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Since the last Census:
Miami +54,122 @ 35.68 m2 = +1516.87 ppl/m2
Seattle +96,692 @ 83.87 m2 = +1152.88 ppl/m2
Not only is Miami densifying faster, it's significantly faster. It's also significantly more dense.
Maybe there's other cities who are also densifying faster? I don't know.
What happens when you start including municipalities bordering Miami to get to about 83 square miles of land area to make it a more direct comparison? What would that include adding? Perhaps Miami Beach, Coral Gables, South Miami, West Miami, El Portal, Bay Village, Surfside, Indian Creek, Miami Shores, Biscayne Park, Bal Harbour, Bay Harbour Islands, Miami Shores, North Miami, Hialeah, Opa-Locka, and all the unincorporated parts in between? I think in land area that's contiguous and adds to something close to 83.
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Here are New Mexico's 10 largest cities, which remain unchanged in order. Slow to moderate growth in the Rio Grande Valley (Santa Fe/ABQ/Cruces), stagnation in the rest of the state's cities, with the exception of the Four Corners area which is shrinking quickly.
Albuquerque -- 559,277 (+1829 -- change from 2015)
Las Cruces -- 101,759 (+324)
Rio Rancho -- 96,028 (+2098)
Santa Fe -- 83,875 (+591)
Roswell -- 48,184 (-183)
Farmington -- 41,639 (-1221)
Clovis -- 39,373 (+83)
Hobbs -- 38,143 (-89)
Alamogordo -- 31,283 (+487)
Carlsbad -- 28,914 (-16)
Albuquerque's numbers for previous years were revised down so the 2016 estimate is essentially the same as what the original 2015 estimate was, at about 559,000.
These estimates are rather ridiculous. I'll never forget the fiasco in 2011 with the actual counts being much different from previous estimates for many cities. To me, it's an argument against using sampling for official counts. I'd rather have an official count that is made up of people who actually bother to reply to the Census. Too bad for those who don't reply and aren't counted. Outreach and information campaigns should continue to try to get higher participation rates, but that's all that should happen to try to get a more full count, IMO.
Austin is the fastest growing large city by percentage in 2016. Seattle is #2. However, Austin is about four times the land area of Seattle. Denver also is growing well, just behind Seattle, but also has a much bigger land area.
Here are New Mexico's 10 largest cities, which remain unchanged in order. Slow to moderate growth in the Rio Grande Valley (Santa Fe/ABQ/Cruces), stagnation in the rest of the state's cities, with the exception of the Four Corners area which is shrinking quickly.
Albuquerque -- 559,277 (+1829 -- change from 2015)
Las Cruces -- 101,759 (+324)
Rio Rancho -- 96,028 (+2098)
Santa Fe -- 83,875 (+591)
Roswell -- 48,184 (-183)
Farmington -- 41,639 (-1221)
Clovis -- 39,373 (+83)
Hobbs -- 38,143 (-89)
Alamogordo -- 31,283 (+487)
Carlsbad -- 28,914 (-16)
Too bad as a lot of them have great potential.
For example, Carlsbad could be so good, Pecos River flowing through town and a
nice warm climate.
Looks like Rio Rancho is nipping at Las Cruces heels...
will pass it soon to become number 2.
Though Cruces has a metro over 150,000.
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