{"id":721,"date":"2013-04-24T09:35:26","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T14:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/?p=721"},"modified":"2013-04-23T09:54:40","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T14:54:40","slug":"metromicropolitan-populations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/2013\/04\/24\/metromicropolitan-populations\/","title":{"rendered":"Metro\/Micropolitan Populations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oil and Gas Boom Driving Population Growth in the Great Plains, Census Bureau Estimates Show<\/h3>\n

According to recent Census Bureau estimates<\/a>, metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) and counties located in or near the Great Plains and West Texas were among the fastest growing areas last year. Midland, Texas, was the fastest-growing metro area over the July 1, 2011 to July 1, 2012 period with a population increase of 4.6 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The 10 Fastest Growing Metro Areas from July 1, 2011, to July 1, 2012<\/strong><\/caption>\n
<\/th>\n<\/th>\nPercent Increase<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1.<\/td>\nMidland, Texas<\/td>\n4.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.<\/td>\nClarksville, Tenn.-Ky.<\/td>\n3.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.<\/td>\nCrestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Fla.<\/td>\n3.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.<\/td>\nThe Villages, Fla.<\/td>\n3.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.<\/td>\nOdessa, Texas<\/td>\n3.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6.<\/td>\nJacksonville, N.C.<\/td>\n3.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7.<\/td>\nAustin-Round Rock, Texas<\/td>\n3.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8.<\/td>\nCasper, Wyo.<\/td>\n3.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9.<\/td>\nColumbus, Ga.-Ala.<\/td>\n2.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.<\/td>\nManhattan, Kan.<\/td>\n2.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\"MSAPopgrowth\"<\/a>

Click on image to interact with map\/data<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The 10 Fastest Growing Micro Areas from July 1, 2011, to July 1, 2012<\/strong><\/caption>\n
<\/th>\n<\/th>\nPercent Increase<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1.<\/td>\nWilliston, N.D.<\/td>\n9.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.<\/td>\nJunction City, Kan.<\/td>\n7.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.<\/td>\nDickinson, N.D.<\/td>\n6.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.<\/td>\nAndrews, Texas<\/td>\n4.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.<\/td>\nVernal, Utah<\/td>\n4.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6.<\/td>\nHeber, Utah<\/td>\n3.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7.<\/td>\nElk City, Okla.<\/td>\n3.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8.<\/td>\nElko, Nev.<\/td>\n3.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9.<\/td>\nPullman, Wash.<\/td>\n3.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.<\/td>\nFort Polk South, La.<\/td>\n3.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\"micropopgrowth\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oil and Gas Boom Driving Population Growth in the Great Plains, Census Bureau Estimates Show According to recent Census Bureau estimates, metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) and counties located in or near the Great Plains and West Texas were … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,232],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NL4O-bD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=721"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":867,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721\/revisions\/867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}