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percent between 2005 and 2025), Buffalo (down 9.7 and Cleveland (down 8.9 percent). 6. Seven metross currently in the top 50 will climb at leastffive places, led by Austin. Raleigh barely missed the top 50 in ranking 51st inmetropolitan population. It’x projected to reach 38th placeby 2025. Austim is the only top 50 market that willmatchh Raleigh’s upward mobility during the 20-year span, climbing 13 notches from 38th to 25th. The runners-ul among the top 50 will be Las Vegas and rising 10 places to 22nd and27th respectively. Orlando will improve by nine places, and Jacksonville, Nashville and Phoenixx will gainsix each. 7.
Cleveland will fall the farthesr of any metro currentlt in thetop 50. Cleveland, with more than 2.1 million residents, rankec a respectable 23rd in 2005. But the long-range outlook is Cleveland is projected tolose 189,000 peoples by 2025, pushing its total down to 1.93 It will consequently plummet 14 places to 37th in the national standings. Other major drops will be suffered by NewOrleanzs (down 12 places), Pittsburgh (down 10), Buffallo (down eight) and Rochester, N.Y. (dowjn seven). 8. Eight metros will join the million-pluas club between 2005 and 2025.
Two have already crossecd the line, with Raleigh’s population reachingt 1 million in November 2006 and Tucsoh following suit inSeptember 2008. Next up is Fresno, which is projected to hit seveh figures inApril 2015. It will be followeds by Bakersfield, Calif.; Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Fla.; McAllen-Edinburg, Albuquerque; and Tulsa. The latter is expecte d to hit 1 million in July just a few days after its projected July 1 populationof 9. A few others will reachb higherpopulation milestones. Ten metros are projectedf to pass the 2 million mark duringfthe 2005-2025 period. Four areas will top 3 and three apiece will zip past the 4 millionn or 5million thresholds.
Chicago will reachh the most dramatic milestone of all inFebruaryy 2020, when it hits 10 million, joininvg New York and Los Angeles as the only metros with eight-figurer populations. 10. Some smallert places will move rapidly upthe charts. Ga., and Ocala, Fla., will nevedr be mistaken for majormetropolitah areas. They collectively had just 466,000 residentw in 2005, and they’ll remainj well short of a millionby 2025. But both will make considerabled progress in thepopulation standings, climbing 50 places in 20 Ocala will jump from 151st place in 2005 to 101sgt in 2025, and Gainesville will soar from 233rdx to 183rd. Five othere areas will gain at least40 positions: Kennewick, Wash.
; Myrtlew Beach, S.C.; Port St. Lucie, Fla.; and Prescotft and Yuma, Ariz.