50 States and DC Population Projections, 2030 (rain, historical, between)

[Traveler87]

Here's new estimates for 2012... please remember people, these are just computer estimates, let's not freak out and make rash decisions:

Guess Georgia is not number 8...


Jan. 15, 2012 State & DC Estimates & pop. change since 2010 Census Apr. 1, 2010

1 California 37,884,602 ( 630,646 )
2 Texas 26,017,907 ( 872,346 )
3 New York 19,442,080 ( 63,978 )
4 Florida 19,221,784 ( 420,474 )
5 Illinois 12,906,281 ( 75,649 )
6 Pennsylvania 12,783,164 ( 80,785 )
7 Ohio 11,555,168 ( 18,664 )
8 Georgia 9,921,585 ( 233,932 )
9 Michigan 9,839,333 ( -44,307 )
10 North Carolina 9,812,584 ( 277,101 )
11 New Jersey 8,859,683 ( 67,789 )
12 Virginia 8,172,435 ( 171,411 )
13 Washington 6,884,760 ( 160,220 )
14 Massachusetts 6,594,896 ( 47,267 )
15 Arizona 6,585,467 ( 193,450 )
16 Indiana 6,555,037 ( 71,235 )
17 Tennessee 6,461,724 ( 115,619 )
18 Missouri 6,054,916 ( 65,989 )
19 Maryland 5,857,813 ( 84,261 )
20 Wisconsin 5,735,950 ( 48,964 )
21 Minnesota 5,369,362 ( 65,437 )
22 Colorado 5,174,268 ( 145,072 )
23 Alabama 4,844,454 ( 64,718 )
24 South Carolina 4,740,599 ( 115,235 )
25 Louisiana 4,566,151 ( 32,779 )
26 Kentucky 4,394,760 ( 55,393 )
27 Oregon 3,904,870 ( 73,796 )
28 Oklahoma 3,824,062 ( 72,711 )
29 Connecticut 3,603,680 ( 29,583 )
30 Iowa 3,074,861 ( 28,506 )
31 Mississippi 2,989,615 ( 22,318 )
32 Arkansas 2,963,165 ( 47,247 )
33 Kansas 2,892,052 ( 38,934 )
34 Utah 2,865,723 ( 101,838 )
35 Nevada 2,799,082 ( 98,531 )
36 New Mexico 2,110,002 ( 50,823 )
37 West Virginia 1,864,481 ( 11,487 )
38 Nebraska 1,853,033 ( 26,692 )
39 Idaho 1,614,184 ( 46,602 )
40 Hawaii 1,389,977 ( 29,676 )
41 Maine 1,331,960 ( 3,599 )
42 New Hampshire 1,324,104 ( 7,634 )
43 Rhode Island 1,050,280 ( -2,287 )
44 Montana 1,005,670 ( 16,255 )
45 Delaware 917,361 ( 19,427 )
46 South Dakota 828,116 ( 13,936 )
47 Alaska 729,890 ( 19,659 )
48 North Dakota 684,247 ( 11,656 )
49 Vermont 628,197 ( 2,456 )
50 District of Columbia 612,569 ( 10,846 )
51 Wyoming 577,843 ( 14,217 )

http://www.bizjournals.com/bizjourna...8-million.html

[Traveler87]

Another interesting trend to look at. Here are July 2011 estimates. Compare these to the post above:


State/DC/PR==7/1/11 Pop==(change from 7/1/10)== [%]

