Many major US cities are gaining population

Many major US cities are gaining population for the first time in decades, according to the latest numbers from the 2000 census. “This is the first hard evidence that the predictions of an urban renaissance are true,” Robert Lang of the Fannie Mae Foundation told USA Today. New York City grew faster than its suburbs, and Chicago added residents for the first time in 50 years. While population declined in cities such as Cleveland and Philadelphia, the rate of loss was significantly lower than during the 1990s. Much of the increase can be attributed to immigration, Lang says.