April 2007

50 fastest-growing metro areas:
Need more chiropractors?

Fast-growing areas of the country may suggest a need for chiropractic services.

According to population estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau, the Atlanta metro area gained 890,000 residents from April 1, 2000, to July 1, 2006 — the largest numerical gain of the nation’s 361 metro areas.

This Georgia metro area was the nation’s ninth largest as of July 1, 2006, with a population of 5.1 million.

The Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas metro area had the second largest numeric increase at 842,000, and totaled about 6 million people. Houston (with an increase of 825,000), Phoenix (787,000), and Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. (771,000) rounded out the top five metro-area gainers.

The Northeast metro area with the greatest numeric change between 2000 and 2006 was New York (seventh overall nationally), while the Midwest metro area with the greatest numeric change was Chicago (10th overall nationally).

New York was the most populous metro area on July 1, 2006, with 18.8 million people, followed by Los Angeles with 13 million, and Chicago with 9.5 million. As of July 1, 2006, the 361 metro areas in the United States contained 249.2 million people — 83.2 percent of the nation’s population.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, www.census.gov

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