1 California: 37,691,912 ( 353,714 ) [ 0.9 ]
2 Texas: 25,674,681 ( 421,215 ) [ 1.7 ]
3 New York: 19,465,197 ( 69,991 ) [ 0.4 ]
4 Florida: 19,057,542 ( 218,929 ) [ 1.2 ]
5 Illinois: 12,869,257 ( 27,277 ) [ 0.2 ]
6 Pennsylvania: 12,742,886 ( 25,164 ) [ 0.2 ]
7 Ohio: 11,544,951 ( 6,983 ) [ 0.1 ]
8 Michigan: 9,876,187 ( -956 ) [ - ]
9 Georgia: 9,815,210 ( 103,053 ) [ 1.1 ]
10 North Carolina: 9,656,401 ( 96,167 ) [ 1.0 ]
11 New Jersey: 8,821,155 ( 21,562 ) [ 0.2 ]
12 Virginia: 8,096,604 ( 72,651 ) [ 0.9 ]
13 Washington: 6,830,038 ( 87,088 ) [ 1.3 ]
14 Massachusetts: 6,587,536 ( 32,070 ) [ 0.5 ]
15 Indiana: 6,516,922 ( 26,300 ) [ 0.4 ]
16 Arizona: 6,482,505 ( 69,347 ) [ 1.1 ]
17 Tennessee: 6,403,353 ( 45,917 ) [ 0.7 ]
18 Missouri: 6,010,688 ( 14,973 ) [ 0.2 ]
19 Maryland: 5,828,289 ( 42,608 ) [ 0.7 ]
20 Wisconsin: 5,711,767 ( 20,108 ) [ 0.4 ]
21 Minnesota: 5,344,861 ( 34,203 ) [ 0.6 ]
22 Colorado: 5,116,796 ( 69,104 ) [ 1.4 ]
23 Alabama: 4,802,740 ( 17,339 ) [ 0.4 ]
24 South Carolina: 4,679,230 ( 42,124 ) [ 0.9 ]
25 Louisiana: 4,574,836 ( 29,493 ) [ 0.6 ]
26 Kentucky: 4,369,356 ( 22,133 ) [ 0.5 ]
27 Oregon: 3,871,859 ( 33,527 ) [ 0.9 ]
28 Oklahoma: 3,791,508 ( 31,324 ) [ 0.8 ]
29 Connecticut: 3,580,709 ( 5,211 ) [ 0.1 ]
30 Iowa: 3,062,309 ( 12,107 ) [ 0.4 ]
31 Mississippi: 2,978,512 ( 8,440 ) [ 0.3 ]
32 Arkansas: 2,937,979 ( 16,391 ) [ 0.6 ]
33 Kansas: 2,871,238 ( 12,095 ) [ 0.4 ]
34 Utah: 2,817,222 ( 41,743 ) [ 1.5 ]
35 Nevada: 2,723,322 ( 19,039 ) [ 0.7 ]
36 New Mexico: 2,082,224 ( 16,311 ) [ 0.8 ]
37 West Virginia: 1,855,364 ( 996 ) [ 0.1 ]
38 Nebraska: 1,842,641 ( 12,500 ) [ 0.7 ]
39 Idaho: 1,584,985 ( 13,883 ) [ 0.9 ]
40 Hawaii: 1,374,810 ( 11,451 ) [ 0.8 ]
41 Maine: 1,328,188 ( 809 ) [ 0.1 ]
42 New Hampshire: 1,318,194 ( 1,387 ) [ 0.1 ]
43 Rhode Island: 1,051,302 ( -1,226 ) [ -0.1 ]
44 Montana: 998,199 ( 7,241 ) [ 0.7 ]
45 Delaware: 907,135 ( 7,343 ) [ 0.8 ]
46 South Dakota: 824,082 ( 7,484 ) [ 0.9 ]
47 Alaska: 722,718 ( 8,572 ) [ 1.2 ]
48 North Dakota: 683,932 ( 9,303 ) [ 1.4 ]
49 Vermont: 626,431 ( 522 ) [ 0.1 ]
50 District of Columbia: 617,996 ( 13,084 ) [ 2.2 ]
51 Wyoming: 568,158 ( 3,604 ) [ 0.6 ]
United States 311,591,917 ( 2,261,698 ) [ 0.7 ]
Puerto Rico 3,706,690 ( -15,288 ) [ -0.4 ]

[Maintainschaos]

Originally Posted by Traveler87

Here's new estimates for 2012... please remember people, these are just computer estimates, let's not freak out and make rash decisions:

Guess Georgia is not number 8...


Jan. 15, 2012 State & DC Estimates & pop. change since 2010 Census Apr. 1, 2010

1 California 37,884,602 ( 630,646 )
2 Texas 26,017,907 ( 872,346 )
3 New York 19,442,080 ( 63,978 )
4 Florida 19,221,784 ( 420,474 )
5 Illinois 12,906,281 ( 75,649 )
6 Pennsylvania 12,783,164 ( 80,785 )
7 Ohio 11,555,168 ( 18,664 )
8 Georgia 9,921,585 ( 233,932 )
9 Michigan 9,839,333 ( -44,307 )
10 North Carolina 9,812,584 ( 277,101 )

California's population takes aim at 38 million - The Business Journals

So at this rate, within the next 2 years FL will be #3 and NY will be #4. IL will have also passed the 13 million mark. Interesting!

[Spade]

I don't take those bizjournals population rankings seriously. Fun to look at though.

[Maintainschaos]

Originally Posted by Spade

I don't take those bizjournals population rankings seriously. Fun to look at though.

I don't think they're all that far off base, really.

[Traveler87]

Originally Posted by Spade

I don't take those bizjournals population rankings seriously. Fun to look at though.

Exactly. It's like reading a Forbes list or some other list of best and worsts. You just have to take them with a grain of salt. Too much on this forum we look at lists and freak out and wonder why this city is there and that city isn't on it. Good or bad, who cares... it's a list.

On that note, it was interesting to see the projections.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by Maintainschaos

I don't think they're all that far off base, really.

The thing is that they give a prediction that Houston metro will reach 6.2 million exactly on February 6. Not around that date. But exactly that day. Right now, they have Houston at 6.191 million. Don't know how they get the point that a metro area will be at a certain number on an exact day.

[Maintainschaos]

Originally Posted by Spade

The thing is that they give a prediction that Houston metro will reach 6.2 million exactly on February 6. Not around that date. But exactly that day. Right now, they have Houston at 6.191 million. Don't know how they get the point that a metro area will be at a certain number on an exact day.

Well of course I don't buy their exact date prognostication, but their round figures don't seem too egregiously inaccurate.

[bradjl2009]

With these estimates, I think PA and IL will have over 13 million people in 2020, NY and FL with switch places with population rank, and I see NC taking over 9th in the country from Michigan.

[west336]

Originally Posted by Traveler87

Exactly. It's like reading a Forbes list or some other list of best and worsts. You just have to take them with a grain of salt. Too much on this forum we look at lists and freak out and wonder why this city is there and that city isn't on it. Good or bad, who cares... it's a list.

On that note, it was interesting to see the projections.

I heard the methodology was based on HISTORICAL rates of growth, which is a serious flaw, obviously, for future and current trends in real estate and moving. So PLEASE take this list with a gigiantic grain of salt, onlookers, and don't get too excited or pompus if your city supposedly beat all odds and continued to boom despite all the naysayers suggestions....