NYC ranked 1st in population gain, Houston no 2 (metropolitan, highest, Chicago)
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But no Florida cities it's very strange I think.
I know Miami added 73,000 people but the others ? Maybe the huge florida pop growth is spread out into many florida cities and not 1 or 2 of them.
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Haha nah, I only meant that Dallas would add more than Houston and L.A. would probably add more than New York. Only my guess though.
Yeah, it will be tight to see the 2010 Census next summer when it comes out. It will finally end a lot of the chaotic "my metro is going to add this" argument haha.
I hope whatever needs to be added in for whichever metro gets it done.
Also for Detroit, I am actually hoping that they drop population to reach a more stabilized unemployment rate and pick up faster economically.
Yeah, it will be tight to see the 2010 Census next summer when it comes out. It will finally end a lot of the chaotic "my metro is going to add this" argument haha.
I hope whatever needs to be added in for whichever metro gets it done.
Also for Detroit, I am actually hoping that they drop population to reach a more stabilized unemployment rate and pick up faster economically.
Detroit will have to lose so many people to have an unemployment rate below 8% o_o I guess Detroit people will go to the South, I saw an article about that some months ago..Apparently their favorite city is Atlanta, followed by Houston.
But no Florida cities it's very strange I think.
I know Miami added 73,000 people but the others ? Maybe the huge florida pop growth is spread out into many florida cities and not 1 or 2 of them.
You almost never see Florida cities on these lists due to how the state is governed. You have smaller city centers which are the incorporated part of the city and what is counted in these numbers but you also have the unincorporated areas just outside the city boundary where the majority of the population is.
you almost never see florida cities on these lists due to how the state is governed. You have smaller city centers which are the incorporated part of the city and what is counted in these numbers but you also have the unincorporated areas just outside the city boundary where the majority of the population is.
You almost never see Florida cities on these lists due to how the state is governed. You have smaller city centers which are the incorporated part of the city and what is counted in these numbers but you also have the unincorporated areas just outside the city boundary where the majority of the population is.
It is more to do with how the government is run. The unincorporated areas are mainly governed by the county while the incorporated areas are governed by the city.
To give a reference, if NYC was governed the same way the city would probably be from midtown down through Wall St with upper Manhattan and the 4 other boroughs being the unincorporated areas.
In percent terms, going by one of the sources you gave, the city that declined the most is Jolley, Iowa. Granted it declined from 54 to 31, but in Iowa any incorporated settlement is a city. Of towns with more than a 1,000 Pass Christian, Mississippi looks to have had the worst decline. I wonder if that's Katrina related. Of cities over 10,000 Long Beach, Mississippi had the worst decline in the decade. Of cities over 100,000 it's New Orleans as the most declined.
In percentage terms the fastest growing city is Heritage Creek, Kentucky. (Previously called Minor Lane Heights) From 2000-2009 it apparently went from 11 to 346. As you may have figured Kentucky is one of the states that lists all incorporated settlements as cities. The second fastest is Maricopa, Arizona. Maricopa might be more interesting as it went from 1,622, if I did the math right, to 44,691. You have to look a bit to get to a city of over a 100,000 when it comes to high growth in percentage terms. Still McKinney, Texas apparently more than doubled in the period going from around 54,300 to 127,672. Of cities that had over a 100,000 in 2000 Gilbert, Arizona and North Las Vegas look to have grown the most in percentage terms. Although Raleigh, North Carolina and Cape Coral, Florida also look to have had significant growth and I think are less-dependent on a larger city.
Maybe I'm wrong but I can imagine Los Angeles lose population this decade, the economy of the city is so bad, and it won't heal before some years..In California this decade San Francisco and San Jose could be the winners, they did better during the recession.
Acutally, the Census Bureau is notorious for undercounting LA's population.
The Department of Finance for the state of California has a much better track record for accurate population estimates within the state. Based on their estimates, the CITY of LOS ANGELES between 2000 and 2009 actually INCREASED by 355,000.
The Dept. of Finance's most recent estimate for the City of Los Angeles (Jan. 1st 2010) is 4,094,000 which is an increase of about 400,000 from the 2000 Census.
Acutally, the Census Bureau is notorious for undercounting LA's population.
The Department of Finance for the state of California has a much better track record for accurate population estimates within the state. Based on their estimates, the CITY of LOS ANGELES between 2000 and 2009 actually INCREASED by 355,000.
The Dept. of Finance's most recent estimate for the City of Los Angeles (Jan. 1st 2010) is 4,094,000 which is an increase of about 400,000 from the 2000 Census.
I will wait the 2010 census next year, we'll be sure
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