r/dataisbeautiful • u/TA-MajestyPalm • 4d ago

OC [OC] Post-Pandemic Population Growth Trends, by US Metro Area (2022->2024)

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Graphic by me, created in Excel. All data from US Census here: https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-metro-and-micro-statistical-areas.html

I've created similar graphics in the past, but usually from 2020-2024. This is not the best time frame as it combines the abnormal covid years with post pandemic movement.

This time frame (2022-2024) shows the most current and ongoing population trends of the last 2 years.

I also wanted to better categorize the cities into broad cultural regions vs the arbitrary geographic census regions.

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u/TA-MajestyPalm 3d ago

New Orleans metro area recently fell below 1 million people, so it is not shown here

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u/zeroonetw 3d ago

That’s because the OMB redefined New Orleans’s MSA and took out a major parish.

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u/SuicideNote 3d ago

Raleigh and Durham should be on the same MSA. They share nearly everything including the biggest job center (RTP). Yet, on separate MSA because of technicalities. Even in the Combined Statistical Area calculations, Charlotte gets to claim towns 50 miles away from Charlotte but Raleigh can't do the same because then it will encounter Fayetteville and Greensboro MSA. So if you put a 60 mile circle around Raleigh and Charlotte. More people will live in the 60 mile circle around Raleigh than Charlotte.