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PERCENT MULTIRACIAL RANKING

Metros Ranked by Rate of Population Growth, 1990-2000
Rank Metro Percent Growth
1. Las Vegas, NV--AZ 83.33%
2. Naples, FL 65.27%
3. Yuma, AZ 49.70%
4. McAllen--Edinburg--Mission, TX 48.47%
5. Austin--San Marcos, TX 47.69%
6. Fayetteville--Springdale--Rogers, AR 47.52%
7. Boise City, ID 46.14%
8. Phoenix--Mesa, AZ 45.27%
9. Laredo, TX 44.94%
10. Provo--Orem, UT 39.81%
11. Atlanta, GA 38.93%
12. Raleigh--Durham--Chapel Hill, NC 38.85%
13. Greeley, CO 37.26%
14. Myrtle Beach, SC 36.50%
15. Wilmington, NC 36.31%
16. Fort Collins--Loveland, CO 35.11%
17. Orlando, FL 34.27%
18. Reno, NV 33.31%
19. Ocala, FL 32.89%
20. Auburn--Opelika, AL 32.07%
21. Fort Myers--Cape Coral, FL 31.56%
22. Dallas, TX 31.50%
23. West Palm Beach--Boca Raton, FL 31.00%
24. Bellingham, WA 30.55%
25. Colorado Springs, CO 30.20%
26. Denver, CO 29.96%
27. Fort Lauderdale, FL 29.27%
28. Boulder--Longmont, CO 29.27%
29. Charlotte--Gastonia--Rock Hill, NC--SC 29.02%
30. Las Cruces, NM 28.91%
31. Brownsville--Harlingen--San Benito, TX 28.87%
32. Olympia, WA 28.60%
33. Richland--Kennewick--Pasco, WA 27.85%
34. Punta Gorda, FL 27.62%
35. Fort Pierce--Port St. Lucie, FL 27.23%
36. Portland--Vancouver, OR--WA 26.56%
37. Tucson, AZ 26.52%
38. Santa Fe, NM 26.14%
39. Brazoria, TX 26.11%
40. Houston, TX 25.76%
41. Riverside--San Bernardino, CA 25.73%
42. Fort Worth--Arlington, TX 25.10%
43. Bryan--College Station, TX 25.07%
44. Nashville, TN 25.00%
45. Salem, OR 24.89%
46. Grand Junction, CO 24.81%
47. Salt Lake City--Ogden, UT 24.41%
48. Greenville, NC 23.97%
49. Sioux Falls, SD 23.83%
50. Medford--Ashland, OR 23.83%
51. Daytona Beach, FL 23.47%
52. Springfield, MO 23.22%
53. Killeen--Temple, TX 22.58%
54. Bremerton, WA 22.26%
55. Lawrence, KS 22.21%
56. Clarksville--Hopkinsville, TN--KY 22.19%
57. Fresno, CA 22.09%
58. Tallahassee, FL 21.81%
59. Missoula, MT 21.75%
60. Bakersfield, CA 21.74%
61. Charlottesville, VA 21.71%
62. Athens, GA 21.53%
63. Sacramento, CA 21.51%
64. Jacksonville, FL 21.37%
65. Albuquerque, NM 20.98%
66. Modesto, CA 20.64%
67. Columbia, MO 20.53%
68. Sarasota--Bradenton, FL 20.53%
69. Flagstaff, AZ--UT 20.25%
70. San Antonio, TX 20.20%
71. Gainesville, FL 20.02%
72. Pensacola, FL 19.67%
73. Tacoma, WA 19.55%
74. Yolo, CA 19.54%
75. Lakeland--Winter Haven, FL 19.37%
76. Melbourne--Titusville--Palm Bay, FL 19.36%
77. Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC 19.16%
78. Jonesboro, AR 19.13%
79. Barnstable--Yarmouth, MA 19.09%
80. Seattle--Bellevue--Everett, WA 18.76%
81. Fort Walton Beach, FL 18.59%
82. Columbia, SC 18.39%
83. Jackson, TN 18.26%
84. Santa Rosa, CA 18.13%
85. Ann Arbor, MI 18.10%
86. Orange County, CA 18.08%
87. Lexington, KY 18.05%
88. Merced, CA 18.02%
89. Visalia--Tulare--Porterville, CA 17.99%
90. Yakima, WA 17.88%
91. Fort Smith, AR--OK 17.84%
92. Asheville, NC 17.83%
93. Knoxville, TN 17.29%
94. Stockton--Lodi, CA 17.26%
95. Lincoln, NE 17.15%
96. Elkhart--Goshen, IN 17.03%
97. Minneapolis--St. Paul, MN--WI 16.94%
98. Hickory--Morganton--Lenoir, NC 16.91%
99. Huntsville, AL 16.83%
100. Rochester, MN 16.72%
101. Panama City, FL 16.71%
102. Kenosha, WI 16.69%
103. Joplin, MO 16.61%
104. Washington, DC--MD--VA--WV 16.57%
