:-o Chicago population is 2,695,598 the 2010 Census reveals, a loss of 200,000 :-o

 

Chicago Population Sinks to 1920 Level

 

CHICAGO—A larger-than-expected exodus over the past 10 years reduced the population of Chicago to a level not seen in nearly a century. The U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday that during the decade ended in 2010, Chicago's population fell 6.9% to 2,695,598 people, fewer than the 2.7 million reported back in 1920. After peaking at 3.62 million people in 1950, Chicago underwent a half century of decline that ended only when the 1990s boom years produced a small gain in the 2000 count. At that time, the city loudly celebrated its comeback.

 

But the recent recession accelerated a migration both to the metropolitan area's farthest suburbs and to the Southern U.S. Chicago nonetheless is expected to remain the nation's third-largest city, behind New York and Los Angeles and just ahead of Houston, for which final census numbers aren't in yet.

 

More below:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703312904576146741729857936.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/

Texas 2010 Results

 

AUSTIN, TEXAS — Hispanics account for two-thirds of Texas' growth over the past decade and now make up 38 percent of the state's total population, new U.S. Census figures show. Non-Hispanic whites dropped to 45.3 percent and blacks make up 11.5 percent of Texas's population. The figures, which were obtained by The Associated Press, were given Thursday morning to state leaders and were set to be released publicly Thursday afternoon. The detailed demographic data will be used to redraw boundaries for Congress and the Legislature. Texas is getting four new Congressional seats, more than any other state, and Hispanic leaders say more Latino-dominated seats should be drawn as part of the redistricting process.

 

"As Census figures show, Texas is becoming more ethnically and racially diverse. Without the tremendous growth of the Hispanic community, Texas would have had very little growth," said Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, leader of the Senate Democrats. "Our gain of four new congressional seats is solely due to minority population growth."

 

Data for Texas show that the five most populous incorporated places and their 2010 Census counts are

 

1. Houston: 2,099,451

2. San Antonio: 1,327,407

3. Dallas: 1,197,816

4. Austin: 790,390

5. Fort Worth: 741,206

 

Houston grew by 7.5 percent since the 2000 Census. San Antonio grew by 16.0 percent, Dallas grew by 0.8 percent, Austin grew by 20.4 percent, and Fort Worth grew by 38.6 percent.

 

The largest county is Harris, with a population of 4,092,459. Its population grew by 20.3 percent since 2000. The other counties in the top five include Dallas, with a population of 2,368,139 (increase of 6.7 percent); Tarrant, 1,809,034 (increase of 25.1 percent); Bexar, 1,714,773 (increase of 23.1 percent); and Travis, 1,024,266 (increase of 26.1 percent).

 

More below:

http://www.statesman.com/news/texas/census-data-shows-huge-hispanic-growth-in-texas-1262317.html

More results:

 

Alabama

 

Data for Alabama show that the five most populous incorporated places and their 2010 Census counts are Birmingham, 212,237; Montgomery, 205,764; Mobile, 195,111; Huntsville, 180,105; and Tuscaloosa, 90,468. Birmingham decreased by 12.6 percent since the 2000 Census. Montgomery grew by 2.1 percent, Mobile decreased by 1.9 percent, Huntsville grew by 13.8 percent, and Tuscaloosa grew by 16.1 percent.

 

The largest county is Jefferson, with a population of 658,466. Its population decreased by 0.5 percent since 2000. The other counties in the top five include Mobile, with a population of 412,992 (increase of 3.3 percent); Madison, 334,811 (increase of 21.0 percent); Montgomery, 229,363 (increase of 2.6 percent); and Shelby, 195,085 (increase of 36.1 percent).

 

 

Hawaii

 

Data for Hawaii show that the five most populous places and their 2010 Census counts are Urban Honolulu, 337,256; East Honolulu, 49,914; Pearl City, 47,698; Hilo, 43,263; and Kailua, 38,635. Pearl City grew by 54.0 percent since the 2000 Census. Hilo grew by 6.1 percent and Kailua grew by 5.8 percent. Percent change data are not available for Urban Honolulu and East Honolulu census designated places because they were established after the 2000 Census.

 

The largest county is Honolulu, with a population of 953,207. Its population grew by 8.8 percent since 2000. The state's other four counties include Hawaii, with a population of 185,079 (increase of 24.5 percent); Maui, 154,834 (increase of 20.9 percent); Kauai, 67,091 (increase of 14.8 percent); and Kalawao, 90 (decrease of 38.8 percent).

