The City of Houston's population decreased by 151,000 in 2011? (Baytown, Sugar Land: home, income)

[MobileDave]

The City's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for 2011 begins the year with 2,257,926 residents and ends with 2,107,208.

Is the City of Houston shrinking? | The List | a Chron.com blog

Do you guys think it's a typo? Maybe it was the summer that did some people in? That's a Detroit style reduction and this writer seems to think its because we need more public transit.

[Glucorious]

So?

[Lost_In_Translation]

Meh, the trend is down in some parts, up in others. Natural turnover should be expected. Unlike other cities, there is a vibrant inner part that is trending up.

[Truth713]

Something about this report does not add up, people could have moved back to their home states due to a improvement in that income, o, then again the sky rocketing gas prices could have turned people off to a car cetric city like houston, but houston and texas a a whole still had some of the lowest gas prices in the nation so. I,m not ready to label Houston the next detriot due to one summer, after all two things the massive unaccounted for illegals which means Houston population is actually higher than census gives , two its a finical report which means a number of factors can influince it such as people cutting back on spending , third altought I admit least likey, this report favors a idealogy (one I support grant you)but still open to reading the math that favors your view point.

[vegankris]

Originally Posted by MobileDave

The City's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for 2011 begins the year with 2,257,926 residents and ends with 2,107,208.

Is the City of Houston shrinking? | The List | a Chron.com blog

Do you guys think it's a typo? Maybe it was the summer that did some people in? That's a Detroit style reduction and this writer seems to think its because we need more public transit.

David Crossley knows his stuff and he is right, more and more people want a transit oriented, walkable, bike-able community to live in. I've attended quite a few of Houston Tomorrow's meetings and they are working VERY hard to turn things around for our city in the way of sustainability and complete streets model. They are making some headway, but it's a tough road. If Houston wants to continue to be a "world class" city, they will eventually have to face the reality that changes in our city's transit system must be addressed. Everyone knows the biggest complaint of Houston (besides the heat) is the enormous sprawl we have here in conjunction with the horrible traffic.

These improvements to public transportation, complete streets and sustainability are good for everyone whether or not you have any plans to reduce your car use.

[cla]

I don't think there was necessarily an actual drop in population. In the years between the US census the city must use some form of estimating population, then corrects the estimate every 10 years after the census records are released. I think the city (correction - "census-bureau" over-estimated population between 2001 and 2010 and corrected in 2011 to match the 2010 census numbers.

I checked out the census website, and they do provide annual population estimates based on various methodologies. You can see from the link below various city populations from 2001-2009. You will notice that in Houston the population rose almost 100k in 2006 (after Katrina), when prior years showed a population growth of 20-25k. I think the post-Katrina population growth is the cause for such a large discrepancy between the 2009 data and the 2010 census data. Although Houston's population did see quite a gain after Katrina, I know a number of people who eventually moved back to Lousiana (not necessarily New Orleans), or moved on to another state.

http://www.census.gov/popest/data/ci...EST2009-01.xls

If you are interested in the methodology, see the link below.

http://www.census.gov/popest/methodo...09-su-meth.pdf

[elnina]

Maybe they moved to Atlanta???

Atlanta saw the second-largest population jump, with more than 151,000 new residents.

Thanks, SouthernBoy205 !! lol

Articles about Population - Boston.com

[SouthernBoy205]

That is not funny. They moved to Alabama instead.

[elnina]

So, 151,000 left Houston but metro area’s poverty rate grew by 5%.
Considering the metro area’s huge population increase and its reputation for a vibrant economy, this growth in poverty may come as a surprise. The other big cities in the Houston metro area—even affluent Sugar Land—have seen poverty increase in both absolute and percent terms since the decade began.
Houston experiences largest growth of poor population in American metros | Texas housers

[elnina]

Originally Posted by MobileDave

The City's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for 2011 begins the year with 2,257,926 residents and ends with 2,107,208.

I see some mixed reports here:
according to
American Population on the Move Since 2010 Census - WORLD PROPERTY CHANNEL Global News Center
between April 1, 2010, to July 1, 2011
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown population has increased by 139,699
so, between July1 and December 31, 2011 over 290K people left the town??
( to make up for 151K shrinkage ) ??