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Actually, Florida is losing population, not gaining. Whether that will change any congressional seats remains to be seen. It certainly won't ADD another.
Actually, Florida is losing population, not gaining. Whether that will change any congressional seats remains to be seen. It certainly won't ADD another.
Another fault with that realtor list, is that is doesn't account for a signifcant factor in Florida, SNOWBIRDS. How many of those people buying houses in Florida are buying them to become full time residents as opposed to vacation/seasonal residents, or even investors? I would give more credit to the number of new Florida drivers licenses issued, or the number of van lines leaving Florida, which the University used.
I think California will probably lose a seat. It has been hit been hit really hard by unemployment and even tho people don't talk about it much, illegal aliens are starting to leave the U.S. Many of those illegals who leave will be "from" California.
Actually immigration to CA is still high and gaining, but domestic migration is where CA is on the losing end. In the end, CA is still positive, I think, and have even seen some reports that list CA as gaining a seat.
Arizona has shown a strong gain since 2000, but the growth has hit a cliff since 2007. Arizona went from being the #2 fastest-growing state in the 1990s to like 12th since 2007. The hemmoraging of j-o-b-s and the foreclosures mess is the biggest culprit.
Arizona has shown a strong gain since 2000, but the growth has hit a cliff since 2007. Arizona went from being the #2 fastest-growing state in the 1990s to like 12th since 2007. The hemmoraging of j-o-b-s and the foreclosures mess is the biggest culprit.
That's what almost all the sunbelt is dealing with
Arizona has shown a strong gain since 2000, but the growth has hit a cliff since 2007. Arizona went from being the #2 fastest-growing state in the 1990s to like 12th since 2007. The hemmoraging of j-o-b-s and the foreclosures mess is the biggest culprit.
Yep, and with Nevada having the 2nd highest unemployment ( only after Michigan ), and the highest foreclosure rate in the nation, and receiving the least amount of stimulus funds, I can't imagine they would be gaining that much in population ( even though Vegas was one of the fastest growing cities up till about 2 or 3 yrs ago. ) Hundreds are fleeing the area now.
Yes, this 2010 snapshot will be quite interesting in that while states like Arizona, Nevada, Florida, and even California experienced rapid growth in the first half of the decade, the second half has been significantly slowed. California will probably come out OK due to the foreign immigration. The others will see a signficantly lower growth rate due to the the past three years of foreclosures, net population loss.
New York, NY-NJ 19 mill
Los Angeles, CA 17 mill
Chicago, IL-IN 10 mill
Dallas-Ft. Worth 7 mill
Philadelphia, PA-NJ
Washington DC-Baltimore, VA-MD
Bay Area of CA
Houston
Miami
Boston
Pheonix-Mesa
Detroit
Denver
St. Louis
Minneapolis-St. Paul
San Diego
Minneapolis - St. Paul and San Diego surpassed by Denver and St. Louis? That's very unlikely. Here are the latest numbers for each metropolitan area:
MPLS. - STPL.: 3,229,878
San Diego: 3,027,497
St. Louis: 2,816,710
Denver: 2,506,626
That's what almost all the sunbelt is dealing with
The correct word to bold and underline would be "almost". There, fixed it for you. While growth everywhere has slowed, even in the Sunbelt, I can assure that a few states in the Sunbelt haven't hit a growth "cliff" like Arizona.
Texas is still leading the nation in most aspects of population growth. I'm not saying its booming, just reminding you that TX has not fallen off the growth chart.
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