Minority millennials (18-34) drive city growth
Millennials in select cities Rank Metropolitan area
Breakdown by race White
Minority
Black
Hispanic
Asian/ Hawaiian, Pacific Islander#
4.2%
Am. Indian/ 2 or Alaska more Native races
1.
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
95.8%
0.6%
94.2%
0.9%
0.1%
0.1%
2.
El Paso, TX
13.5
86.5
4.1
79.6
1.5
0.4
0.9
3.
Fresno, CA
24.1
75.9
5.1
56.5
11.9
0.6
1.8
4.
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
25.4
74.6
24.4
46.0
2.8
0.2
1.2
5.
Honolulu, HI
25.4
74.6
5.4
12.8
37.9
0.4
18.1
6.
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
26.0
74.0
6.6
49.8
15.0
0.2
2.4
7.
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
26.5
73.5
7.6
56.7
6.4
0.4
2.4
8.
Stockton-Lodi, CA
27.2
72.8
7.1
45.8
16.0
0.5
3.5
9.
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
27.8
72.2
2.7
31.4
34.6
0.2
3.3
10.
Bakersfield, CA
29.5
70.5
6.2
57.7
4.2
0.6
1.9
60.
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
64.8
35.2
22.5
7.2
3.2
0.2
2.1
76.
Toledo, OH
71.1
28.9
16.2
7.9
2.1
0.2
2.4
78.
Columbus
71.6
28.4
16.3
4.6
4.9
0.2
2.5
83.
Dayton, OH
73.5
26.5
17.5
3.4
2.8
0.2
2.6
90.
Akron, OH
77.3
22.7
13.7
2.5
3.8
0.2
2.5
91.
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
77.5
22.5
13.8
3.6
3.0
0.2
1.9
95.
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA
78.7
21.3
13.4
4.5
1.0
0.1
2.1
Source: Brookings Institution
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