Population Change in the Suburbs

of 35 Largest Metropolitan Areas

1990 to 2000


By William H. Lucy and David L. Phillips
with Steve Golden and Jeff Driscoll 
Urban and Environmental Planning
School of Architecture ,
University of Virginia
 

for 

Brookings Institution Center for Urban and Metropolitan Policy
 

A copy of the report in PDF Format: SUBURBS AND THE CENSUS: PATTERNS OF GROWTH AND DECLINE (PDF)
A copy of the appendix with all places listed:  Patterns of Growth and Decline in 2586 Suburban Places



The maps at this site represent some of the findings of a study of suburban places in 35 of the nation's largest metropolitan areas.
 

More than 700 of 2586 suburbs were found to have declined in population between 1990 and 2000.
The seven metropolitan maps available here present the declining suburbs (and city) of some of the more dynamic metropolitan areas.

The research is continuing to explore the dynamic between housing supply, demographic shifts and boundary changes.

Smaller format (faster loading)
Map 1 Cleveland PMSA
Map 2 Chicago PMSA
Map 3 Philadelphia PMSA
Map 4 Pittsburgh MSA
Map 5 St Louis MSA
Map 6 Cincinnati-Hamilton CMSA
Map 7 Detroit PMSA

Larger Format (slow loading)
Map 1 Cleveland PMSA
Map 2 Chicago PMSA
Map 3 Philadelphia PMSA
Map 4 Pittsburgh MSA
Map 5 St Louis MSA
Map 6 Cincinnati-Hamilton CMSA
Map 7 Detroit PMSA

Period of work:  Summer 2001.



 Maintained by dlp@Virginia.edu
Last Modified: December 17, 2001