steven
August 5th, 2010, 12:18 AM
Nine U.S. metropolitan areas have populations above 5 million, according to new estimates (http://buffalo.bizjournals.com/buffalo/blog/the_score/2010/08/buffalo_hangs_on_to_50th_place.html) generated on Wednesday by Business First.
The New York City area heads the list with an estimated 19.15 million residents as of Wednesday. The runners-up are Los Angeles at 12.93 million and Chicago at 9.64 million.
Also above 5 million are Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Miami-Fort Lauderdale and Washington.
Click here for up-to-date population estimates for all 940 metropolitan and micropolitan areas. (http://buffalo.bizjournals.com/buffalo/blog/the_score/2010/08/buffalo_hangs_on_to_50th_place.html)
(http://buffalo.bizjournals.com/buffalo/blog/the_score/2010/08/buffalo_hangs_on_to_50th_place.html)
Business First produces weekly population projections for states, metros, micros, counties, towns, cities and villages. Results are published in the Numbers section of each week’s print edition.
Projected populations are generated by a computer formula that Business First developed in 2000. The formula uses a decade of U.S. Census Bureau (http://buffalo.bizjournals.com/buffalo/related_content.html?topic=US%20Census%20Bureau) data to extrapolate growth trends.
The two-county Buffalo-Niagara metro is 50th in the new estimates, with an estimated population of 1,119,909.
Other rankings of interest in Western New York include Rochester in 52nd place, Jamestown-Dunkirk-Fredonia in 308th, Olean in 453rd and Batavia in 555th.
Read more: 9 metros top 5 million; Buffalo is 50th - Business First of Buffalo (http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/stories/2010/08/02/daily28.html?surround=lfn#ixzz0vhZhnTTY)
The New York City area heads the list with an estimated 19.15 million residents as of Wednesday. The runners-up are Los Angeles at 12.93 million and Chicago at 9.64 million.
Also above 5 million are Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Miami-Fort Lauderdale and Washington.
Click here for up-to-date population estimates for all 940 metropolitan and micropolitan areas. (http://buffalo.bizjournals.com/buffalo/blog/the_score/2010/08/buffalo_hangs_on_to_50th_place.html)
(http://buffalo.bizjournals.com/buffalo/blog/the_score/2010/08/buffalo_hangs_on_to_50th_place.html)
Business First produces weekly population projections for states, metros, micros, counties, towns, cities and villages. Results are published in the Numbers section of each week’s print edition.
Projected populations are generated by a computer formula that Business First developed in 2000. The formula uses a decade of U.S. Census Bureau (http://buffalo.bizjournals.com/buffalo/related_content.html?topic=US%20Census%20Bureau) data to extrapolate growth trends.
The two-county Buffalo-Niagara metro is 50th in the new estimates, with an estimated population of 1,119,909.
Other rankings of interest in Western New York include Rochester in 52nd place, Jamestown-Dunkirk-Fredonia in 308th, Olean in 453rd and Batavia in 555th.
Read more: 9 metros top 5 million; Buffalo is 50th - Business First of Buffalo (http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/stories/2010/08/02/daily28.html?surround=lfn#ixzz0vhZhnTTY)