Population Growth - Upstate NY 1970 - 2007 (Buffalo, Rochester: statistics, estimate, metropolitan area)

[bellafinzi]

Population Growth of Upstate NY Counties from 1970 to 2007.

Red ~ Population Loss
Blue ~ Population Gain



This map is a rough estimate based on statistics found in the following website: Population and Household Data
The change in population aren't perfect, so please don't expect them to be exact figures for each county.

Sorry for the poor quality. I made it myself.

[honeychrome]

Thanks for that Bellafinzi- it's rather interesting.

'Course you left out a few downstate counties! I'd guess there'd be some pretty big, blue numbers there.

[bellafinzi]

My County...Onondaga County....is sadly one of the "red counties". It lost about 16,000 people in the last 37 years.....

Hopefully, before Spitzer's four year term as Governor is up my county will join the "blue counties". Of course, that's "IF" Spitzer actually keeps his campaign promise.

[bellafinzi]

Originally Posted by honeychrome

Thanks for that Bellafinzi- it's rather interesting.

'Course you left out a few downstate counties! I'd guess there'd be some pretty big, blue numbers there.

You're welcome!

Yes, you are correct. Not including Long Island and NYC boroughs, all downstate counties gained population. Most had substantial gains.

[Miker]

Thanks bellafinzi.

Are there one too many zeroes on Erie County or is it really negative 200,000???

This really depresses me and I'm not even from Western NY. I have visited Buffalo a number of times for work and have always enjoyed the city and the people...How sad.

[bellafinzi]

Originally Posted by Miker

Thanks bellafinzi.

Are there one too many zeroes on Erie County or is it really negative 200,000???

This really depresses me and I'm not even from Western NY. I have visited Buffalo a number of times for work and have always enjoyed the city and the people...How sad.

Glad you like the map.

Yes, that's 200,000 for Erie County....
Erie County, NY Population and Components of Change

I projected the number for 2007

[bellafinzi]

Biggest winners
Saratoga County ~ 94,000 (Albany Metropolitan Area)
Ontario County ~ 26,000 (Rochester Metropolitan Area)
Jefferson County ~ 26,000 (Watertown-Ft. Drum)
Tompkins County ~ 23,000 (Ithaca Metropolitan Area)
Oswego County ~ 23,000 (Syracuse Metropolitan Area)

Biggest Losers
Erie County ~ 200,000 (Buffalo's county)
Oneida County ~ 40,000 (Utica's county)
Broome County ~ 25,000 (Binghamton's county)
Niagara County ~ 19,000 (Buffalo Metropolitan Area)
Onondaga County ~ 16,000 (Syracuse's county)

[Sgoldie]

A tad surprised by the Oswego County numbers.

[Ex-Ithacan]

Nice job Bellafinzi. Good stuff for some, not so good for others. Hope the next map done has more good ews than bad. Thanks.

[Upstate Dave]

Very nice work. Having a diagram is so helpful in putting numbers in perspective sometimes.