Why Americans are ESCAPING These 10 Mid-Sized Metros | The Top 10 Mid-Sized Metros LOSING Population

On this video we take a look at the Top 10 Mid-Sized US Metros (250K-1M Population) that lost population between the 2020 Census and the 2022 Census Estimates. Cities Explored: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mi... Follow on Instagram:   / mileagemike   Travel Channel:    / mileagemiketravels   Equipment Used: Camera: https://amzn.to/3zwp1Kl Covert Camera: https://amzn.to/3xvRr7h Computer: https://amzn.to/3KxuG9e SD Card: https://amzn.to/38ikIb6 Gimbal: https://amzn.to/3wPx2d0 Microphone: https://amzn.to/3ZH9ja1 Headphones: https://amzn.to/3MBcJEF Portable Hard Drive: https://amzn.to/3nNcpw1 Long Term Storage Drive: https://amzn.to/3nNHY8B What is a Metropolitan Statistical Area (Metro Area): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropo... Sources and Additional Info: US Census Bureau: https://www.census.gov/data/tables/ti... Peoria fastest shrinking cities: https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/cor... California Losing College Graduates: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/22/us... West Virginia Population Decline: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/s... Oxnard, CA: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Fettlemap, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Salinas, CA: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Naotake Murayama, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Peoria, IL https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Bohao Zhao, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Scott Tranchitella from West Peoria, Illinois, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Ann Arbor, MI https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... David Harris, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Santa Cruz, CA: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... No machine-readable author provided. Matt314 assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b..., via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Aaronbrick, CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b..., via Wikimedia Commons Columbus, GA: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Thechased, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Jackson, MS https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Ken Lund from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... formulanone from Huntsville, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Pacific Coast Highway: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Patrick Pelster, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons