[Kevin]

Outside the Western US and the Southern US, there are only three Metropolitan Areas in the US over 1,000,000 in population that have a Positive Net Domestic Migration for 2005. All 3 metros are located in the Midwest. None in the Northeast.

1. Indianapolis-Carmel, IN MSA
http://recenter.tamu.edu/data/popm00/pcbsa26900.html

2. Kansas City, MO-KS MSA
http://recenter.tamu.edu/data/popm00/pcbsa28140.html

3. Columbus, OH MSA
http://recenter.tamu.edu/data/popm00/pcbsa18140.html

The other large metropolitan areas that are growing in the North are increasing in population from International Immigration and having more births than deaths.

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN surprised me. I had no idea that negative net domestic migration started there already.:shrug:

[LMich]

All three of these metros (some to more or lesser extents than the other) have in common the the policies that have attracted domestic families to the the Sunbelt sprawlers in the West and South. Those three growing domestically from migration don't surprise me much.

[themaguffin]

While that is good news for those metros... but is it at the expense of the core city and county? It appears to be the case at least for Indy and Columbus (I don't know KC's home county). for those two cities the core county has negative domestic migration.

[akronbball]

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN surprised me. I had no idea that negative net domestic migration started there already.:shrug:

I am suprised by MLSP as well. Hopefully in the next couple years MLSP can continue to do well economically and correct this.

I also noticed that Denver has a negative net domestic migration as well.

http://recenter.tamu.edu/data/popm/pm2080.htm

[ajfroggie]

MSP was hit harder than normal during this recent recession....that may be part of the reason...

That and most people who were going to move to the MSP area from "outstate Minnesota" already have...;)

[DeadManWalking]

While that is good news for those metros... but is it at the expense of the core city and county? It appears to be the case at least for Indy and Columbus (I don't know KC's home county). for those two cities the core county has negative domestic migration.

KC's home counties are Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass. KC really has taken after the sunbelt sprawlers in that it has huge city limits and neverending sprawl. Unlike those cities in the sunbelt though KC has a decently urban core.