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Fastest growing/shrinking Deep South metropolitan areas based on 2024 population
Posted on 4/9/25 at 1:15 pm
Posted on 4/9/25 at 1:15 pm
All "Deep South" metro areas by % growth/loss rate from 2020 to 2024 (where each metro's growth rate ranks nationally in parenthesis). 2024 populations for each metro are listed
1) Myrtle Beach-Conway-N Myrtle Beach, SC (2) - 413,391 +17.77%
2) Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL (11) - 261,608 +12.88%
3) Spartanburg, SC (16) - 395,934 +11.46%
4) Huntsville, AL (24) - 542,297 +10.29%
5) Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC (26) - 237,393 +9.95%
6) Hinesville, GA (29) - 89,046 +9.36%
7) Gainesville, GA (32) - 221,745 +9.16%
8) Charleston-North Charleston, SC (34) - 869,940 +8.79%
9) Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC (50) - 996,680 +7.38%
10) Savannah, GA (62) - 431,589 +6.62%
11) Warner Robins, GA (63) - 204,110 +6.52%
12) Auburn-Opelika, AL (65) - 206,006 +6.31%
13) Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA (82) - 6,411,149 +5.02%
14) Hammond, LA (83) - 139,823 +5.01%
15) Tuscaloosa, AL (85) - 281,963 +4.95%
16) Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA (86) - 277,615 +4.93%
17) Columbia, SC (87) - 870,193 +4.91%
18) Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC (104) - 636,760 +4.22%
19) Athens-Clarke County, GA (116) - 223,689 +3.84%
20) Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL (121) - 156,287 +3.64%
21) Brunswick-St. Simons Island, GA (133) - 116,074 +3.21%
22) Valdosta, GA (144) - 152,588 +3.01%
23) Rome, GA (152) - 101,390 +2.85%
24) Lafayette, LA (156) - 419,704 +2.75%
25) Gulfport-Biloxi, MS (168) - 426,793 +2.53%
26) Dothan, AL (171) - 154,766 +2.49%
27) Dalton, GA (173) - 146,386 +2.48%
28) Decatur, AL (198) - 159,651 +2.02%
29) Hattiesburg, MS (211) - 156,575 +1.74%
30) Macon-Bibb County, GA (214) - 237,617 +1.63%
31) Baton Rouge, LA (226) - 882,652 +1.39%
32) Birmingham, AL (241) - 1,192,583 +1.01%
33) Montgomery, AL (271) - 387,885 +0.48%
34) Florence, SC (278) - 200,474 +0.26%
35) Anniston-Oxford, AL (296) - 116,427 -0.01%
36) Gadsden, AL (307) - 103,207 -0.22%
37) Mobile, AL MSA (321) - 412,339 -0.60%
38) Sumter, SC (329) - 104,776 -0.74%
39) Columbus, GA-AL (357) - 324,343 -1.38%
40) Jackson, MS (369) - 606,178 -2.22%
41) Monroe, LA (370) - 221,921 -2.30%
42) Albany, GA (371) - 145,451 -2.33%
43) Shreveport-Bossier City, LA (374) - 383,269 -2.58%
44) Alexandria, LA (375) - 148,008 -2.75%
45) Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA (383) - 199,206 -3.83%
46) New Orleans-Metairie, LA (386) - 966,230 -4.07%
47) Lake Charles, LA (387) - 242,975 -4.59%
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1) Myrtle Beach-Conway-N Myrtle Beach, SC (2) - 413,391 +17.77%
2) Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL (11) - 261,608 +12.88%
3) Spartanburg, SC (16) - 395,934 +11.46%
4) Huntsville, AL (24) - 542,297 +10.29%
5) Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC (26) - 237,393 +9.95%
6) Hinesville, GA (29) - 89,046 +9.36%
7) Gainesville, GA (32) - 221,745 +9.16%
8) Charleston-North Charleston, SC (34) - 869,940 +8.79%
9) Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC (50) - 996,680 +7.38%
10) Savannah, GA (62) - 431,589 +6.62%
11) Warner Robins, GA (63) - 204,110 +6.52%
12) Auburn-Opelika, AL (65) - 206,006 +6.31%
13) Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA (82) - 6,411,149 +5.02%
14) Hammond, LA (83) - 139,823 +5.01%
15) Tuscaloosa, AL (85) - 281,963 +4.95%
16) Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA (86) - 277,615 +4.93%
17) Columbia, SC (87) - 870,193 +4.91%
18) Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC (104) - 636,760 +4.22%
19) Athens-Clarke County, GA (116) - 223,689 +3.84%
20) Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL (121) - 156,287 +3.64%
21) Brunswick-St. Simons Island, GA (133) - 116,074 +3.21%
22) Valdosta, GA (144) - 152,588 +3.01%
23) Rome, GA (152) - 101,390 +2.85%
24) Lafayette, LA (156) - 419,704 +2.75%
25) Gulfport-Biloxi, MS (168) - 426,793 +2.53%
26) Dothan, AL (171) - 154,766 +2.49%
27) Dalton, GA (173) - 146,386 +2.48%
28) Decatur, AL (198) - 159,651 +2.02%
29) Hattiesburg, MS (211) - 156,575 +1.74%
30) Macon-Bibb County, GA (214) - 237,617 +1.63%
31) Baton Rouge, LA (226) - 882,652 +1.39%
32) Birmingham, AL (241) - 1,192,583 +1.01%
33) Montgomery, AL (271) - 387,885 +0.48%
34) Florence, SC (278) - 200,474 +0.26%
35) Anniston-Oxford, AL (296) - 116,427 -0.01%
36) Gadsden, AL (307) - 103,207 -0.22%
37) Mobile, AL MSA (321) - 412,339 -0.60%
38) Sumter, SC (329) - 104,776 -0.74%
39) Columbus, GA-AL (357) - 324,343 -1.38%
40) Jackson, MS (369) - 606,178 -2.22%
41) Monroe, LA (370) - 221,921 -2.30%
42) Albany, GA (371) - 145,451 -2.33%
43) Shreveport-Bossier City, LA (374) - 383,269 -2.58%
44) Alexandria, LA (375) - 148,008 -2.75%
45) Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA (383) - 199,206 -3.83%
46) New Orleans-Metairie, LA (386) - 966,230 -4.07%
47) Lake Charles, LA (387) - 242,975 -4.59%
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This post was edited on 4/9/25 at 1:22 pm
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Posted on 4/9/25 at 1:17 pm to Govt Tide
Yankee infiltration or migration towards metros from rural areas?
