Exhibit 7: Most Central Cities Are Gaining Residents.
Population Trends 1970 to 1996 for 77 Selected Cities and their Suburbs
| City
|
City Population Change
|
Suburb Population Change
|
|
|
1970 to 1980
|
1980 to 1990
|
1990 to 1996
|
1970 to 1980
|
1980 to 1990
|
1990 to 1996
|
| Albuquerque
|
36.1%
|
16.0%
|
9.1%
|
41.4%
|
11.2%
|
22.5%
|
| Anchorage***
|
262.2%
|
29.8%
|
10.7%
|
|
|
|
| Atlanta
|
-14.5%
|
-7.3%
|
2.0%
|
42.8%
|
41.9%
|
22.3%
|
| Austin
|
37.2%
|
34.8%
|
16.2%
|
68.5%
|
62.8%
|
32.2%
|
| Baltimore
|
-13.1%
|
-6.5%
|
-8.2%
|
19.7%
|
16.8%
|
9.5%
|
| Billings
|
8.5%
|
21.5%
|
12.4%
|
60.0%
|
-21.7%
|
7.8%
|
| Birmingham
|
-5.4%
|
-6.5%
|
-2.8%
|
21.4%
|
8.2%
|
10.8%
|
| Boise City
|
36.6%
|
22.7%
|
21.5%
|
66.2%
|
9.7%
|
28.6%
|
| Boston
|
-12.2%
|
2.0%
|
-2.8%
|
0.7%
|
3.0%
|
2.3%
|
| Buffalo
|
-22.7%
|
-8.3%
|
-5.4%
|
1.6%
|
-1.8%
|
0.9%
|
| Burlington
|
-2.4%
|
3.8%
|
-0.3%
|
22.9%
|
17.8%
|
10.1%
|
| Charleston
|
-10.5%
|
-10.4%
|
-2.1%
|
10.8%
|
-6.1%
|
2.7%
|
| Charlotte
|
30.4%
|
25.9%
|
11.5%
|
12.8%
|
17.2%
|
16.0%
|
| Cheyenne
|
15.7%
|
5.8%
|
7.4%
|
37.9%
|
8.3%
|
10.0%
|
| Chicago
|
-10.6%
|
-7.4%
|
-2.2%
|
15.0%
|
9.3%
|
8.4%
|
| Cincinnati
|
-14.8%
|
-5.6%
|
-5.0%
|
9.6%
|
7.4%
|
7.7%
|
| Cleveland
|
-23.6%
|
-11.9%
|
-1.5%
|
2.3%
|
-0.2%
|
2.6%
|
| Columbia
|
-10.9%
|
-3.1%
|
15.0%
|
47.6%
|
15.0%
|
5.7%
|
| Columbus
|
4.7%
|
12.0%
|
3.8%
|
12.1%
|
10.5%
|
11.5%
|
| Dallas
|
7.1%
|
11.4%
|
4.6%
|
53.0%
|
45.8%
|
20.5%
|
| Denver
|
-4.3%
|
-5.0%
|
6.5%
|
58.9%
|
23.4%
|
18.5%
|
| Des Moines
|
-4.9%
|
1.1%
|
0.1%
|
27.2%
|
13.1%
|
17.2%
|
| Detroit
|
-20.4%
|
-14.6%
|
-2.7%
|
8.3%
|
2.1%
|
2.6%
|
| El Paso
|
32.0%
|
21.2%
|
16.4%
|
47.6%
|
39.6%
|
10.9%
|
| Fargo
|
15.1%
|
20.7%
|
13.0%
|
24.1%
|
1.5%
|
2.5%
|
| Fort Worth
|
-2.1%
|
16.2%
|
7.2%
|
40.4%
|
46.3%
|
15.4%
|
| Fresno
|
31.5%
|
62.3%
|
11.8%
|
23.9%
|
10.2%
|
15.6%
|
| Hartford
|
-13.7%
|
2.5%
|
-4.8%
|
4.4%
|
7.7%
|
-0.7%
|
| Honolulu
|
12.4%
|
0.1%
|
15.9%
|
30.6%
|
18.5%
|
-4.8%
|
| Houston
|
29.4%
|
2.2%
|
7.0%
|
76.4%
|
47.6%
|
21.6%
|
| Indianapolis
|
-5.9%
|
4.4%
|
2.1%
|
24.8%
|
9.1%
|
16.4%
|
| Jackson
|
31.8%
|
-3.1%
|
-1.9%
|
18.2%
|
24.9%
|
14.8%
|
| Jacksonville
|
2.3%
|
17.4%
|
7.0%
|
117.4%
|
49.7%
|
21.1%
|
| Kansas City, MO
|
-11.6%
|
-2.9%
|
1.4%
|
15.7%
|
16.5%
|
10.3%
|
| Kansas City, KS**
|
-4.2%
|
-7.0%
|
-4.7%
|
15.7%
|
16.5%
|
10.3%
|
| Las Vegas
|
31.1%
|
56.9%
|
45.9%
|
102.9%
|
63.6%
|
38.6%
|
| Little Rock
|
19.6%
|
10.9%
|
-0.0%
|
33.0%
|
8.0%
|
12.3%
|
| Los Angeles
|
5.4%
|
17.5%
|
2.0%
|
7.2%
|
18.5%
|
3.9%
|
| Long Beach**
|
0.7%
|
18.8%
|
-1.8%
|
7.2%
|
18.5%
|
3.9%
|
| Louisville
|
-17.4%
|
-9.8%
|
-3.1%
|
22.4%
|
4.1%
|
7.7%
|
| Manchester
|
3.6%
|
9.5%
|
1.4%
|
59.5%
|
34.5%
|
9.4%
|
| Memphis
|
3.6%
|
-5.6%
|
-2.2%
|
27.7%
|
39.5%
|
23.3%
|
| Miami
|
3.5%
|
