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Originally Posted by Novacek
I'm pretty sure it's not that (or the majority isn't that).
The difference is annexation.
The census number includes everyone who was in the city limits at the time (2010). But in addition to growing, the city has also annexed additional areas in the past 4/5 years. If you compare the current city population to the census number, you're not only seeing growth you're also seeing that.
I believe the baseline goes back and (tries) to figure out what the total population was in the area of the current city limits, to get a better idea on what the actual growth was.
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No, you're wrong. The census bureau themselves says that the difference is largely due to count v. estimate procedures.