Posted Jul 2, 2022, 7:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Quixote
LA was already (comfortably) the third largest MSA by 1950 — the first decennial census in which 'standard metropolitan statistical areas' were defined (precursor to the present-day 'metropolitan statistical area').
https://www2.census.gov/library/publ...03/pc-3-03.pdf
New York
12,831,914
Chicago
5,475,535
Los Angeles
4,339,225
Philadelphia
3,660,676
Detroit
2,973,019
You will also see in that document that in 1940:
Philadelphia
3,199,637
Los Angeles
2,916,403
LA most likely had surpassed Philly by the mid-40s. It's not entirely inaccurate to say that LA was a top-three population center for most of the 20th century.
There's nothing to indicate that this will happen. Assuming LA remains stagnant, Houston would have to maintain 10% population growth for the next 6 decades to surpass LA's 2020 count. Toronto has a better chance of eclipsing LA in 20-30 years. |
There's almost no way la can gets eclipsed.
That's crazy talk.
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