 

 

Missouri

 

Data for Missouri show that the five most populous incorporated places and their 2010 Census counts are Kansas City, 459,787; St. Louis, 319,294; Springfield, 159,498; Independence, 116,830; and Columbia, 108,500. Kansas City grew by 4.1 percent since the 2000 Census. St. Louis decreased by 8.3 percent, Springfield grew by 5.2 percent, Independence grew by 3.1 percent, and Columbia grew by 28.4 percent.

 

The largest county is St. Louis, with a population of 998,954. Its population decreased by 1.7 percent since 2000. The other counties in the top five include Jackson, with a population of 674,158 (increase of 2.9 percent); St. Charles, 360,485 (increase of 27.0 percent); Greene, 275,174 (increase of 14.5 percent); and Clay, 221,939 (increase of 20.6 percent).

 

 

Nevada

 

Data for Nevada show that the five most populous incorporated places and their 2010 Census counts are Las Vegas, 583,756; Henderson, 257,729; Reno, 225,221; North Las Vegas, 216,961; and Sparks, 90,264. Las Vegas grew by 22.0 percent since the 2000 Census. Henderson grew by 47.0 percent, Reno grew by 24.8 percent, North Las Vegas grew by 87.9 percent, and Sparks grew by 36.1 percent.

 

The largest county is Clark, with a population of 1,951,269. Its population grew by 41.8 percent since 2000. The other counties in the top five include Washoe, with a population of 421,407 (increase of 24.1 percent); Lyon, 51,980 (increase of 50.7 percent); Elko, 48,818 (increase of 7.8 percent); and Douglas, 46,997 (increase of 13.9 percent)

 

 

Utah

 

Data for Utah show that the five most populous incorporated places and their 2010 Census counts are Salt Lake City, 186,440; West Valley City, 129,480; Provo, 112,488; West Jordan, 103,712; and Orem, 88,328. Salt Lake City grew by 2.6 percent since the 2000 Census. West Valley City grew by 18.9 percent, Provo grew by 7.0 percent, West Jordan grew by 51.8 percent, and Orem grew by 4.7 percent.

 

The largest county is Salt Lake, with a population of 1,029,655. Its population grew by 14.6 percent since 2000. The other counties in the top five include Utah, with a population of 516,564 (increase of 40.2 percent); Davis, 306,479 (increase of 28.2 percent); Weber, 231,236 (increase of 17.7 percent); and Washington, 138,115 (increase of 52.9 percent).

 

http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/2010_census/cb11-cn53.html

 

Next week brings Delaware, Kansas, Nebraska, North Carolina, and Wyoming.

Full list of cities over 100,000 as of 2/25/11:

 

Chicago city, IL: 2,695,598 (-200,418)

Houston city, TX: 2,099,451 (+145,820)

San Antonio city, TX: 1,327,407 (+182,761)

Dallas city, TX: 1,197,816 (+9,236)

Indianapolis city, IN: 829,718 (+37,792)

Austin city, TX: 790,390 (+133,828)

Fort Worth city, TX: 741,206 (+206,512)

El Paso city, TX: 649,121 (+85,459)

Baltimore city, MD: 620,961 (-30,193)

Seattle city, WA: 608,660 (+45,286)

Washington D.C.: 601,723 (+29,664)

Denver city, CO: 600,158 (+45,522)

Portland city, OR: 583,776 (+54,655)

Las Vegas city, NV: 583,756 (+105,322)

Oklahoma City city, OK: 579,999 (+73,867)

Kansas City city, MO: 459,787 (+18,242)

Virginia Beach city, VA: 437,994 (+12,737)

Colorado Springs city, CO: 416,427 (+55,537)

Tulsa city, OK: 391,906 (-1,143)

Honolulu CDP (incl. East Honolulu) 387,170 (+15,513)

Arlington city, TX: 365,438 (+32,469)

New Orleans city, LA: 343,829 (-140,845)

Aurora city, CO: 325,078 (+48,685)

St. Louis city, MO: 319,294 (-28,895)

Corpus Christi city, TX: 305,215 (+27,761)

Newark city, NJ: 277,140 (+3,594)

Plano city, TX: 259,841 (+37,811)

Henderson city, NV: 257,729 (+82,348)

Fort Wayne city, IN: 253,691 (+47,964)

Jersey City city, NJ: 247,597 (+7,542)

Norfolk city, VA: 242,803 (+8,400)

Laredo city, TX: 236,091 (+59,515)

Lubbock city, TX: 229,573 (+30,009)

Baton Rouge city, LA: 229,493 (+1,675)

Garland city, TX: 226,876 (+11,108)

Reno city, NV: 225,221 (+44,741)

Chesapeake city, VA: 222,209 (+23,025)

North Las Vegas city, NV: 216,961 (+101,473) *should this be included with Las Vegas here?

