Census Bureau releases July 1, 2007 state population estimates
The Census Bureau has released its latest State population estimates for July 1, 2007. The estimates show that Nevada is once again growing at the fastest rate (a title it has held for most of the past two decades, though it was temporarily displaced by AZ last year). The top four states for population growth rate are all in the west (NV, AZ, UT, ID). The fastest growing state east of the Mississippi is Georgia. The Census Bureau estimated that Rhode Island and Michigan both lost population over the year, and that Ohio was flat.
Here's a link to a CNN story: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/27/sta....ap/index.html Here's a link to a page at the Census Bureau's website where you can download an Excel table with data from the Census Bureau for every state: http://www.census.gov/popest/states/NST-ann-est.html Top 5 for Rate of Growth July 2006 through July 2007: Nevada: 2.93% Arizona: 2.81% Utah: 2.55% Idaho: 2.43% Georgia: 2.17% Top 5 for numerical increase July 2006 through July 2007: Texas: 496,751 California: 303,343 Georgia: 202,670 Florida: 193,735 North Carolina: 191,590 |
Out of that 202,000 for Georgia, probably 160,000 moved to Atlanta. And you should probably repost this in the City Discussions section. This section is like the tales from the crypt.
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Trae: I know this section is from the crypt but when I've started population threads in the past moderators have moved them in here. It pisses me off, but what can I do? |
2007 Largest States by Population:
California 36,553,215 Texas 23,904,380 New York 19,297,729 Florida 18,251,243 Illinois 12,852,548 Pennsylvania 12,432,792 Ohio 11,466,917 Michigan 10,071,822 Georgia 9,544,750 North Carolina 9,061,032 New Jersey 8,685,920 Virginia 7,712,091 Washington 6,468,424 Massachusetts 6,449,755 Indiana 6,345,289 Arizona 6,338,755 Tennessee 6,156,719 Missouri 5,878,415 Maryland 5,618,344 Wisconsin 5,601,640 Minnesota 5,197,621 Colorado 4,861,515 Alabama 4,627,851 South Carolina 4,407,709 Louisiana 4,293,204 Kentucky 4,241,474 Oregon 3,747,455 Oklahoma 3,617,316 Connecticut 3,502,309 Iowa 2,988,046 Mississippi 2,918,785 Arkansas 2,834,797 Kansas 2,775,997 Utah 2,645,330 Nevada 2,565,382 New Mexico 1,969,915 West Virginia 1,812,035 Nebraska 1,774,571 Idaho 1,499,402 Maine 1,317,207 New Hampshire 1,315,828 Hawaii 1,283,388 Rhode Island 1,057,832 Montana 957,861 Delaware 864,764 South Dakota 796,214 Alaska 683,478 North Dakota 639,715 Vermont 621,254 District of Columbia588,292 Wyoming 522,830 |
It seems like only a matter of time (and short time, at that) before Georgia, and maybe even North Carolina passes up Michigan. I do question this particular loss number for Michigan, though. Just a few weeks ago the city of Detroit was found by the Census to have been undercounted nearly 50,000 people. I think the situation, population-wise, is much closer to Ohio with maybe a loss or gain of a few thousand. A UofM economist, here, also predicts that this 06-07 loss may be a blurb in this decade when we look at 2010 because of the massive buyouts in the auto industry that gave people the means to look elsewere. Michigan is no doubt stagnant, but it may very well still place a very small growth when the numbers come out in 2010, as its still 1.3% over its 2000 count. This decade will be very similar to the 80's when Michigan posted 0.4% 'growth'.
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I can't believe NJ is not larger in population. It always feels bigger than that.
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LMich; true. One interesting thing is that for projections (not estimates) the Census Bureau puts North Carolina at more people than Georgia 20 or 30 years out. Georgia has been widening the gap between it and North Carolina in recent years, but I guess the Census Bureau has cause to believe that will change in the future...
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Maybe the Census believes that North Carolina, having more major metro areas, may outpace the one major metro area in Georgia: Atlanta. NC also has those smaller sized metro areas around the state like Georgia does.
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Steve, I'm not sure what you were responding to. I know too little about Georgia and North Carolina to know how close they will remain in population, and didn't really touch on that, at all. I touched on the fact that it seems very likely both N.C. and Georgia will likely pass up Michigan in the not too distant future if Michigan keeps stagnating. |
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LMich, if you want an eqivalent Midwestern comparison in terms of intrastate population distribution, NC=OH, and GA=IL. |
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That is pretty accurate. Atlanta is the Chicago of Georgia. Charlotte, The Triad, and The Triangle are the Cincy, Cleveland, and Columbus of NC. |
That makes sense to me.
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Arizona is probably ahead of Indiana and Mass by now, and getting close to overtake WA
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Top 10 states for numerical increase, from July 2000 through July 2007:
Texas: 3,052,560 California: 2,681,567 Florida: 2,268,865 Georgia: 1,358,297 Arizona: 1,208,123 North Carolina: 1,011,719 Virginia: 633,576 Washington: 574,303 Nevada: 567,125 Colorado: 560,254 Top 10 states for rate of growth, from July 2000 through July 2007: Nevada: 28.38% Arizona: 23.55% Utah: 18.46% Georgia: 16.59% Idaho: 15.88% Texas: 14.64% Florida: 14.20% Colorado: 13.03% North Carolina: 12.57% Delaware: 10.36% |
Interesting if unimportant point...
If New England were a state instead of a small region with 6 small states its population would be 14,264,185 in an area slightly larger than Georgia. |
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