People Are Fleeing Queens More Than Any Other NYC Borough

QUEENS, NY — People are fleeing Queens more than any other borough in New York City, according to the latest census data.

Queens shrank by 17,959 residents between July 2017 and the same date in 2018. During the same time, Brooklyn saw 13,555 people leave, Manhattan dropped by 1,079 and The Bronx by 7,593. Only Staten Island bucked the trend, growing by 663.

The city lost a total of 39,523 residents, the data shows.

The population estimates released by the Census Bureau Thursday show the southern and western United States saw the largest increases in population.

On the metro level, the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area had the largest numeric growth in population, followed by the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale area. A natural increase in population — having more births than deaths — was the largest source of population growth in the Dallas area while domestic migration was the largest source for the Phoenix area, the Census Bureau said.

"One interesting trend we are seeing this year is that metro areas not among the most populous are ranked in the top 10 for population growth," Sandra Johnson, a demographer at the Census Bureau, said.

According to the Census, the top 10 most populous counties for 2018 are:

Los Angeles County, California
Cook County, Illinois
Harris County, Texas
Maricopa County, Arizona
San Diego County, California
Orange County, California
Miami-Dade County, Florida
Dallas County, Texas
Kings County, New York
Riverside County, California

The top 10 counties for numeric growth between 2017 to 2018 are:

Maricopa County, Arizona
Clark County, Nevada
Harris County, Texas
Collin County, Texas
Riverside County, California
King County, Washington
Orange County, Florida
Tarrant County, Texas
Bexar County, Texas
Hillsborough County, Florida

The top 10 most populous metropolitan areas in 2018 are:

New York-Newark-Jersey City
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell
Boston-Cambridge-Newton

The top 10 metropolitan areas for numeric growth between 2017 and 2018 are:

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue
Austin-Round Rock
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria

Reported by Feroze Dhanoa/Patch