3.4%
|
1.8%
|
39.8%
|
25.6%
|
8.8%
|
| Milwaukee
|
-11.3%
|
-1.3%
|
-6.0%
|
9.9%
|
5.1%
|
8.0%
|
| Minneapolis
|
-14.6%
|
-0.7%
|
-2.6%
|
21.4%
|
21.9%
|
13.1%
|
| St. Paul**
|
-12.8%
|
0.7%
|
-4.6%
|
21.4%
|
21.9%
|
13.1%
|
| Nashville-Davidson
|
1.7%
|
7.2%
|
4.7%
|
61.1%
|
24.8%
|
22.2%
|
| New Orleans
|
-6.1%
|
-10.9%
|
-4.1%
|
34.7%
|
6.2%
|
6.0%
|
| New York
|
-10.4%
|
3.5%
|
0.8%
|
2.3%
|
1.7%
|
3.2%
|
| Newark
|
-13.9%
|
-16.4%
|
-2.4%
|
0.5%
|
0.4%
|
1.9%
|
| Newport News, VA
|
52.3%
|
49.9%
|
9.5%
|
28.5%
|
30.5%
|
22.0%
|
| Oakland
|
-6.2%
|
9.7%
|
-1.3%
|
16.0%
|
22.0%
|
8.6%
|
| Oklahoma City
|
9.9%
|
10.3%
|
5.7%
|
32.6%
|
12.3%
|
7.8%
|
| Omaha
|
-9.5%
|
6.9%
|
8.5%
|
43.5%
|
6.3%
|
5.0%
|
| Santa Ana
|
30.2%
|
44.2%
|
3.0%
|
31.9%
|
20.2%
|
10.2%
|
| Philadelphia
|
-13.4%
|
-6.1%
|
-6.8%
|
6.4%
|
8.0%
|
4.3%
|
| Phoenix
|
35.8%
|
24.5%
|
17.9%
|
77.8%
|
50.2%
|
29.7%
|
| Pittsburgh
|
-18.5%
|
-12.8%
|
-5.3%
|
-0.8%
|
-5.7%
|
0.2%
|
| Portland, ME
|
-5.4%
|
4.5%
|
-1.9%
|
25.4%
|
14.7%
|
5.7%
|
| Portland, OR
|
-4.1%
|
19.4%
|
9.9%
|
41.4%
|
11.6%
|
18.1%
|
| Providence
|
-12.5%
|
2.5%
|
-5.1%
|
9.3%
|
8.8%
|
0.9%
|
| Sacramento
|
8.4%
|
34.0%
|
1.9%
|
42.6%
|
36.6%
|
13.9%
|
| St. Louis
|
-27.2%
|
-12.4%
|
-11.4%
|
9.0%
|
7.7%
|
5.6%
|
| Salt Lake City
|
-7.3%
|
-1.9%
|
7.9%
|
56.4%
|
24.4%
|
15.8%
|
| San Antonio
|
20.1%
|
19.1%
|
14.1%
|
22.4%
|
28.9%
|
7.4%
|
| San Diego
|
25.7%
|
26.8%
|
5.5%
|
49.5%
|
38.4%
|
7.2%
|
| San Francisco
|
-5.1%
|
6.6%
|
1.6%
|
6.2%
|
8.6%
|
4.6%
|
| San Jose
|
41.0%
|
24.3%
|
7.2%
|
7.6%
|
5.8%
|
6.5%
|
| Seattle
|
-7.0%
|
4.5%
|
1.6%
|
28.2%
|
32.1%
|
13.0%
|
| Sioux Falls
|
12.2%
|
23.9%
|
12.3%
|
21.9%
|
-8.6%
|
12.9%
|
| Tampa
|
-2.2%
|
3.1%
|
1.9%
|
81.7%
|
42.5%
|
8.8%
|
| Toledo
|
-7.7%
|
-6.1%
|
-4.6%
|
17.3%
|
7.0%
|
4.9%
|
| Tucson
|
25.7%
|
22.6%
|
10.8%
|
126.4%
|
30.2%
|
21.9%
|
| Tulsa
|
8.8%
|
1.8%
|
3.0%
|
51.4%
|
15.3%
|
10.6%
|
| Washington
|
-15.6%
|
-4.9%
|
-10.5%
|
18.3%
|
28.1%
|
11.5%
|
| Wichita
|
0.9%
|
8.9%
|
5.4%
|
16.2%
|
11.5%
|
6.2%
|
| Wilmington
|
-12.7%
|
1.9%
|
-2.9%
|
7.4%
|
14.8%
|
8.8%
|
| Top 10
|
-3.1%
|
4.7%
|
2.1%
|
15.9%
|
16.3%
|
8.1%
|
| Top 50
|
-2.6%
|
5.7%
|
2.6%
|
18.6%
|
17.0%
|
10.0%
|
| All 329 MSAs*
|
1.2%
|
7.0%
|
3.5%
|
18.9%
|
15.0%
|
9.0%
|
*Metropolitan Statistical Areas
**Because Los Angeles and Long Beach are in the same MSA, Kansas City, KS and Kansas City, MO are in the same MSA, and Minneapolis and St. Paul are in the same MSA, these pairs of cities share the same suburb data.
***No suburb data are available for Anchorage because the central city and the metropolitan area are coterminous.
Source: 1970, 1980, and 1990 Census of Housing, Bureau of the Census; 1996 Federal-State Cooperative Population Estimates, Bureau of the Census
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