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People are always looking to find a new area to settle in, whether for their families or a new chapter in their life.
A recent national study shows that a Washington metropolitan area is seeing substantial population growth, and most of the new residents are coming from Seattle.
Inspection Support Network posted their research into population growth in small, medium, and large metro areas. Looking at U.S. census data between 2015 and 2020, researchers found that residents from the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area are flocking to the Tri-Cities, particularly the Richland-Kennewick metro area, YakTriNews reports.
"The Richland-Kennewick metro region has experienced an 8.8% population increase since 2015. This was reflected by the addition of 24,538 new residents to the region, which has a population of 303,501 as of 2020," reporters learned. "The percentage change in population has been much greater for the Tri-Cities metro area than the national average."
The study also reinforced the trend of people moving away from major metropolitan areas in general. New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and other areas are facing yearly declines in population.
"California residents are increasingly likely to leave their state to seek opportunities elsewhere," YakTriNews pointed out. "The states with the greatest population growth over the last five years are Idaho and Nevada."
There's also a single Washington city that's among the fastest-growing places in the U.S. Click here to see where it is.