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The Census numbers just coming out may prove to be a "one second before disaster" snapshot. COVID-19 became a major deal just two weeks before the April 1, 2020 Census date. And the George Floyd protests and riots started less than two months after that. These events have the potential to significantly alter population trends nationwide in the years to come. If so, it will prove rather handy to have a baseline number (i.e. the 2020 Census) right before everything changed -- if indeed everything ends up changing.
alabama one of the bigger surprises too, exceeding estimates by over 100,000 to cross the 5,000,000 mark.
Yea, it blows my mind. I don't understand it, how does 125k people slip through the crack. Massive oversight by whoever keeps up with the population growth in Alabama. Must've been high the entire time. The state has been lead to believe that we have sluggish growth when in fact it seems like the state has a pretty respectable growth rate
The Census numbers just coming out may prove to be a "one second before disaster" snapshot. COVID-19 became a major deal just two weeks before the April 1, 2020 Census date. And the George Floyd protests and riots started less than two months after that. These events have the potential to significantly alter population trends nationwide in the years to come. If so, it will prove rather handy to have a baseline number (i.e. the 2020 Census) right before everything changed -- if indeed everything ends up changing.
I think that is a very valid point. I am not sure covid changed State populations, but likely more city changes within States.
Here's a chart I made with the full numbers. New York City has 1 million more people than anticipated and the entire net Census undercount is accounted for by the Northeast.
Fantastic news!
Puerto Rico lost nearly half a million residents in ten years. Not surprising but wow.
PA surpassing 13 million. Not all that surprising. Philadelphia, Lancaster, York-Hanover, Harrisburg metros are growing at a decent clip. If it wasn't for the western part of the state, once might think that PA is just a notch below North Carolina in terms of growth.
West Virginia is unique. It seems to actually be booming in most areas within commuting distance to the Maryland line, which really tells you how much the isolated, rural counties are bleeding people.
PA surpassing 13 million. Not all that surprising. Philadelphia, Lancaster, York-Hanover, Harrisburg metros are growing at a decent clip. If it wasn't for the western part of the state, once might think that PA is just a notch below North Carolina in terms of growth.
West Virginia is unique. It seems to actually be booming in most areas within commuting distance to the Maryland line, which really tells you how much the isolated, rural counties are bleeding people.
West VA is not unique. If you carved out let’s say the twin tiers of NY/PA you’d probably se similar demographic trends. Or if you removed Chicagoland from Ill. Remove Metro KC from Kansas and it’s shrinking.
Rural areas are struggling everywhere (other than ND because resource extraction jobs aren’t mobile) it’s just WV is pretty different I’m not having a major city to mask the loss.
Wow, Pennsylvania surpassed 13M? I was not expecting that, but great news.
I wonder if the gap between Pennsylvania and Illinois will continue to widen.
I think it will...
Pennsylvania and its Eastern portion are really growing at a healthy clip.
I do not dislike Illinois... but its population and assets are so concentrated around Chicago, once you get south of Springfield it just is total crickets.
Whereas based on Pennsylvania's geographic diversity it really is in a higher growth trend overall..
Philadelphia and Southeast Pennsylvania, The Lehigh Valley and the Susquehanna Valley are growing at a very healthy rate. Even parts of the Poconos have seen tons of growth.
Pittsburgh is not all sour news either... although some of the exurban Pittsburgh areas continue to shed population. But overall Eastern Pennsylvania is on fire..
Here's a chart I made with the full numbers. New York City has 1 million more people than anticipated and the entire net Census undercount is accounted for by the Northeast.
Fantastic news!
Great job with this list, but how's VA and WV considered the NE?
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