| The Realignment of America | ||||||||||
| Population | Natural Increase (births - deaths) | Domestic Inflow/Outflow | Immigrant inflow/outflow | |||||||
| COASTAL MEGALOPOLISES | 2006 | 2000 | % change | % of 2000 population | Total | % of 2000 population | Total | % of 2000 population | ||
| New York-NJ-PA | 18,818,536 | 18,323,382 | 2.7% | 4.0 | -1,447,239 | -7.9% | 1,067,539 | 5.8% | ||
| Los Angeles | 12,950,129 | 12,365,619 | 4.7% | 6.2 | -937,865 | -7.6% | 797,652 | 6.5% | ||
| Combined LA Basin | 16,976,624 | 15,620,440 | 8.7% | 6.2 | -890,453 | -5.7% | 892,935 | 5.7% | ||
| Chicago-IN-WI | 9,505,748 | 9,098,615 | 4.5% | 4.9 | -421,453 | -4.6% | 377,134 | 4.1% | ||
| San Francisco | 5,967,150 | 5,859,561 | 1.8% | 2.9 | -573,740 | -9.8% | 403,971 | 6.9% | ||
| Miami | 5,463,857 | 5,007,988 | 9.1% | 2.8 | -82,008 | -1.6% | 409,426 | 8.2% | ||
| Washington-MD-VA | 5,290,400 | 4,796,180 | 10.3% | 6.0 | -80,321 | -1.7% | 239,246 | 5.0% | ||
| Boston-NH | 4,455,217 | 4,392,340 | 1.4% | 3.0 | -265,184 | -6.0% | 163,546 | 3.7% | ||
| San Diego | 2,941,454 | 2,813,833 | 4.5% | 5.6 | -119,636 | -4.3% | 99,468 | 3.5% | ||
| INTERIOR BOOMTOWNS | ||||||||||
| Dallas | 6,003,967 | 5,161,658 | 16.3% | 7.8 | 168,481 | 3.3% | 286,171 | 5.5% | ||
| Houston | 5,539,949 | 4,715,402 | 17.5% | 7.7 | 146,090 | 3.1% | 259,428 | 5.5% | ||
| Atlanta | 5,138,223 | 4,248,012 | 21.0% | 6.9 | 276,915 | 6.5% | 177,843 | 4.2% | ||
| Phoenix | 4,039,182 | 3,251,876 | 24.2% | 6.9 | 398,198 | 12.2% | 165,088 | 5.1% | ||
| Riverside CA | 4,026,135 | 3,254,821 | 23.7% | 6.4 | 474,621 | 14.6% | 95,283 | 2.9% | ||
| Tampa | 2,697,731 | 2,396,013 | 12.6% | 0.4 | 242,033 | 10.1% | 57,179 | 2.4% | ||
| Sacramento CA«?» | 2,067,117 | 1,796,857 | 15.0% | 4.7 | 127,808 | 7.1% | 62,285 | 3.5% | ||
| San Antonio | 1,942,217 | 1,711,716 | 13.5% | 6 | 104,274 | 6.1% | 29,250 | 1.7% | ||
| Las Vegas | 1,777,539 | 1,375,738 | 29.2% | 6 | 259,357 | 18.9% | 64,365 | 4.7% | ||
| Orlando | 1,984,855 | 1,644,563 | 20.7% | 4.5 | 206,374 | 12.5% | 62,129 | 3.8% | ||
| Charlotte NC-SC | 1,583,016 | 1,330,403 | 19.0% | 5.7 | 139,418 | 10.5% | 41,748 | 3.1% | ||
| Austin | 1,513,565 | 1,249,763 | 21.1% | 8.1 | 107,647 | 8.6% | 58,194 | 4.7% | ||
| Raleigh NC | 1,458,940 | 1,220,825 | 19.5% | 6.3 | 104,482 | 8.6% | 54,969 | 4.5% | ||
| Nashville | 1,455,097 | 1,311,789 | 10.9% | 4.3 | 65,778 | 5.0% | 24,853 | 1.9% | ||
| Jacksonville FL | 1,277,337 | 1,122,750 | 13.8% | 3.8 | 104,524 | 9.3% | 11,470 | 1.0% | ||
| Richmond VA | 1,194,008 | 1,096,957 | 8.8% | 3.1 | 54,196 | 4.9% | 12,698 | 1.2% | ||
| RUST BELT | ||||||||||
| Detroit | 4,468,366 | 4,452,557 | 0.4% | 2.9 | -192,032 | -4.3% | 89,296 | 2.0% | ||
| Pittsburgh | 2,370,776 | 2,431,085 | -2.5% | -0.9 | -47,616 | -2.0% | 15,940 | 0.7% | ||
