Official 2010 US Census Data (living, best, cost, state)

[adavi215]

Atlanta's numbers are startling. How much did the MSA grow from 2000? Perhaps much of the growth did go to the burbs and not necessarily the core county of Fulton. If the populations figures are correct then Fulton is not that much more populated than my home county of Mecklenburg (the county that Charlotte is in). I find this hard to except. Fulton feels more dense and more populated than Mecklenburg. This will be an interesting development.

[kidphilly]

Originally Posted by adavi215

Atlanta's numbers are startling. How much did the MSA grow from 2000? Perhaps much of the growth did go to the burbs and not necessarily the core county of Fulton. If the populations figures are correct then Fulton is not that much more populated than my home county of Mecklenburg (the county that Charlotte is in). I find this hard to except. Fulton feels more dense and more populated than Mecklenburg. This will be an interesting development.

I really think the city may have a neighborhood by neighborhood phenomenon - many grew a lot and then many more may have seen modest declines. Overall it really may not be a bad thing. Vibrant neighborhoods continue to grow and get better, more crime ridden areas may have declined. In the end Atlanta proper may be building toward a better ballance and overall greater vibrancy. As the core neighborhoods expand so may Atlanta proper.

On the MSA - a million is a million people

[kdogg817]

Atlanta be happy the metro is growing. There is a article out the NY-Times that highlights the city of Dallas and why it is barely growing. I am sure a similar situation is happening in Atlanta. Atlanta can challenge but I doubt they will win. Houston for some odd reason is also challenging and I am sure the census will just ignore there dispute.


http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/us/27ttdallas.html

[blkgiraffe]

Originally Posted by kdogg817

Atlanta be happy the metro is growing. There is a article out the NY-Times that highlights the city of Dallas and why it is barely growing. I am sure a similar situation is happening in Atlanta. Atlanta can challenge but I doubt they will win. Houston for some odd reason is also challenging and I am sure the census will just ignore there dispute.


http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/us/27ttdallas.html

It's much more than simply just accepting whatever the data give us; if it can be challenged; than do so. Don't just ignore because these underwhelming numbers affect development and funding for these cities.

[adavi215]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

It's much more than simply just accepting whatever the data give us; if it can be challenged; than do so. Don't just ignore because these underwhelming numbers affect development and funding for these cities.

That is definitely the premise behind Atlanta's challenge. GA, for some odd reason, likes to stick it to Atlanta whenever it can. The feds are Atlanta's only hope.

[kdogg817]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

It's much more than simply just accepting whatever the data give us; if it can be challenged; than do so. Don't just ignore because these underwhelming numbers affect development and funding for these cities.

You see the trend just like I do...burbs grew....inner city slow growth.

[waronxmas]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

It's much more than simply just accepting whatever the data give us; if it can be challenged; than do so. Don't just ignore because these underwhelming numbers affect development and funding for these cities.

Exactly, especially when the idea that they were so woefully wrong with the data they were producing. For instance, I went and looked up the estimates for each year for the city.

Remember, this is the Bureau's estimates and the city had nothing to do with it:

April 1, 2000 (Census 2000) 416,474

April 1, 2000 (Estimates Base) 418,109
July 1, 2000 420,624
July 1, 2002 442,538
July 1, 2003 456,919
July 1, 2003 456,919
July 1, 2004 468,725
July 1, 2005 483,108
July 1, 2006 498,496
July 1, 2007 520,368
July 1, 2008 537,958

For 10 years, growth of about 10k or so on average is not out of the question and seems reasonable given the amount of development. Which makes this shocking:

April 1, 2010 420,003

Is it plausible that Atlanta proper didn't grow as high as 540,000? Sure.

Is it plausible that there were high growth in certain central districts while districts in other districts was declining? Sure.

Is it plausible that everyone from the Federal government, City government, to residents just didn't notice 100,000 people left the city in 10 years? Not bloody likely.

At this point though it is likely that, officially at least, the city of Atlanta will go down in the record books as having 420,000 residents for 2010. It's pretty unlikely the Census Bureau will acknowledge any sort of discrepancy with the results for any of the cities as it will appear as if they don't know what they are doing (thus putting their existence in jeopardy due to them looking like morons) and there is a serious flaw with the way they collect data.

Instead when they release the city estimates for July 1st 2010 in a few weeks, most of the cities that saw an undercount will magically have all of the residents magically reappear. Of course it will do no good as far as Federal funding goes or the deciding of new congressional districts. That last point definitely screws Atlanta and neighboring Dekalb county (which also saw a massive undercount to the tune of ~200,000 residents less than estimates) as we will not gain one of the new congressional seats due to Georgia. Not to throw out any conspiracies, but it is worth noting the two most heavily Democratic party areas of all of Georgia is Atlanta and Dekalb County. Coincidence I am sure.

[BPerone201]

WOOOOOOOOW @ Atlanta.
No one should really be disappointed, some of the ATL posters past arguments may have been flushed down the toilet though. Just kidding, I still love you ATL

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by waronxmas

Not to throw out any conspiracies, but it is worth noting the two most heavily Democratic party areas of all of Georgia is Atlanta and Dekalb County. Coincidence I am sure.

The thought has crossed my mind.

In California the deficit btwn the Census Bureau and the State's own estimates is a whopping 1.5 Million.

The Census says we grew by 3.5 Million, CAs Dept of Finance says we grew by 5 Million.

That's massive.

[bradjl2009]

Originally Posted by Chicago60614

Wowsers! Atlanta was projected to grow by 125,000 since 2000....and it ended up growing by less than 4,000. That has to be the largest messup % wise.

I've got to wonder about NYC and Boston. I believe Arizona, Georgia and New York were the states that were overstated in the 2009 estimates by over 200,000 compared to the actual census. Phoenix and Atlanta have already come in heavily under the estimates. Curious if NYC will follow suit. I'm assuming it will be under the estimates, just by how much...

St Louis was another city that did horribly with a population gain expected but loss a lot of population.