2012 Census Estimates released. (better, rates, comparison, cons)

[nashvols]

Originally Posted by nature's message

Why are they always a year behind? I don't understand.

Well, for one, it's a ton of data to deal with. Two, it's the government. It's kind of amazing they only operate a year behind.

[gwillyfromphilly]

Originally Posted by nashvols

Well, for one, it's a ton of data to deal with. Two, it's the government. It's kind of amazing they only operate a year behind.

Agreed, not every country does yearly population estimates like the United States does. I think many of us take it for granted.

[SteveTime]

Originally Posted by nashvols

What do you want to know? I already compiled a lot of the numbers.

Fastest growing counties....How much Nashville is growing...and how fast Tennessee is approaching the 7 million mark.

Some interesting things I noticed.Metro Clarksville is growing faster than St Louis!..

Metro Nashville is now 14 counties ...not even Houston or Dallas have 14 counties...that's huge! I can't name many metros with 14 counties...Metro Nashville now stretches from Kentucky almost to the Alabama state line

I looked for Murfreesboro population but couldnt find it...I know its due to surpass Chattanooga

I compared some Memphis data from May of last year to these recent estimates it seems less people are moving out of Memphis metro but the evidenced could.be flawed. Also with the new definitions ...its interesting to see how extensively the Memphis metro has expanded into Mississippi

And thanks to new Metro definitions Knoxville went from 700k to 830k in a year ..lol I always thought it ll be cool if the state had 3 metros over 1 million...

And despite the new Metro definitions I don't think Chattanogga gained any counties because its still at the 500k range

[nashvols]

Originally Posted by SteveTime

Fastest growing counties....How much Nashville is growing...and how fast Tennessee is approaching the 7 million mark.

Some interesting things I noticed.Metro Clarksville is growing faster than St Louis!..

Metro Nashville is now 14 counties ...not even Houston or Dallas have 14 counties...that's huge! I can't name many metros with 14 counties...Metro Nashville now stretches from Kentucky almost to the Alabama state line

I looked for Murfreesboro population but couldnt find it...I know its due to surpass Chattanooga

I compared some Memphis data from May of last year to these recent estimates it seems less people are moving out of Memphis metro but the evidenced could.be flawed. Also with the new definitions ...its interesting to see how extensively the Memphis metro has expanded into Mississippi

And thanks to new Metro definitions Knoxville went from 700k to 830k in a year ..lol I always thought it ll be cool if the state had 3 metros over 1 million...

And despite the new Metro definitions I don't think Chattanogga gained any counties because its still at the 500k range

A few things...

-2012 city populations aren't out yet.
-Clarksville metro, in terms of percentage, is top 5 in the country. It's not just growing faster than St. Louis.
-Nashville does have a lot of counties in the metro...but county number comparisons to other metros are difficult and misleading due to differing size of counties.
-Murfreesboro is not reasonably close to Chattanooga in population. Clarksville is considerably closer.
-Memphis metro is still growing. Not really fast...but in terms of raw numbers, 2nd fastest in the state...primarily due to Shelby County.
-Knoxville will not reach 1 million by the next Census unless it absorbs more counties from the CSA, mainly Sevier (the CSA has been over 1 million for a little while now).
-No counties gained in Chattanooga's MSA, but the CSA added Dalton, GA, Dayton, TN, and Scottsboro, AL.

Top 10 fastest growing counties in Tennessee:
1) Davidson +21,611 (648,295)
2) Shelby +13,124 (940,764)
3) Montgomery +12,127 (184,468)
4) Rutherford +11,850 (274,454)
5) Williamson +9,731 (192,911)
6) Knox +9,082 (441,311)
7) Hamilton +9,080 (345,545)
8) Sumner +5,478 (166,123)
9) Wilson +4,971 (118,961)
10) Sevier +2,623 (92,512)

Tennessee Metro Areas (with change):
1) Nashville - 1,726,693 +55,803
2) Memphis - 1,341,690 +16,881
3) Knoxville - 848,350 +10,779
4) Chattanooga - 537,889 +9,744
5) Kingsport-Bristol - 309,006 (-538)
6) Clarksville - 274,234 +13,609
7) Johnson City - 200,684 +1,968
8) Jackson - 130,450 +441
9) Cleveland - 117,820 +2,032
10) Morristown - 114,937 +984

Tennessee's population will probably cross the 7 million mark a little after the next Census...say, 2022, barring major shifts in growth patterns.

[Areed]

Florida needs to slow down, we're close to passing the 20 million mark!

[HtownLove]

Originally Posted by Areed

Florida needs to slow down, we're close to passing the 20 million mark!

Start kicking out the gators and pythons and pave over those everglades. You can easily pack 20m more

[cwkimbro]

Originally Posted by nashvols

A few things...

-2012 city populations aren't out yet.

Tennessee's population will probably cross the 7 million mark a little after the next Census...say, 2022, barring major shifts in growth patterns.

Wow, I never realized Tennessee was so small (not to be intended as an insult).

I thought with all of the mid-size cities added together it would be bigger.

[nashvols]

Originally Posted by cwkimbro

Wow, I never realized Tennessee was so small (not to be intended as an insult).

I thought with all of the mid-size cities added together it would be bigger.

Part of it is that fairly significant portions of a couple of metros are outside of the state (300,562 of Memphis' MSA is in Mississippi & Arkansas, 149,630 of Chattanooga's is in Georgia, 95,633 of Kingsport-Bristol's is in Virginia, 89,874 of Clarksville's is in Kentucky -- a total of more than 635,000).

Tennessee is sort of a tweener...not among the bigger states in the South, like Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, or Virginia...not among the middle states like Alabama, Kentucky, South Carolina, or Louisiana. We're the 17th largest overall...which seems about right for what our cities bring.

[Areed]

Originally Posted by nashvols

Part of it is that fairly significant portions of a couple of metros are outside of the state (300,562 of Memphis' MSA is in Mississippi & Arkansas, 149,630 of Chattanooga's is in Georgia, 95,633 of Kingsport-Bristol's is in Virginia, 89,874 of Clarksville's is in Kentucky -- a total of more than 635,000).

Tennessee is sort of a tweener...not among the bigger states in the South, like Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, or Virginia...not among the middle states like Alabama, Kentucky, South Carolina, or Louisiana. We're the 17th largest overall...which seems about right for what our cities bring.

Really, only 7 million? I thought you were closer to the 12 million mark. Show's you what i know about other states population. The only other ones beside florida i pay attention to is Kentucky(where my family is from) and new york(since we are close to passing them in population).

[GraniteStater]

The 2012 Census update continues to strong overall pattern of faster growth in many metropolitan counties and continued strong decline in many rural counties.