| Cleveland | 2,114,155 | 2,148,010 | -1.6% | 1.6 | -93,100 | -4.3% | 24,089 | 1.1% | ||
| Milwaukee | 1,509,581 | 1,500,744 | 0.6% | 3.5 | -61,205 | -4.1% | 22,880 | 1.5% | ||
| Buffalo | 1,137,520 | 1,170,109 | -2.8% | 0.3 | -42,000 | -3.6% | 9,605 | 0.8% | ||
| Rochester NY | 1,035,435 | 1,037,833 | -0.2% | 0.9 | -29,370 | -2.8% | 13,471 | 1.3% | ||
| STATIC CITIES | ||||||||||
| Philadelphia-NJ-DE | 5,826,742 | 5,687,141 | 2.5% | 2.3 | -68,738 | -1.2% | 92,889 | 1.6% | ||
| Seattle | 3,263,497 | 3,043,885 | 7.2% | 3 | -10,419 | -0.3% | 102,447 | 3.4% | ||
| Minneapolis -WI | 3,175,041 | 2,968,817 | 6.9% | 5.5 | -22,485 | -0.8% | 71,745 | 2.4% | ||
| St. Louis -IL | 2,796,368 | 2,698,672 | 3.6% | 3 | -23,449 | -0.9% | 26,682 | 1.0% | ||
| Baltimore | 2,658,405 | 2,552,994 | 4.1% | 3 | -15,319 | -0.6% | 31,891 | 1.2% | ||
| Denver | 2,408,750 | 2,179,320 | 10.5% | 7 | 108 | 0.0% | 91,066 | 4.2% | ||
| Portland OR-WA | 2,137,565 | 1,927,881 | 10.9% | 4 | 64,985 | 3.4% | 68,125 | 3.5% | ||
| Cincinnati-KY-IN | 2,014,218 | 2,009,763 | 0.2% | 3.6 | -15,238 | -0.8% | 17,204 | 0.9% | ||
| Kansas City MO-KS | 1,967,405 | 1,836,420 | 7.1% | 4.6 | 19,809 | 1.1% | 28,489 | 1.6% | ||
| Columbus OH | 1,725,570 | 1,612,841 | 7.0% | 5 | 5,211 | 0.3% | 30,142 | 1.9% | ||
| Indianapolis | 1,666,032 | 1,525,104 | 9.2% | 5 | 44,279 | 2.9% | 20,531 | 1.3% | ||
| Norfolk VA | 1,649,457 | 1,576,917 | 4.6% | 5 | 7,462 | 0.5% | -1,768 | -0.1% | ||
| Providence RI-MA | 1,612,989 | 1,582,997 | 1.9% | 1.8 | -21,510 | -1.4% | 28,380 | 1.8% | ||
| Memphis-MS-AR | 1,274,704 | 1,205,194 | 5.8% | 4.5 | 5,934 | 0.5% | 13,040 | 1.1% | ||
| Louisville KY-IN | 1,222,216 | 1,162,409 | 5.1% | 3 | 16,776 | 1.4% | 11,803 | 1.0% | ||
| Hartford CT | 1,188,841 | 1,148,618 | 3.5% | 2 | -683 | -0.1% | 24,815 | 2.2% | ||
| Oklahoma City | 1,172,339 | 1,095,421 | 7.0% | 4.2 | 14,745 | 1.3% | 19,859 | 1.8% | ||
| Birmingham AL | 1,100,019 | 1,051,305 | 4.6% | 2 | 16,549 | 1.6% | 9,031 | 0.9% | ||
| OTHER | ||||||||||
| Salt Lake City | 1,067,722 | 968,883 | 10.2% | 9.2 | -39,550 | -4.1% | 39,013 | 4.0% | ||
| New Orleans | 1,024,678 | 1,316,512 | -22.2% | 3 | -332,623 | -25.3% | 9,962 | 0.8% | ||
| UNITED STATES | 299,398,484 | 281,424,602 | 6.4% | 0.0 | 7,649,510 | |||||
| TOTALS | ||||||||||
| Coastal Megalopolises | 65,392,491 | 62,657,608 | 4.4% | 5 | -3,927,446 | -6.3% | 3,557,982 | 5.7% | ||
| Interior Boomtowns | 43,698,878 | 36,889,143 | 18.5% | 6 | 2,980,196 | 8.1% | 1,462,953 | 4.0% | ||
| Rust Belt | 12,635,833 | 12,740,338 | -0.8% | 2 | -465,323 | -3.7% | 175,281 | 1.4% | ||
| Static Cities | 38,860,158 | 36,865,699 | 5.4% | 3 | 18,017 | 0.0% | 686,371 | 1.9% | ||
| Rest of U.S. | 136,718,724 | 129,986,419 | 5.2% | 3.8 | 1,101,483 | 0.8% | 1,717,948 | 1.3% | ||