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Population Momentum by Region

Regional city shortlists based on verified population movement, useful as starting points for deeper relocation research. This ranking is based only on verified population estimates and should be paired with the city-level data roadmap before making relocation decisions.

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City Rank 2025 population 2020 base Growth Signal
Port St. Lucie, Florida #86 268,062 204,826 +30.87% high growth
Cape Coral, Florida #98 236,264 194,004 +21.78% high growth
McKinney, Texas #99 236,001 195,331 +20.82% high growth
Frisco, Texas #97 236,955 200,531 +18.16% high growth
Fort Worth, Texas #10 1,028,117 918,892 +11.89% growing
Miami, Florida #41 489,812 442,236 +10.76% growing
North Las Vegas, Nevada #73 296,653 259,479 +14.33% growing
Henderson, Nevada #55 353,289 316,736 +11.54% growing
Reno, Nevada #78 283,621 264,151 +7.37% growing
Gilbert, Arizona #75 287,285 267,875 +7.25% growing
Seattle, Washington #18 784,777 737,103 +6.47% growing
Aurora, Colorado #50 410,053 386,255 +6.16% growing
Fort Wayne, Indiana #82 275,203 263,918 +4.28% stable
Madison, Wisconsin #77 286,233 274,640 +4.22% stable
Columbus, Ohio #15 938,396 906,215 +3.55% stable
Lincoln, Nebraska #72 301,522 291,351 +3.49% stable
Kansas City, Missouri #37 521,220 508,012 +2.60% stable
Cincinnati, Ohio #66 314,367 309,589 +1.54% stable
Newark, New Jersey #61 323,808 311,485 +3.96% stable
Jersey City, New Jersey #71 302,013 292,742 +3.17% stable
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania #68 307,632 303,054 +1.51% stable
Boston, Massachusetts #25 672,973 678,617 -0.83% stable
Buffalo, New York #83 274,613 278,301 -1.33% stable
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania #6 1,574,281 1,603,800 -1.84% stable