Experts predict that Miami — along with several other fast-growing cities — will be one of the most populated places in America by 2100. But can these metros actually handle all that growth?
Based on population trends from the U.S. Census Bureau, Miami will be home to 13,779,843 people by 2100, making it the 10th most populated metro area in the country. moveBuddha examined a number of factors that impact a city’s ability to accommodate its residents, like school availability, hospital beds, traffic and housing, to determine just how well The Magic City will handle over 7 million new Miamians.
Projections show that Miami will need to add over 3.3 million households by 2100 in order to keep the same people-to-household ratio as 2021. That’s not all — the metro would also need to expand by about 2,200 square miles in order to fit all that new housing.
Furthermore, Miami would need nearly 11,000 additional hospital beds and over 2,500 new schools, all while a total of 10,191,737 drivers cause traffic.
Miami isn’t the only metro that needs to expand in order to accommodate its future residents. moveBuddha predicts that Dallas, Houston, Austin, Phoenix, New York, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Washington and Orlando also have a lot of growing to do as population continues to shift around the U.S. during the remainder of the 21st century.