2000-2020 Metropolitan Population Projections for New York's Urbanized Areas (Buffalo: town, percentages)

[SteelCityRising]

While poring over a thread on the Ohio forum in which folks were arguing over whether Cincinatti or Cleveland was "better," I came across a reply with a helpful link that extrapolated upon U.S. Census Bureau patterns and projections to prognosticate what the population of all United States metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs). Here are the results for New York.

Albany/Schenectady/Troy
2000 Population: 826,740
2020 Population: 908,784
Change From 2000-2020: +82,044

Binghamton
2000 Population: 252,018
2020 Population: 232,566
Change From 2000-2020: -19,452

Buffalo/Niagara Falls
2000 Population: 1,168,864
2020 Population: 1,042,377
Change From 2000-2020: -126,487

Elmira
2000 Population: 91,022
2020 Population: 81,407
Change From 2000-2020: -9,615

Glens Falls
2000 Population: 124,369
2020 Population: 139,582
Change From 2000-2020: +15,213

Ithaca
2000 Population: 96,624
2020 Population: 108,083
Change From 2000-2020: +11,459

Kingston
2000 Population: 177,883
2020 Population: 187,516
Change From 2000-2020: +9,633

New York City
2000 Population: 18,356,506
2020 Population: 19,489,766
Change From 2000-2020: +1,133,260

Poughkeepsie/Newburgh/Middletown
2000 Population: 623,838
2020 Population: 747,531
Change From 2000-2020: +123,693

Rochester
2000 Population: 1,038,405
2020 Population: 1,007,605
Change From 2000-2020: -30,800

Syracuse
2000 Population: 650,337
2020 Population: 632,889
Change From 2000-2020: -17,448

Utica/Rome
2000 Population: 299,600
2020 Population: 289,416
Change From 2000-2020: -10,184

[juppiter]

Thanks for posting, very interesting... I decided to add some percentages to put these in perspective.

Albany/Schenectady/Troy +9.9%
Binghamton -7.7%
Buffalo/Niagara Falls -10.8%
Elmira -10.5%
Glens Falls +12.2%
Ithaca +11.8%
Kingston +5%
New York City +6.1%
Poughkeepsie/Newburgh/Middletown +19.8%
Rochester -2.9%
Syracuse -2.6%
Utica/Rome -3.3%

[just_sayin']

That seems too far ahead to make projections. The losses all seem too large as do the gains. I don't see Rochester or Buffalo losing that much population, and I don't see NYC and Poughkeepsie gaining that much.

[juppiter]

I agree that it seems too far ahead. We don't know what will change in 20 years. Then again, in NYS government not much ever does. The new boss is always the same as the old boss.