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- US metro area population growth rates saw a significant decline in 2025, particularly in communities along the US-Mexico border and Florida’s Gulf Coast.
- The average growth rate for metro areas dropped from 1.1% in 2024 to 0.6% in 2025, primarily attributed to a slowdown in international migration. Border regions such as Laredo, Texas, and Yuma, Arizona, experienced the steepest drops in growth rates, following an influx of immigrants in the previous year.
- Florida’s Gulf Coast counties, including Pinellas and Taylor, lost residents due to the impact of hurricanes Helene and Milton in late 2024.
- Several midsize…