Posted on 4/9/25 at 1:19 pm to bad93ex
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Yankee infiltration or migration towards metros from rural areas?
Looks like the data starts during COVID, so probably some transplants who could WFH and people fleeing the cities.
Will be interesting to see how the data changes now that COVID is over and people are being called into the office.
Posted on 4/9/25 at 1:22 pm to Govt Tide
These are way closer than I thought. Baton Rouge metro could potentially overtake New Orleans metro in our lifetimes....
New Orleans-Metairie, LA (386) - 966,230 -4.07%
Baton Rouge, LA (226) - 882,652 +1.39%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA (386) - 966,230 -4.07%
Baton Rouge, LA (226) - 882,652 +1.39%
Posted on 4/9/25 at 1:27 pm to Govt Tide
The up in the northshore correlates with the down from New Orleans and Metairie.
All you people moving north better leave your southshore mindset in the liberal cesspool you are coming from.
All you people moving north better leave your southshore mindset in the liberal cesspool you are coming from.
Posted on 4/9/25 at 1:29 pm to member12
What about St. George LA
another Katrina will be the end of New Orleans
I see Hammond America made the list at 14
another Katrina will be the end of New Orleans
I see Hammond America made the list at 14
Posted on 4/9/25 at 1:31 pm to Govt Tide
It's crazy to me that Greenville, SC is bigger than New Orleans, metro-wise. 
Posted on 4/9/25 at 1:31 pm to Govt Tide
How the hell isn't Prairieville/Gonzales or Denham Springs/Watson/Juban not on that list? Those areas have had over 20% growth. Suprised BR was still in the positive since St. George was founded. List is shite.
Posted on 4/9/25 at 1:34 pm to Govt Tide
Looks like SC will be the next state to turn blue
Posted on 4/9/25 at 1:34 pm to Govt Tide
Is there gonna be another fight over what a metro area is and isn't?
Because that is exciting shite.
Because that is exciting shite.
Posted on 4/9/25 at 1:38 pm to Govt Tide
South Carolina isn’t the Deep South. No founding members of the SEC and soccer has been popular for a long time.
Posted on 4/9/25 at 1:38 pm to Swagga
quote:
Will be interesting to see how the data changes now that COVID is over and people are being called into the office.
Despite significant population losses from 2020 to 2023, the numbers actually look encouraging going from 2023 to 2024 for some of the harder hit Louisiana metros. Lake Charles saw a nice one year jump. Baton Rouge added roughly 9,000 in the last year and Lafayette added a decent bit.
All Louisiana metros except for NOLA turned the corner and at least started adding back some population from 2023 to 2024
Posted on 4/9/25 at 1:42 pm to bad93ex
quote:
Yankee infiltration or migration towards metros from rural areas?
Great migration happened after slavery ended. I think it was the second or third largest movement of a group of people from one place to the other in world history. Southern African Americans to the North.
I think what is happening is a crack has formed between African Americans and Jews (being that they are both heavily politically aligned). With all the information available now if people wanted to know in detail how everything has played out historically, they can learn it. I have seen more African American male podcasts supporting the republican side then I've ever seen.
We have to remember most African Americans are Christan's.
Posted on 4/9/25 at 1:48 pm to Govt Tide
My God who the frick wants to live in Myrtle Beach? It’s like Ohio with sand.
Posted on 4/9/25 at 1:53 pm to Pax Regis
quote:
Myrtle Beach? It’s like Ohio with sand.
For real.
The beachs name alone should tell you how boring this place is going to be lol.
Posted on 4/9/25 at 1:57 pm to lowhound
quote:BR metro
How the hell isn't Prairieville/Gonzales or Denham Springs/Watson/Juban not on that list?
Posted on 4/9/25 at 1:59 pm to Govt Tide
5 years from now Rayville or Delhi La will be the fastest growing
Posted on 4/9/25 at 1:59 pm to lowhound
That’s almost certainly where BR metro gets most of the volume increase
Posted on 4/9/25 at 2:01 pm to Pax Regis
quote:
My God who the frick wants to live in Myrtle Beach? It’s like Ohio with sand.
Cheap retirement area for the Midwest.
Posted on 4/9/25 at 2:10 pm to Govt Tide
So Bossier City and Monroe are considered "deep south" but Little Rock and Memphis are not?
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