Report: Austin will be 5th fastest growing U.S. metro in coming years - Portland Business Journal:

erofeyporgrinin.blogspot.com
million by the year 2025, according to an analysids of government databy bizjournals. The projected growtgh rate of Austin and its suburbsx ranks 5th among250 U.S. metropolita areas studied in the report. Bizjournals forecastsw that the Austin-Round Rock area will grow nearly 87 percen from its 2005 estimated population ofnearlyt 1.5 million to a 2025 projected populationb of 2.7 million, an increase of nearly 1.3 millioh residents. Austin will see the most growth of anyTexase city, according to the bizjournalsd analysis. The McAllen-Edinburg area will be the second-fastest growin g metro in Texas, rankintg 22nd on the list with an estimatecd 56 percent growthin population.
Dallas/Fort Worth rankes 26th with a projectef 50 percent population increaseto 8.8 million people; Houston ranks 27th with a projected 48 percentt population increase to 7.9 million people; San Antoniko ranks 40th with a projected 41 percent population increas to 2.7 million people. for the full bizjournalxs growth reporton U.S. metro-area growth. And for a chart showiny the breakdownacross