105. Green Bay, WI 16.54%
106. Biloxi--Gulfport--Pascagoula, MS 16.53%
107. Bloomington--Normal, IL 16.45%
108. Indianapolis, IN 16.44%
109. Sherman--Denison, TX 16.39%
110. Miami, FL 16.33%
111. Madison, WI 16.19%
112. Amarillo, TX 16.16%
113. Grand Rapids--Muskegon--Holland, MI 16.06%
114. Des Moines, IA 16.06%
115. Greenville--Spartanburg--Anderson, SC 15.88%
116. Tampa--St. Petersburg--Clearwater, FL 15.86%
117. Spokane, WA 15.66%
118. Newburgh, NY--PA 15.51%
119. Iowa City, IA 15.49%
120. Tyler, TX 15.46%
121. Richmond--Petersburg, VA 15.12%
122. Galveston--Texas City, TX 15.07%
123. Anchorage, AK 15.00%
124. Augusta--Aiken, GA--SC 15.00%
125. Vallejo--Fairfield--Napa, CA 14.99%
126. Pueblo, CO 14.97%
127. El Paso, TX 14.88%
128. Oakland, CA 14.87%
129. Middlesex--Somerset--Hunterdon, NJ 14.69%
130. Columbus, OH 14.47%
131. Pocatello, ID 14.45%
132. Wilmington--Newark, DE--MD 14.21%
133. Monmouth--Ocean, NJ 14.18%
134. Hamilton--Middletown, OH 14.18%
135. Eugene--Springfield, OR 14.16%
136. Dover, DE 14.15%
137. Baton Rouge, LA 14.13%
138. Billings, MT 14.05%
139. Montgomery, AL 13.86%
140. Little Rock--North Little Rock, AR 13.78%
141. Fargo--Moorhead, ND--MN 13.75%
142. Appleton--Oshkosh--Neenah, WI 13.72%
143. San Luis Obispo--Atascadero--Paso Robles, CA 13.59%
144. Cedar Rapids, IA 13.59%
145. Savannah, GA 13.54%
146. Yuba City, CA 13.46%
147. Tulsa, OK 13.30%
148. Mobile, AL 13.28%
149. Lafayette, IN 13.15%
150. Hattiesburg, MS 13.10%
151. Victoria, TX 13.08%
152. Bismarck, ND 12.99%
153. Oklahoma City, OK 12.99%
154. Salinas, CA 12.96%
155. Waco, TX 12.90%
156. Memphis, TN--AR--MS 12.74%
157. San Diego, CA 12.64%
158. Rockford, IL 12.61%
159. Ventura, CA 12.58%
160. York, PA 12.42%
161. St. Cloud, MN 12.36%
162. Wichita, KS 12.35%
163. San Jose, CA 12.35%
164. Burlington, VT 12.33%
165. Kansas City, MO--KS 12.20%
166. Omaha, NE--IA 12.10%
167. Lafayette, LA 11.80%
168. Chicago, IL 11.63%
169. Cheyenne, WY 11.57%
170. Chico--Paradise, CA 11.56%
171. Jackson, MS 11.48%
172. Lancaster, PA 11.31%
173. Santa Cruz--Watsonville, CA 11.26%
174. Atlantic--Cape May, NJ 11.10%
175. Redding, CA 11.03%
176. Reading, PA 11.03%
177. Decatur, AL 10.88%
178. Macon, GA 10.88%
179. Lynchburg, VA 10.82%
180. Bloomington, IN 10.63%
181. Corvallis, OR 10.37%
182. Fayetteville, NC 10.34%
183. Jersey City, NJ 10.10%
184. Johnson City--Kingsport--Bristol, TN--VA 10.10%
185. Fort Wayne, IN 10.05%
186. Florence, SC 9.98%
187. State College, PA 9.67%
188. Birmingham, AL 9.64%
189. Chattanooga, TN--GA 9.62%
190. Tuscaloosa, AL 9.54%
191. Portland, ME 9.24%
192. Lake Charles, LA 9.18%
193. Janesville--Beloit, WI 9.17%
194. Wausau, WI 9.04%
195. Lubbock, TX 8.98%
196. New York, NY 8.98%
197. La Crosse, WI--MN 8.97%
198. Rapid City, SD 8.88%
199. Florence, AL 8.85%
200. Corpus Christi, TX 8.83%
201. Norfolk--Virginia Beach--Newport News, VA--NC 8.75%
202. Hagerstown, MD 8.67%
203. Casper, WY 8.67%
204. Sheboygan, WI 8.44%
205. Charleston--North Charleston, SC 8.32%
206. Goldsboro, NC 8.28%
207. Louisville, KY--IN 8.09%
208. Santa Barbara--Santa Maria--Lompoc, CA 8.05%
209. Texarkana, TX--Texarkana, AR 8.01%
210. Dutchess County, NY 7.97%
211. San Francisco, CA 7.95%
212. Sioux City, IA--NE 7.92%
213. Cincinnati, OH--KY--IN 7.88%
