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Omaha is losing people to other big cities.

Out of the 100 largest metro areas, Omaha ranks toward the bottom (83rd) in the rate of movement between metro areas, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Census Bureau. The Omaha metro area loses a net of about 5 people a year for every 1,000 in the city.

It’s a negative indicator for a city hoping to become much more than it is today.

The Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce has started comparing Omaha with nine other major metro areas, from places we aspire to be like Austin, Nashville and Raleigh, to close competitors in Des Moines, Kansas City and Oklahoma City, to peers in Colorado Springs, Louisville and Salt Lake City.

Compared with those nine metro areas, Omaha ranks last in the rate for keeping and attracting metro dwellers.

Seven other metro areas on that list show net gains of people moving from one big city to another.

Besides Omaha, two other cities show a net loss of people — Kansas City and Louisville.

Omaha has a net average loss of 4,800 people annually who move out of Omaha for another metro area, compared with those moving in from a metro area.