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Old 11-22-2006, 11:27 PM
 
Location: Tennessee
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Yikes! The figures definitely look better per county. I can't figure this one out regarding New Castle, Virginia. Maybe it's a typo.

The 2005 New Castle, VA, population is 175. There are 1,069 people per square mile (population density).


Thanks for the good information!!
No, that's correct. The land size of New Castle is approximately .1635 square miles (Less than a mile). Since you are giving the measurement in square miles divide the square miles into the population to what the population would be per mile.

It would be 175/.1635 = 1070
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Old 11-23-2006, 06:28 AM
 
Location: Deep In The Heat Of Texas
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No, that's correct. The land size of New Castle is approximately .1635 square miles (Less than a mile). Since you are giving the measurement in square miles divide the square miles into the population to what the population would be per mile.

It would be 175/.1635 = 1070
Thanks LauraC. That makes sense how they figure it, but I'm sure glad it isn't in actuality true, so to speak.

Well, wherever I end up living, it isn't going to be in a town anyway, small or large. I want some place way out in the country where the population per square mile will be much less.

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Old 11-23-2006, 08:05 AM
 
Location: Northern CA but can't wait to get out!
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Population density is one of the reasons why I want to leave California...in my city, with a population of 7800, the pop. density is over 4000! You can't take 2 steps without bumping into someone. No wonder I'm starting to get claustophobic.
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Old 11-23-2006, 08:10 AM
 
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amjb: Back to your original question about population relative to counties in NC and TN, this is probaby due to historical rather than current migration or tax issues. Many of the larger counties have rail, water and highway transportation systems that date back a couple of centuries. You also indicated you wanted to locate in a rural area where there is little chance of a high population growth. Data is available on county population growth for every state. A couple examples for TN, Hancock county has a population of 6700 and a -1.2% loss of population between 2000-2003. Lake County with a population of 7900 has a net loss of -1.7% dorung the same period.
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Old 11-23-2006, 08:15 AM
 
Location: Deep In The Heat Of Texas
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amjb: Back to your original question about population relative to counties in NC and TN, this is probaby due to historical rather than current migration or tax issues. Many of the larger counties have rail, water and highway transportation systems that date back a couple of centuries. You also indicated you wanted to locate in a rural area where there is little chance of a high population growth. Data is available on county population growth for every state. A couple examples for TN, Hancock county has a population of 6700 and a -1.2% loss of population between 2000-2003. Lake County with a population of 7900 has a net loss of -1.7% dorung the same period.
Yes, I have found a website with that information on it as well as the 100 of the most fastest growing counties in the United States.

Thanks for your post.
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Old 11-23-2006, 08:17 AM
 
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Population density is one of the reasons why I want to leave California...in my city, with a population of 7800, the pop. density is over 4000! You can't take 2 steps without bumping into someone. No wonder I'm starting to get claustophobic.
Oh, goodness. I couldn't stand that.

I live in a fairly low populated area out in the country but actually, it is becoming too populated for me. I don't want to hear any noises but nature noises. I guess I'm getting picky in my old age.
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Old 11-23-2006, 10:28 AM
 
Location: Tennessee
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Thanks LauraC. That makes sense how they figure it, but I'm sure glad it isn't in actuality true, so to speak.

Well, wherever I end up living, it isn't going to be in a town anyway, small or large. I want some place way out in the country where the population per square mile will be much less.

No, no...there are only 175 people that live in the town of New Castle. Maybe they live on 2 or 3 blocks and somebody at some time decided to call that the town since we know the town is smaller than 1 square mile. Those 3 streets could be in the middle of a forest, farmland or a desert or New Castle could be 3 blocks in the middle of some big city that some wealthy folks decided to get their own post office for. Since very few people, live, work and play only within town boundaries, the perception of crowded for a smaller town, is probably better assessed by what surrounds it.
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