Tampa Bay among fastest-growing large U.S. metro areas

The region, with a population surging by 5.6% over the past five years, ranks 15th overall, according to a new study.

  • By Brian Hartz
  • | 10:00 a.m. December 23, 2022
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The Tampa Bay region's population surged at a 5.6% rate between 2016 and 2021, according to a new study of the fastest-growing U.S. metro areas. (Photo courtesy of Unsplash.com/Kody Cheyne)
The Tampa Bay region's population surged at a 5.6% rate between 2016 and 2021, according to a new study of the fastest-growing U.S. metro areas. (Photo courtesy of Unsplash.com/Kody Cheyne)
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U.S. population growth has slowed to its lowest rate on record. At the end of 2021, the U.S. Census Bureau announced that the nation’s population had grown by 392,665 compared to the previous year, an increase of just 0.1%.

 

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