Cincinnati MSA to surpass Cleveland MSA in population this year (Akron: environment, showing)

[Cincy-Rise]

Originally Posted by Traveler87

If Cleveland could gain Akron/Canton we could show some growth again, and add some more counties in too. Some surrounding Cleveland counties are showing extremely fast growth rates. Due to sprawl, unfortunately. Ohio's metro areas are pretty small in area actually. If we could add cities like Akron/Canton and Dayton to Cleveland and Cincinnati our populations would be much large. Cleveland already over the 3 million mark, and I am sure Cincinnati would be close too.

Columbus has been showing strong growth from 06-07. It grew by 1.1%, making it one of the fastest growing metros in the northern half of the country.

Actually, Akron is also losing population and so is Dayton.

... and with Dayton included with Cincy that would put us at the 3.2 mil mark.

[Traveler87]

Originally Posted by Cincy-Rise

Actually, Akron is also losing population and so is Dayton.

... and with Dayton included with Cincy that would put us at the 3.2 mil mark.

Akron has been in the mix up, it will gain some and loose some, but the gains have out-paced the losses. Akron/Canton together have a growing population.

[hillside]

Originally Posted by CortlandGirl79

Apparently you've never read The Plain Dealer or Beacon Journal.

the plain dealer does a decent investigative report, but day-to-day it's a mediocre paper with either real long in depth columns or blurbs. not familiar with the beacon, though i know their sports reporting is good, oddly enough, like dayton . the enquirer is just so blatantly slanted and full of lazy reporting that i have a hard time respecting it. so many of the reporters are caught up in the political power circle and its biddings that it's disgusting. greg korte? pete bronson??

maybe it's the capital city advantage, but the dispatch seems to be the best day-to-day paper to find out what's going on in columbus and ohio. they do a good investigation, and most writers seem mostly objective, except about osu football of course . i will say, mike coleman can do no wrong in the dispatch.

[Cle440]

If there was a Cincinnati CSA (with Cincinnati-Dayton-Springfield) the population would be 3.2 million

If there was a Cleveland CSA (Cleveland-Akron-Canton) the population would be 3.5 million.

The populations of both those areas would be pretty stable. They would both probably show a very small amount of growth, but for the most part they havent changed much in size for a while.

However, like I said, the Cleveland CSA would still be a good size smaller in land area than the Cincinnati CSA. At least in Ohio we have more than just 1 dominating city. We have Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Columbus, not to mention the other larger cities. In other states like NY, Michigan, Georgia, Illinois, have 1 dominating city.

[Cincy-Rise]

Originally Posted by Traveler87

Akron has been in the mix up, it will gain some and loose some, but the gains have out-paced the losses. Akron/Canton together have a growing population.

I see that! It does seem to go up and down.

[Ohiogirl81]

Originally Posted by hillside

pete bronson??

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHH!

I dunno where the Enquirer found that facist, but it needs to lose him. Quick.

[Cle440]

Also the Cleveland metro is losing population at a slow rate. The Akron and Canton metros are both gaining a little bit, so if it was all added in one CSA the population would be stable, not losing any, and not really gaining any. It would be at 3.5 million.

The Cincinnati area is in almost the same situation. The Cincinnati metro is gaining population but the Dayton-Springfield metro is losing population. If it was all in the same CSA the population would be growing at a slow rate. It would be at 3.2 million.

[Cincy-Rise]

Cleveland including Akron and Canton = 3,304,148 (not 3.5 ) ... Cle440 come on bro, I posted the US Census link above! lol.

Cleveland's population trend assuming it's the same and INCLUDING Akron & Canton's MSA it would lose 9,773 per year.

*That's while I was saying earlier ... adding Canton and Akron, doesn't help the numbers or perception.

Cincinnati's population trend, assuming it's the same INCLUDING Dayton, and Springfield we would gain 8,338 per year.

[Cle440]

Actually I got over 3.4 million for Cleveland. I didnt look at the census though, none of their stuff is right, at least I dont think it is. They say that Cleveland only had 406,000 in 2006. They also say that Cincinnati only had 302,000 in 2006. That means Cleveland had to lose 70,000 in 6 years, and Cincinnati lost 30,000 in 6 years. I dont think so. I looked at Wikipedia and some other sites instead that had newer numbers.

[Cincy-Rise]

Wikipedia is a user-supported site that uses census numbers. It relies on readers to update the the information you read.

How do you think Wikipedia came up with the population totals?