But an interesting transition is taking place in Chicago.

Furthermore, the number of educated Millennials in outlying suburban areas grew less than one percent in the same period. However, between 20, that number grew only 7.2%, the lowest figure of the 33 metros examined. At the metro level, as expected, Chicago has the third highest number of educated Millennials, after New York and Los Angeles. The Chicago numbers are worthy of closer inspection. Chicago far outperformed all other core cities in gaining educated Millennials, pulling in nearly 16 for every one added to the surrounding suburbs.Ĭhicago is a significant outlier in its attraction and concentration of educated Millennials. In all, core cities in 27 of 33 metro areas performed better than suburban areas in this regard. Nationally, the core cities of the 33 largest metro areas added 1.52 educated Millennials for every one added to their surrounding suburbs. New York City led the way here, adding 2.17 persons for every one person added to its suburban areas.Ĭore cities are attracting far more educated Millennials than outlying suburban areas. Over that period, cities grew by 6.1%, while the metro areas with cities excluded grew 5.5%. Taken together, between 20 the core cities of the 33 largest metro areas added 1.09 persons for every one person added to the outlying suburban areas. First the overall population growth rates:Īnd then population growth rates for educated Millennials, or those age 25 to 34 with a bachelor's degree or more:Ĭore cities are growing at a slightly stronger rate than outlying suburban areas. Here are the two tables of pulled ACS data. Just as with overall population growth, patterns become apparent for educated Millennials living inside and outside of core cities. Lastly, I developed a ratio of persons added to cities relative to those outside cities, to determine if any city versus suburb relationship exists in the population data.Īfter that, I took the same approach to examine the number of educated Millennials - those between ages 25 and 34 with a bachelor's degree or more - living within and outside of core cities.

That establishes a baseline for population growth patterns within core cities and outlying suburban areas. I also examined population growth for the metro areas while factoring out the core cities, to see how they measured up against the cores. Petersburg, San Francisco/Oakland, and Riverside/San Bernardino). I examined population growth for the core cities within each metro area, grouping together core cities that could be deemed as 'twin' cities (Minneapolis/St. I gathered recent data (from 20) on population growth for each of the 33 metropolitan areas with a population above 2 million in 2015.

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