01 June 2021

Internal Migration / Inflows and Outflows / Tech Jobs to Tech Hubs / Jobs Unknown

Two different sources. Two stories
1 Bloomberg via LinkedIn
Note: Net migration rates are based on net flow per 10k tech company workers already in said metro area;

Austin Is Biggest Winner From Tech Migration, LinkedIn Data Show

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2 AZ Big Media via U.S. Census 2020
Phoenix is fastest-growing city in U.S. for 5th year in a row
Business News | 3 hours ago |

Phoenix also leads the country in 10-year population growth, adding almost 260,000 people since 2010, an 18.1 percent population increase. San Antonio’s 234,000 10-year increase is second in the nation, also an 18.1 percent population jump.

Say “hi” to 25,194 new neighbors. They pushed Phoenix way out in front making this the fifth year in a row that it is the fastest growing city in America.

The 25,194 new Phoenix residents this year is slightly below the 10-year average of 25,912, however Phoenix continues to take the largest share of Maricopa County’s population growth, with nearly four in 10 new county residents choosing to live in the city of Phoenix.


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The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 estimates say that Phoenix now tops 1.7 million in population and added more new residents than any other city.

Queen Creek topped Arizona in percentage population growth, 10.0 percent, with its population jumping from 55,000 in 2019 to 60,097 in 2020. That positioned the town with the seventh-fastest growing percentage in the U.S. Buckeye was second in Arizona with a 7 percent growth rate.

Phoenix’s growth rate, 1.5 percent lags behind the County’s 1.9 percent growth rate.

The city is still the fifth-largest U.S. city behind New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston, . . 

Tucson is still Arizona’s second largest city with its population growing 0.8 percent to 553,571, a gain of 4,610 people.

Mesa had a 1.9 percent growth, pushing the population to 528,129.  At that rate, they will overtake Tucson as the second largest city within five years. 

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