Growth rate slowed in US metro areas in 2025, with steepest drops along . . . Immigrant losses Three metro areas along the southern border stretching from Arizona to Texas had the steepest drops in population growth rates in 2025 The growth rate in Laredo, Texas, dropped from 3 2% to 0 2% It went from 3 3% to 1 4% in Yuma, Arizona, and declined from 1 2% into negative territory at -0 7% in El Centro, California
Slow Growth Impacts Nation’s Largest Counties Hardest Among the 2,066 counties that grew between 2023 and 2024, nearly 8 in 10 saw their growth slow or reverse direction in 2025 In many cases, counties already in decline saw losses accelerate Meanwhile, 310 of the 387 U S metropolitan statistical areas (metro areas) had slower growth between 2024 and 2025 than during the prior year
Growth rate slowed in US metro areas in 2025, steepest drops along . . . Growth rate slowed in US metro areas in 2025, steepest drops along southern border New U S Census Bureau population estimates show that U S growth in metro areas slowed sharply as immigration dropped and hurricanes pushed people out of some Gulf Coast counties
Growth rate slowed in US metro areas in 2025, with steepest drops along . . . Growth rates in U S metro areas dropped the steepest in communities along the U S -Mexico border last year because of declines in immigrants while counties along Florida’s Gulf Coast lost residents due to a series of hurricanes, according to new population estimates released Thursday by the U S Census Bureau The estimates showed that a majority of […]