Gen Xers are defined here as people born between 1966 and 1975. The time period is 1990-2000.
| | Metro area | Gen Xer change | Overall change |
| 1 | Orange County, Calif. | -62.2% | 18.1% |
| 2 | Buffalo, N.Y. (Erie) | -14.6% | -1.9% |
| 3 | Baltimore ** | -13.7% | -11.5% |
| 4 | New Orleans (Orleans) | -10.8% | -2.5% |
| 5 | Rochester, N.Y. (Monroe) | -9.3% | 3.0% |
| 6 | Philadelphia (Philadelphia) | -7.6% | -4.3% |
| 7 | El Paso, Texas (El Paso) | -7.4% | 14.9% |
| 8 | Pittsburgh (Allegheny) | -7.4% | -4.1% |
| 9 | Providence, R.I. (Providence) | -7.1% | 4.2% |
| 10 | Cincinnati (Hamilton) | -5.8% | -2.4% |
| 11 | Hartford, Conn (Hartford) | -5.3% | 0.6% |
| 12 | Detroit (Wayne) | -3.0% | -2.4% |
| 13 | New Haven, Conn. (New Haven) | -1.7% | 2.5% |
| 14 | Honolulu (Honolulu) | 0.2% | 4.8% |
| 15 | St. Louis (St. Louis) | 0.5% | 2.3% |
| 16 | Washington, D.C. | 0.8% | -5.7% |
| 17 | Milwaukee (Milwaukee) | 1.0% | -2.0% |
| 18 | Newark, N.J. (Essex) | 2.1% | 2.0% |
| 19 | Cleveland (Cuyahoga) | 2.2% | -1.3% |
| 20 | Birmingham, Ala. (Jefferson) | 2.4% | 1.6% |
| 21 | Ventura, Calif. (Ventura) | 3.9% | 12.6% |
| 22 | San Diego (San Diego) | 4.3% | 12.6% |
| 23 | Memphis, Tenn. (Shelby) | 4.9% | 8.6% |
| 24 | Fresno, Calif. (Fresno) | 6.7% | 19.8% |
| 25 | Stockton, Calif. (Stockton) | 6.8% | 17.3% |
| 26 | Louisville, Ky. (Jefferson) | 8.0% | 4.3% |
| 27 | Bridgeport, Conn. (Fairfield) | 8.0% | 6.6% |
| 28 | San Antonio, Texas (Bexar) | 9.2% | 17.5% |
| 29 | Los Angeles (Los Angeles) | 9.4% | 7.4% |
| 30 | Tucson, Ariz. (Pima) | 9.4% | 26.5% |
| 31 | Boston (Suffolk) | 9.5% | 3.9% |
| 32 | Columbus, Ohio (Franklin) | 11.6% | 11.2% |
| 33 | Oklahoma City (Oklahoma) | 12.5% | 10.1% |
| 34 | Kansas City, Mo. (Jackson) | 13.2% | 3.4% |
| 35 | San Bernardino, Calif. (San Bernardino) | 13.4% | 20.5% |
| 36 | Tacoma, Wash. (Pierce) | 14.0% | 19.6% |
| 37 | Albuquerque, N.M. (Bernalillo) | 15.2% | 15.8% |
| 38 | Grand Rapids, Mich. (Kent) | 15.6% | 14.7% |
| 39 | Chicago (Cook) | 16.5% | 5.3% |
| 40 | Tulsa, Okla. (Tulsa) | 17.6% | 11.9% |
| 41 | Jacksonville, Fla. (Duval) | 18.9% | 15.7% |
| 42 | Bakersfield, Calif. (Kern) | 19.4% | 21.7% |
| 43 | McAllen, Texas (Hidalgo) | 21.1% | 48.5% |
| 44 | St. Petersburg, Fla. (Pinellas) | 22.3% | 8.2% |
| 45 | Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery) | 22.3% | -2.6% |
| 46 | Martinez, Calif. (Contra Costa) | 23.3% | 18.1% |
| 47 | Sacramento, Calif. (Sacramento) | 23.4% | 17.5% |
| 48 | Indianapolis (Marion) | 24.1% | 7.9% |
| 49 | Tampa, Fla. (Hillsborough) | 24.7% | 19.8% |
| 50 | Miami (Miami-Dade) | 24.9% | 16.3% |
| 51 | Riverside, Calif. (Riverside) | 27.2% | 32.0% |
| 52 | Oakland, Calif. (Alameda) | 28.4% | 12.9% |
| 53 | Nashville, Tenn. (Davidson) | 29.2% | 11.6% |
| 54 | Minneapolis (Hennepin) | 29.5% | 8.1% |
| 55 | New York City *** | 30.6% | 9.4% |
| 56 | Salt Lake City (Salt Lake) | 30.4% | 23.8% |
| 57 | Fairfax, Va. (Fairfax) | 32.2% | 18.5% |
| 58 | San Jose, Calif. (Santa Clara) | 32.6% | 12.4% |
| 59 | Houston (Harris) | 33.3% | 20.7% |
| 60 | Fort Worth, Texas (Tarrant) | 34.0% | 23.6% |
| 61 | San Mateo, Calif. (San Mateo) | 34.6% | 8.9% |
| 62 | Dallas (Dallas) | 43.5% | 19.8% |
| 63 | Austin, Texas (Travis) | 45.5% | 40.9% |
| 64 | Seattle (King) | 46.3% | 15.2% |
| 65 | West Palm Beach, Fla. (Palm Beach) | 47.5% | 31.0% |
| 66 | Atlanta (Fulton) | 47.5% | 25.7% |
| 67 | Portland, Ore. (Multnomah) | 48.7% | 13.1% |
| 68 | Phoenix, Ariz. (Maricopa) | 57.8% | 44.8% |
| 69 | Raleigh, N.C. (Wake) | 61.9% | 48.3% |
| 70 | Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Broward) | 62.4% | 29.3% |
| 71 | Charlotte, N.C. (Mecklenburg) | 68.7% | 36.0% |
| 72 | Denver (Denver) | 89.7% | 18.6% |
| 73 | San Francisco (San Francisco) | 91.0% | 7.3% |
| 74 | Las Vegas (Clark) | 118.8% | 85.5% |
| 75 | Orlando, Fla. (Orange) | 322.8% | 32.3% |
** Combined New York, Kings, Queens, Bronx and Richmond counties.