Irving city, TX: 216,290 (+24,675)

Birmingham city, AL: 212,237 (-30,583)

Spokane city, WA: 208,916 (+13,287)

Montgomery city, AL: 205,764 (+4,196)

Richmond city, VA: 204,214 (+6,424)

Des Moines city, IA: 203,433 (+4,751)

Shreveport city, LA: 199,311 (-834)

Tacoma city, WA: 198,397 (+4,841)

Aurora city, IL: 197,899 (+54,909)

Mobile city, AL: 195,111 (-3,804)

Little Rock city, AR: 193,524 (+10,391)

Amarillo city, TX: 190,695 (+17,068)

Salt Lake City city, UT: 186,440 (+4,697)

Newport News city, VA: 180,719 (+569)

Huntsville city, AL: 180,105 (+21,889)

Grand Prairie city, TX: 175,396 (+47,969)

Brownsville city, TX: 175,023 (+35,301)

Jackson city, MS: 173,514 (-10,742)

Vancouver city, WA: 161,791 (+18,231)

Springfield city, MO: 159,498 (+7,918)

Eugene city, OR: 156,185 (+18,292)

Salem city, OR: 154,637 (+17,713)

Sioux Falls city, SD: 153,888 (+29,913)

Rockford city, IL: 152,871 (+2,756)

Pasadena city, TX: 149,043 (+7,369)

Joliet city, IL: 147,433 (+41,212)

Paterson city, NJ: 146,199 (-3,023)

Fort Collins city, CO: 143,986 (+25,334)

Lakewood city, CO: 142,980 (-1,146)

Naperville city, IL: 141,853 (+13,495)

Alexandria city, VA: 139,966 (+11,683)

Mesquite city, TX: 139,824 (+15,301)

Hampton city, VA: 137,436 (-9,001)

McKinney city, TX: 131,117 (+76,748)

McAllen city, TX: 129,877 (+23,463)

West Valley City city, UT: 129,480 (+20,584)

Cedar Rapids city, IA: 126,326 (+5,568)

Elizabeth city, NJ: 124,969 (+4,401)

Bellevue city, WA: 122,363 (+12,794)

Lafayette city, LA: 120,623 (+10,366)

Thornton city, CO: 118,772 (+36,388)

Evansville city, IN: 117,429 (-4,153)

Independence city, MO: 116,830 (+3,542)

Springfield city, IL: 116,250 (+4,796)

Peoria city, IL: 115,007 (+2,071)

Provo city, UT: 112,488 (+7,322)

Norman city, OK: 110,925 (+15,231)

Columbia city, MO: 108,500 (+23,969)

Elgin city, IL: 108,188 (+13,701)

Pueblo city, CO: 106,595 (+4,474)

Arvada city, CO: 106,433 (+4,280)

Westminster city, CO: 106,114 (+5,174)

Gresham city, OR: 105,594 (+15,389)

West Jordan city, UT: 103,712 (+35,376)

Everett city, WA: 103,019 (+11,531)

South Bend city, IN: 101,168 (-6,621)

Centennial city, CO: 100,377 (n/a)

Aside from Chicago, St. Louis, and Birmingham, the biggest surprise on that list is Dallas.

What a shame...  Pfff...

^^^ Full list? Nothing from Ohio or Pennsylvania or Massachusetts or Minnesota or several other states.

^^^ Full list? Nothing from Ohio or Pennsylvania or Massachusetts or Minnesota or several other states.

 

Of whats been released

Aside from Chicago, St. Louis, and Birmingham, the biggest surprise on that list is Dallas.

 

Surprised that it only grew by 9000 people?  Knowing Texas' reputation for growth, I would have thought that Dallas would have gained more citizens. But I don't really know Dallas that well.

 

I know that San Antonio is the annexation capital of the world. I wonder how much of their growth is due to annexation.

Could Houston pass Chicago in a couple decades from now. Maybe 2030. That would be crazy.

Aside from Chicago, St. Louis, and Birmingham, the biggest surprise on that list is Dallas.

 

No joke.  Less growth than Spokane.  Is Dallas fully landlocked now?

^^^ Full list? Nothing from Ohio or Pennsylvania or Massachusetts or Minnesota or several other states.

