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Old 06-22-2010, 12:30 PM
 
Location: NYC
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According to the Census Bureau's press release today, Boston's pop is closing in on 650,000. Up from 589,000 at the last census. Very impressive for such as densely developed city.

By my count that puts Boston's pop density at over 13,300 ppsm. Surpassing Chicago for 3rd place among large cities.

Cambridge easily showed some growth, reaching 108,000.



http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/files/SUB-EST2009-ALL.csv (broken link)

Does anybody know what is behind the growth? The city had a condo boom, but it didn't seem big enough to explain the growth. I'm guessing some/most of the growth is better capturing college students, etc, than actual growth.
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Old 06-22-2010, 04:38 PM
 
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Are you sure it isn't 645,198 or 645,200? We need precision on these things!
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Old 06-22-2010, 05:26 PM
 
Location: Dallas
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Does anybody know what is behind the growth? The city had a condo boom, but it didn't seem big enough to explain the growth. I'm guessing some/most of the growth is better capturing college students, etc, than actual growth.
I think the 589K was some estimate that was way off. As I recall they were doing projections that BOS went from like 605K down to 589K when it was obvious all around people were moving in not out. The whole South End repopulated, boarded up buildings in Southie, C-Town, and Dot got fixed up. Whole blocks of empty lots in Roxbury filled in. The leather district lofts and a whole new neighborhood by Jimmy's in the Seaport District. Several new high rises were added in Charles River Park and around the Pru. All that plus a whole bunch of new high rise college dorms. And Eastie looks very next.

Oh BTW, you do know the population of BOS in 1950 was 850K, right?
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Old 06-23-2010, 09:04 AM
 
Location: Long Beach
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maybe now the Sun Belters will shut up about us not growing. Are the state figures out yet?
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