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percent between 2005 and Buffalo (down 9.7 percent) and Cleveland (down 8.9 6. Seven metros currently in the top 50 will climbg at leastfive places, led by Raleigh barely missed the top 50 in ranking 51st in metropolitan population. It’s projected to reach 38th placeby 2025. Austin is the only top 50 market that willmatch Raleigh’s upwar d mobility during the 20-year span, climbing 13 notches from 38th to The runners-up among the top 50 will be Las Vega and Charlotte, rising 10 places to 22nd and 27th Orlando will improve by nine places, and Jacksonville, Nashvillse and Phoenix will gain six each. 7. Cleveland will fall the farthesyt of any metro currently in thetop 50.
with more than 2.1 million residents, rankedf a respectable 23rd in 2005. But the long-range outlook is Cleveland is projected tolose 189,000 people by pushing its total down to 1.93 million. It will consequentlgy plummet 14 places to 37th in thenationalo standings. Other major dropsx will be suffered by NewOrleans (dowm 12 places), Pittsburgh (down 10), Buffalo (down eight) and N.Y. (down seven). 8. Eight metros will join the million-pluws club between 2005 and 2025. Two have already crossesd the line, with Raleigh’s population reachingv 1 million in November 2006 and Tucson followin suit inSeptember 2008. Next up is Fresno, Calif.
, whichy is projected to hit seven figures in April 2015. It will be followed by Calif.; Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Fla.; McAllen-Edinburg, Albuquerque; and Tulsa. The lattef is expected to hit 1 million in July just a few days after its projectex July 1 populationof 999,753. 9. A few other will reach higher population milestones. Ten metrows are projected to pass the 2 millioj mark duringthe 2005-2025 Four areas will top 3 million, and threer apiece will zip past the 4 million or 5 milliom thresholds. Chicago will reach the most dramatic milestonew of all inFebruary 2020, when it hits 10 joining New York and Los Angelexs as the only metros with eight-figure 10.
Some smaller places will move rapidly upthe charts. Gainesville, Ga., and Ocala, will never be mistaken for majofrmetropolitan areas. They collectively had just 466,000 residentx in 2005, and they’ll remaim well short of a millionby 2025. But both will make considerablr progress in thepopulation standings, climbing 50 places in 20 years. Ocalsa will jump from 151st place in 2005 to 101st in and Gainesville will soar from 233rdto 183rd. Five other areas will gain at leasty40 positions: Kennewick, Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Port St. Fla.; and Prescott and Yuma, Ariz.