休斯顿 ranked second in numeric gains behind 达拉斯-沃斯堡 and tied the metroplex in percent growth. 全国人口最多的三个大都市, 纽约, 洛杉矶, 和芝加哥, 它们的数量减少了. Only six of the nation’s major 地铁—Atlanta, 达拉斯-沃斯堡, 休斯顿, 迈阿密, 凤凰城, 和坦帕的收益显著.
Atlanta overtook Philadelphia and Washington, DC, becoming the nation’s sixth most populous metro area. 休斯顿稳居第五. Its population is growing faster than Atlanta’s but not as fast as 达拉斯-沃斯堡’s.
休斯顿’s gains came from two sources—the natural increase and net inmigration. The natural increase reflects births minus deaths in the region. Net inmigration includes people who moved into 休斯顿 minus those who moved out. Two-thirds of 休斯顿’s gains came from net inmigration and one-third from the natural increase. 比率频繁变化, with inmigration accounting for a larger share of population growth when the region’s economy booms (like last year) and a smaller share when it struggles (like ’17 and ’18).
Metro 休斯顿 ranked second in net inmigration among all 地铁 in ’23. Nine of the nation’s 20 largest had negative inmigration, i.e., more residents moved out than moved into those regions. 纽约, 洛杉矶, 和芝加哥, 表现最差的, 总共损失270人,000名居民外迁. Gains from the natural increase weren’t enough to offset these losses and all three 它们的数量减少了 in ’23.
Net migration has two components, domestic and international. Domestic reflects the population moving from within the United States; international reflects the residents arriving from abroad. International migration includes ex-pat workers called home from overseas, foreign workers assigned to multinational companies here, 军事人员重新部署到美国国内, international students enrolling at local universities, 持有H1-B和H2-B签证的临时工, refugees placed in the city by relief agencies, and immigrants (documented and undocumented) who left their homelands for better lives in America.
Only five major 地铁 gained population via domestic migration. The remainder saw more residents move out than move in from elsewhere in the U.S. Metro 休斯顿 performed well, however, ranking second for positive domestic migration.
休斯顿 ranked third for 国际移民, behind 纽约 and 迈阿密. All 20 of the nation’s major 地铁 benefitted from 国际移民.
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Note: The geographic area referred to in this publication as “休斯顿,” "休斯顿 Area” and “Metro 休斯顿” is the ten-county Census designated metropolitan statistical area of 休斯顿-Pasadena-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX. 这十个县是:奥斯汀, Brazoria, 钱伯斯, 本德堡, 加尔维斯顿, 哈里斯, 自由, 蒙哥马利, 圣哈辛托, 和沃勒.
