city growth over the past several decades has been shaped by economic booms and busts. This analysis of America’s 50 largest cities, home to more than 50 million residents, demonstrates that for most, racial and ethnic diversity will be their signature demographic trait, with persons identifying as Latino or Hispanic, Asian American, or two or more races accounting for most of their growth as “white flight” and “Black flight” have occurred more modestly than in recent decades.
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