Many of the nation's largest cities recorded spikes in population growth last year as Americans flocked to urban centers, Census data released this morning shows.
The 2011 estimates signal population is increasing in most large cities faster than the nation as a whole, and the growth appears to be accelerating. Areas of the southwestern U.S. and those with stronger economies, in particular, reported sizable gains over the year.
"We're seeing a real bump for city growth," said William Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution. "It has a lot to do with the metro area's economic base and whether the city has a good quality of life."
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