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Growth rate slowed in US metro areas in 2025, with steepest drops along the southern border
U.S. metro population growth slowed to 0.6% in 2025 from 1.1% in 2024, driven by reduced immigration and hurricane-related out-migration on the Florida Gulf Coast.
- On Thursday, the U.S. Census Bureau released data showing U.S. metro growth fell from 1.1% in 2024 to 0.6% in 2025, citing a slowdown in international migration during the initial months of President Donald Trump's second term.
- Steepest growth declines occurred in U.S.-Mexico border communities where international migration plays a central role. Laredo, Texas, dropped from 3.2% to 0.2%; Yuma, Arizona, fell from 3.3% to 1.4%; and El Centro, California, declined to-0.7%.
- Following damage from Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton in fall 2024, counties along Florida's Gulf Coast lost residents. Taylor County, a tiny community in Big Bend, experienced the steepest growth rate decline among U.S. counties at-2.2%.
- Migration determines whether communities grow or decline amid aging populations and declining birth rates, said Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the University of New Hampshire. Nine out of 10 U.S. counties reported lower immigration levels in 2025 compared to 2024.
- Despite domestic out-migration, the New York metro area gained more than 32,000 residents through births, leading the nation in natural increase. Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston metros also maintained their status as top destinations for natural population gains.
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Census shows population growth slowing in U.S. metro areas. Here's where the steepest declines are.
Population estimates released by U.S. Census Bureau show growth rates slowed sharply in metro areas in 2025, as immigration dropped and hurricanes pushed people out of some Gulf Coast counties.
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Growth rate slowed in U.S. metro areas in 2025, with steepest drops along the southern border
Growth rates in U.S. metro areas dropped the steepest in communities along the U.S.-Mexico border last year because of declines in immigrants while counties along Florida’s Gulf Coast lost residents due to a series of hurricanes, according to new population estimates released Thursday by the U.S.
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