California's new population estimates released - state grows in 2009 to 38,648,000 residents (Los Angeles: transplants, real estate)

[FresnoFacts]

The state Dept of Finance released its new population estimates for the state, its counties and cities today. These are the state's estimates issued every year. Next year the DOF will include the census results.

The total state population was estimated to reach 38,648,000 as of January 1, 2010. That is an additional 393,000 residents added in the last year. 445 cities in the state added residents, 5 had no change, and 30 cities saw a loss in the number of residents.

The Jan 1, 2010 estimated populations for all counties and all 480 cities and the Jan 1, 2009 estimates for comparison are in the press release and also in a spreadsheet:
http://www.dof.ca.gov/research/demographic/reports/estimates/e-1/2009-10/documents/E-1_2010-Press_Release.pdf

http://www.dof.ca.gov/research/demographic/reports/estimates/e-1/2009-10/documents/E-1_2010.xls

A few points from the press release:

"California's statewide housing growth in 2009 reflects the downturn in the housing industry by only adding 62,385 housing units. Finance’s annual survey shows a steady reduction in residential construction since the peak year of 2005, when the state added 197,477 new units; in 2006, 172,458 units were added; in 2007, there were 131,823 additional units; and in 2008, only 86,492 were added. These estimates are based on the annual housing unit change surveys Finance collects directly from local governments."

"The City of Fresno topped 500,000 in population during 2009. More than 7,000 new residents were in the calendar year, putting the city’s population at 502,303 – which ranks the Central Valley city as California’s 5th largest. Fresno’s growth during the year was driven by the addition of 1,319 housing units."

"The City of Oxnard in Ventura County also reached a landmark in this report: with 200,004 residents, Oxnard became the 21th California city to exceed 200,000 in population."

"Los Angeles has reached a population of 4,094,764, growing by more than 44,000 persons during the year a rate more than twice the growth of California's second largest city, San Diego. San Diego now has a population of 1,376,173, adding more than 17,000 persons during the year."

"The biggest numeric increases typically occurred in some of the state's largest cities Los Angeles (44,037), San Diego (17,041), San Jose (16,237), and San Francisco (9,485)."

The 10 largest cities in the state and their estimated Jan 1 2010 populations:
1. Los Angeles - 4,094,764
2. San Diego - 1,376,173
3. San Jose - 1,023,083
4. San Francisco - 856,095
5. Fresno - 502,303
6. Long Beach - 494,709
7. Sacramento - 486,189
8. Oakland - 430,666
9. Santa Ana - 357,754
10. Anaheim - 353,643

[Lifeshadower]

I wonder if the US Census this year will look anything like these estimates? However, this is a really good find +1

I never thought San Francisco would have more than 850,000 people so soon. I guess real estate prices aren't low enough

[humboldtrat]

How depressing

[Oakland Uptown]

Originally Posted by Lifeshadower

+1

I never thought San Francisco would have more than 850,000 people so soon. I guess real estate prices aren't low enough

They miscount 100K

[DMenscha]

My county lost 60 people.

[mateo45]

Actually, that's great for real estate and the state's economy, which could use all the help it can get. Although it would be interesting to see who's moving here, and who's leaving (by age, education, income, politics, origin, etc.).

[GoldenZephyr]

Originally Posted by mateo45

Actually, that's great for real estate and the state's economy, which could use all the help it can get. Although it would be interesting to see who's moving here, and who's leaving (by age, education, income, politics, origin, etc.).

Unfortunately, it seems a majority of the newcomers are of low education, income, and resources. The majority of those leaving are young educated professionals in the 80-120K/yr range, replaced by those earning less than 40K. Unfortunately those people due to the tax code of CA, pay virtually nothing into the system, while taking much from it. Many would probably pay more, but the laws of this land require little to nothing from them.

[18Montclair]

Great Topic FresnoFacts.

California's 10 Largest Cities by Annual Percentage Growth
San Jose +1.6%
Fresno +1.4%
San Diego +1.3%
Oakland +1.2%
Anaheim +1.1%
Los Angeles +1.1%
San Francisco +1.1%
Sacramento +1.0%
Long Beach +0.8%
Santa Ana +0.7%

[mateo45]

Originally Posted by GoldenZephyr

Unfortunately, it seems a majority of the newcomers are of low education, income, and resources. The majority of those leaving are young educated professionals in the 80-120K/yr range, replaced by those earning less than 40K. Unfortunately those people due to the tax code of CA, pay virtually nothing into the system, while taking much from it. Many would probably pay more, but the laws of this land require little to nothing from them.

Could be, but it seems counter-intuitive to imagine it's mainly the better educated or affluent who are leaving, considering one of their often-cited reasons has been the State's high cost of living, and the fact that they're picking cheaper (plus lower-income and less-educated) states to move to (like AR, OK, MO, etc.). Meanwhile, increasingly it seems like the only folks who can afford to live along the coast are the more affluent ones.

[Ceece]

Originally Posted by mateo45

Could be, but it seems counter-intuitive to imagine it's mainly the better educated or affluent who are leaving, considering one of their often-cited reasons has been the State's high cost of living, and the fact that they're picking cheaper (plus lower-income and less-educated) states to move to (like AR, OK, MO, etc.). Meanwhile, increasingly it seems like the only folks who can afford to live along the coast are the more affluent ones.

I agree. I think it's probably a mix. Where I come from all I see are the affluent transplants, coming here on company transfers because they want to be in CA. They may or may not stay in the long run but so many people seem to at least want to TRY living in CA.