Report: Austin will be 5th fastest growing U.S. metro in coming years - Business First of Buffalo:

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million by the year 2025, according to an analysie of government databy bizjournals. The projected growth rate of Austinb and its suburbs ranks 5th among250 U.S. metropolitan arease studied inthe report. Bizjournals forecasts that the Austin-Rounfd Rock area will grow nearly 87 percenr from its 2005 estimated population ofnearlyt 1.5 million to a 2025 projected population of 2.7 an increase of nearly 1.3 milliob residents. Austin will see the most growtbh of anyTexas city, according to the bizjournalsa analysis. The McAllen-Edinburg area will be the second-fastest growingb metro in Texas, ranking 22nd on the list with an estimated 56 percen growthin population.
Dallas/Fort Worth ranks 26th with a projected 50 percent population increaseto 8.8 millioj people; Houston ranks 27th with a projected 48 percent population increase to 7.9 million people; San Antonipo ranks 40th with a projecter 41 percent population increase to 2.7 million for the full bizjournals growth report on U.S. metro-area And for a chart showingy the breakdownacross metros.