FASTEST-GROWING
Dallas-Fort
Worth now No. 4 in nation
Editor
Dallas-Fort Worth has vaulted past greater Philadelphia to
become the nation's fourth-largest metropolitan area, the Greater Dallas
Chamber said Thursday.
The chamber based its claim on U.S. Census Bureau data that, in July 2005,
showed D-FW in fifth place with 5.819 million residents, just behind
Philadelphia
's 5.823
million.
However, the chamber says, because the Metroplex gains about 365 new residents every day -- compared to just 72 for
Philadelphia
-- D-FW
overtook the Pennyslvania metro last year and since
has pulled well ahead.
D-FW's new position won't be official
until July 2007, the chamber said, when the census bureau releases its latest
population estimate.
Dr. Lyssa Jenkens,
the chamber's chief economist, said the new ranking would cause "companies
around the world to see Dallas-Fort Worth with new eyes."
Economist Ray Perryman, CEO of The Perryman
Group in Waco, said surpassing Philadelphia would send a
signal to investors that D-FW is "a fast-growing area, and that the area
is indeed fast-growing relative to other areas.
"It's not a huge change," Perryman added, "but
people will make note that we're moving up higher, that we're becoming more
dynamic."
The chamber said
New York
,
Los Angeles
and
Chicago
are the nation's most populous metropolitan areas, in that order.
Miami
;
Houston
;
Washington
,
D.C.
;
Atlanta
; and
Detroit
round out the top 10, in that order, following
D-FW and
Philadelphia
.
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