 

Full list of cities over 100,000 as of 2/25/11

 

Aside from Chicago, St. Louis, and Birmingham, the biggest surprise on that list is Dallas.

 

Surprised that it only grew by 9000 people?  Knowing Texas' reputation for growth, I would have thought that Dallas would have gained more citizens. But I don't really know Dallas that well.

 

Bingo.  The metropolitan area is still the largest in Texas yet it's VERY surprising given Dallas' growth in the central core.  One theory were that the black folks on the southside were fleeing towards more stable suburbs like Grand Prairie and Arlington.

 

Aside from Chicago, St. Louis, and Birmingham, the biggest surprise on that list is Dallas.

 

No joke.  Less growth than Spokane.  Is Dallas fully landlocked now?

 

Yes, Dallas is fully landlocked now but it still has plenty of open space left in the city limits.

Could Houston pass Chicago in a couple decades from now. Maybe 2030. That would be crazy.

 

Houston was also a bit of a surprise as estimates had it going as high as 2.3 million.  Perhaps Houston's city growth has stalled a bit...for Texas ;).

^ lol, 140,000 gain is still pretty large

Again, stalled for Texas ;).

Show it appears that almost 3 million Hispanics moved to Texas since 2000. It said without the minority gains, Texas would have hardly gained

What's more interesting from reading some Texas data this week, is that the state would have marginal growth if not for the incredible Hispanic growth this decade. While it's not a shock that Hispanic growth would be large, its population grew like 42% compared to the white population growing but a couple percent. It's going to be interesting watching how the dynamics change the state.

^ Are all of them legal? Or Hispanic, Latino or Mexican are all having babies like no tomorrow??

Just looking a some of the cities listed vs. what they wre projected at in the American Community Survey and it's not looking good based on their peers for Cleveland and Cinncinnati.

 

For example, here is how cities that Cleveland and Cinncinnati compare too (demographically, economically) ... first number is the ACS projection, the second the actual census number and lastly the difference:

 

Chicago: 2824064  2695598 -128466

Baltimore 639337 620961 -18376

New Orleans 328669 343829 15160

St. Louis 355078 319294 -35784

 

It's a small sample, but so far industrial cities with large black populations (and outside of Chicago, cities with meager latino populations) have not fared well compared to projections. Of those four, only New Orleans beat projections, and due to Katrina, any projections for it was a crapshot.

 

Let's just hope that Cleveland and Cincinnati more closely resembles Baltimore and not Chicago or St. Louis.

 

P.S. I didn't include D.C., which is debatable if it belongs on that list, but it beat projections by 13,290. Nor did I include Indianapolis (annexation). Though Indy was 31382 above its projection, which could bode well for Columbus. I also didn't include Kansas City (which netted a gain of more than 18,000 overall, but still came up more than 14,000 below projections).

Could Houston pass Chicago in a couple decades from now. Maybe 2030. That would be crazy.

Houston is 600 square miles, Chicago is a little over 200 square miles.  It's actually crazy that Houston doesn't already have more people than Chicago.

Show it appears that almost 3 million Hispanics moved to Texas since 2000. It said without the minority gains, Texas would have hardly gained

Texas is on pace to have a Hispanic majority within the next 30 years.

Houston is 600 square miles, Chicago is a little over 200 square miles.  It's actually crazy that Houston doesn't already have more people than Chicago.

 

Why, so many cities have massive and continued city limits expansion... the difference is that it's just a political boundary and the reality is that a lot essentially suburban growth is happening within "cities" like Houston etc. and therefore are much less dense.

Any idea of what the expectations for OH's cities are?

 

Well, so far most estimates have been off, sometimes way off, but most of them are off at least in the trend that the estimates had.  If the estimates showed gains, usually there were gains.  If losses were shown, that's typically what came up.  There have been exceptions, but not many. 

For Ohio, if one just follows the estimate trends, here would be the obvious conclusions:

 

Cleveland, Toledo, Dayton, Youngstown and Canton all continue to see population declines.

Cincinnati and Akron maintain or grow slightly.

Columbus continues to grow strongly. 

 

But that's only if the estimate trends end up being reality. 

^ Which so far havent. I can see every major Ohio city shrinking besides Columbus.

^ Which so far havent. I can see every major Ohio city shrinking besides Columbus.

 

Well, I hope you're wrong, but I suspect that's true. 

when are the Ohio results expected?

when are the Ohio results expected?

