It turns out, America’s biggest metro areas aren’t shrinking—at least for now.
New Census Bureau estimates released Thursday show that the New York and Chicago metro areas grew in each of the past two years ended in June. The Los Angeles area expanded in the 12 months ended in June. These regions are all still smaller than before the Covid-19 pandemic, but not by as much as previously thought.
The big difference? The Census Bureau recently changed its estimates of the immigrant population, significantly boosting totals for recent years.