214. Racine, WI 7.88%
215. Kankakee, IL 7.87%
216. Eau Claire, WI 7.85%
217. Wichita Falls, TX 7.80%
218. Longview--Marshall, TX 7.73%
219. Trenton, NJ 7.65%
220. South Bend, IN 7.49%
221. Bergen--Passaic, NJ 7.41%
222. Los Angeles--Long Beach, CA 7.40%
223. Rocky Mount, NC 7.35%
224. Albany, GA 7.34%
225. Allentown--Bethlehem--Easton, PA 7.21%
226. Baltimore, MD 7.17%
227. Harrisburg--Lebanon--Carlisle, PA 7.04%
228. Beaumont--Port Arthur, TX 6.61%
229. Boston--Worcester--Lawrence--Lowell--Brockton, MA--NH 6.54%
230. Houma, LA 6.36%
231. Springfield, IL 6.27%
232. Evansville--Henderson, IN--KY 6.17%
233. Newark, NJ 6.11%
234. Vineland--Millville--Bridgeton, NJ 6.07%
235. Jackson, MI 5.79%
236. Abilene, TX 5.77%
237. Akron, OH 5.69%
238. San Angelo, TX 5.64%
239. Nassau--Suffolk, NY 5.55%
240. Topeka, KS 5.53%
241. Kalamazoo--Battle Creek, MI 5.45%
242. Dothan, AL 5.31%
243. Columbus, GA--AL 5.28%
244. Odessa--Midland, TX 5.14%
245. Roanoke, VA 5.10%
246. Providence--Warwick--Pawtucket, RI 5.09%
247. Owensboro, KY 5.00%
248. Glens Falls, NY 4.90%
249. St. Joseph, MO 4.89%
250. Milwaukee--Waukesha, WI 4.79%
251. Honolulu, HI 4.77%
252. Kokomo, IN 4.74%
253. New Haven--Bridgeport--Stamford--Waterbury--Danbury, CT 4.58%
254. St. Louis, MO--IL 4.46%
255. Gary, IN 4.44%
256. Shreveport--Bossier City, LA 4.24%
257. Detroit, MI 4.10%
258. New Orleans, LA 4.08%
259. Champaign--Urbana, IL 3.84%
260. Philadelphia, PA--NJ 3.63%
261. Gadsden, AL 3.62%
262. Monroe, LA 3.56%
263. Lansing--East Lansing, MI 3.48%
264. Great Falls, MT 3.43%
265. Waterloo--Cedar Falls, IA 3.40%
266. Rochester, NY 3.36%
267. Canton--Massillon, OH 3.25%
268. Dubuque, IA 3.17%
269. Lawton, OK 3.15%
270. Peoria--Pekin, IL 2.42%
271. Davenport--Moline--Rock Island, IA--IL 2.34%
272. Hartford, CT 2.22%
273. Cleveland--Lorain--Elyria, OH 2.22%
274. Sumter, SC 1.96%
275. Erie, PA 1.91%
276. Enid, OK 1.90%
277. Albany--Schenectady--Troy, NY 1.64%
278. New London--Norwich, CT 1.62%
279. Duluth--Superior, MN--WI 1.60%
280. Parkersburg--Marietta, WV--OH 1.39%
281. Danville, VA 1.33%
282. Flint, MI 1.32%
283. Williamsport, PA 1.12%
284. Terre Haute, IN 1.09%
285. Mansfield, OH 1.04%
286. Huntington--Ashland, WV--KY--OH 0.96%
287. Saginaw--Bay City--Midland, MI 0.94%
288. Springfield, MA 0.93%
289. Benton Harbor, MI 0.67%
290. Toledo, OH 0.66%
291. Charleston, WV 0.48%
292. Lima, OH 0.48%
293. Cumberland, MD--WV 0.36%
294. Jacksonville, NC 0.35%
295. Dayton--Springfield, OH -0.07%
296. Sharon, PA -0.59%
297. Muncie, IN -0.74%
298. Youngstown--Warren, OH -1.02%
299. Altoona, PA -1.07%
300. Bangor, ME -1.15%
301. Syracuse, NY -1.36%
302. Lewiston--Auburn, ME -1.39%
303. Pine Bluff, AR -1.41%
304. Pittsburgh, PA -1.51%
305. Jamestown, NY -1.51%
306. Buffalo--Niagara Falls, NY -1.61%
307. Decatur, IL -2.13%
308. Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA -2.14%
309. Pittsfield, MA -3.16%
310. Anniston, AL -3.26%
311. Johnstown, PA -3.58%
312. Wheeling, WV--OH -3.85%
313. Alexandria, LA -3.97%
314. Elmira, NY -4.33%
315. Binghamton, NY -4.60%
316. Utica--Rome, NY -5.29%
317. Grand Forks, ND--MN -5.53%
318. Steubenville--Weirton, OH--WV -7.38%

Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).

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