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Just as I had expected, the census numbers are much higher than the estimates, which last I saw had Monroe County shrinking by about 5000 people and the metro as a whole losing about 1000 net, they also had the city losing about 10% of it's population. Interesting to note, this was the smallest decline in the city's population since the 1950's.
Wouldn't have expected any high-growth numbers (with the obvious exception of towns like Victor, Henrietta, and Webster), but we certainly aren't the rapidly shrinking metro that so many people seem to believe we are.
It's also no surprise to me that we have grown while Buffalo has shrank; that has been the trend for decades and we get closer and closer to overtaking them as the 2nd largest metro in the state (we already have the 2nd largest economy).
Just as I had expected, the census numbers are much higher than the estimates, which last I saw had Monroe County shrinking by about 5000 people and the metro as a whole losing about 1000 net, they also had the city losing about 10% of it's population. Interesting to note, this was the smallest decline in the city's population since the 1950's.
Wouldn't have expected any high-growth numbers (with the obvious exception of towns like Victor, Henrietta, and Webster), but we certainly aren't the rapidly shrinking metro that so many people seem to believe we are.
It's also no surprise to me that we have grown while Buffalo has shrank; that has been the trend for decades and we get closer and closer to overtaking them as the 2nd largest metro in the state (we already have the 2nd largest economy).
I saw the same trend for the Syracuse area too. I just wish that Cayuga County was back in that metro. I believe that the Albany metro area has grown as well. So, it depends on where you are in Upstate NY.
If you would like to analyze the data further, the New York Times has released a map that goes close up, showing what the results of the census were. It turns out quite a few city neighborhoods grew, albeit by a small amount (The largest was downtown which grew by 11%). An area of Webster grew by 48% which is huge. Take a look, it's pretty interesting...
OK, didn't want to be the guy to say this; but the ONLY thing that separates Buffalo's population decline from that of Detroit is that Buffalo still has white people.
Both cities were heavily dependent on the steel and automobile industry in the first half of the 20th century and then suddenly had the rug pulled out from under them in the 60's/70's
Both have city populations that are well under half of what they were in 1950. (Buffalo's population was actually lower in 2000 than it was in 1900)
Both continue to be among the very few 1,000,000+ metropolitan areas in the country that are losing population
One big difference is that Detroit has some very very wealthy suburban areas; some of them among the wealthiest towns in the country; and some of the far flung suburbs of Detroit are growing quite rapidly.
Buffalo has definitely done a better job at maintaining some of its middle and upper-middle class neighborhoods in the city like South Buffalo and Albright. But other than that; the population decline of Detroit is only seen as worse by many people because there are no white people left there. Stigmas still exist. Sad but true
Has the city not been gaining the last two years according to estimates?
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