Population Change in America's Biggest Metros

This post crunches the numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau to track population growth in America's largest metropolitan areas between 2000 and 2010.

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March 21, 2011, 5:00 AM PDT

By Nate Berg

The Las Vegas-Paradise, NV and Raleigh-Cary, NC metro areas saw the largest changes in population, at more than 40% each.

Only 3 of the top 36 metro areas lost population between 2000 and 2010.

FULL STORY: Metro/County Census Results So Far (Plus a Brief Look at Jobs)

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Social / Demographics United States Growth Population

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