 

Here is where to look- http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/

There's no reason to believe that Cleveland won't follow Chicago, unless the previous population declines have already accomplished the same sort of demographic/economic shift that is happening there. Moderate decline, definitely. Severe decline, possibly but probably not. (Speaking on a % basis, and remembering that CLE has fewer people to lose overall - I would consider 35k or more 'severe')

 

So what's going on here? Look at the map posted about Chicago above. A sea of red across the old neighborhoods in Cook County, the street after street of postwar/60s/70s houses that haven't experienced gentrification or any sort of concerted urban renewal program (making a sweeping assumption here). At the urban core, significant growth. At the periphery of the 'Greater XXXX' Area, significant growth. And major growth across the board in newer, mostly western/southwestern cities. Old neighborhoods lose, old cities lose (with some exceptions), and new cities and new neighborhoods win.

 

What I'd like to see is in the shift to the sunbelt and the west, is what race, age, and education of person is moving from the 'declining' cities to the 'new' cities. My guess is: White, Indeterminate, and Moderate. I predict that economic mobility and emerging industries are the catalysts that ignite an underlying preference for a nice new neighborhood (and better weather, usually). Because of continuing disparities in overall education/economic opportunity among impoverished groups, the exodus will continue to be mostly white/asian and highly educated. Meanwhile, those who choose to stay in the metro area they're already in are moving to the periphery (exurbs) to raise families or the comparatively smaller gentrified urban core if they can afford it.

 

Perhaps the gentrification will spread out into the areas that are losing population. I drove down E. 105th this morning and saw the huge renovated houses near the VA hospital - will that sort of thing do it? I don't know - seems like a band-aid on a gaping wound. It seems to me most people want something entirely different from what most older cities offer, not withstanding the exception of downtown apartments/condos, which seem to be fairly popular across the board.

There's other things going on in the Chicago map too.  Aside from what looks like one tract in Evanston and what I assume is Ft. Sheridan, nearly the entire North Shore posted losses as well, some of them significant.  Nobody's trying to move out of Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Glencoe, Highland Park, Lake Forest, or Lake Bluff though.  Nevertheless, they don't look good on the map, nor do other affluent suburbs like Northbrook or Deerfield, which also show up as red on the map.  It's probably more of a demographic shift, with a higher proportion of childless couples, single-person households, etc. 

So what's going on here? Look at the map posted about Chicago above. A sea of red across the old neighborhoods in Cook County, the street after street of postwar/60s/70s houses that haven't experienced gentrification or any sort of concerted urban renewal program (making a sweeping assumption here). At the urban core, significant growth. At the periphery of the 'Greater XXXX' Area, significant growth. And major growth across the board in newer, mostly western/southwestern cities. Old neighborhoods lose, old cities lose (with some exceptions), and new cities and new neighborhoods win.

 

Chicago's decline I believe is mostly due to the demolition of the projects, mainly large high density high rise buildings on the south side.  I think the vast majority of outmigration has to do with this and the other neighborhoods that are declining are doing so at a much slower rate.  It would be nicer if there was a more detailed map to illustrate this theory.

when are the Ohio results expected?

 

Here is where to look- http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/

 

Where can you find the population of Chicago and other cities on the website. I cant seem to find it.

So what's going on here? Look at the map posted about Chicago above. A sea of red across the old neighborhoods in Cook County, the street after street of postwar/60s/70s houses that haven't experienced gentrification or any sort of concerted urban renewal program (making a sweeping assumption here). At the urban core, significant growth. At the periphery of the 'Greater XXXX' Area, significant growth. And major growth across the board in newer, mostly western/southwestern cities. Old neighborhoods lose, old cities lose (with some exceptions), and new cities and new neighborhoods win.

 

Chicago's decline I believe is mostly due to the demolition of the projects, mainly large high density high rise buildings on the south side.  I think the vast majority of outmigration has to do with this and the other neighborhoods that are declining are doing so at a much slower rate.  It would be nicer if there was a more detailed map to illustrate this theory.

So what's going on here? Look at the map posted about Chicago above. A sea of red across the old neighborhoods in Cook County, the street after street of postwar/60s/70s houses that haven't experienced gentrification or any sort of concerted urban renewal program (making a sweeping assumption here). At the urban core, significant growth. At the periphery of the 'Greater XXXX' Area, significant growth. And major growth across the board in newer, mostly western/southwestern cities. Old neighborhoods lose, old cities lose (with some exceptions), and new cities and new neighborhoods win.

 

I'm no expert on Chicago, but is what you are saying are the demolition of Taylor Homes, Cabrini-Green, etc., forced people into other shaky, but somewhat working class neighborhoods? Which in turn, when the former residents of those projects moved into those neighborhoods, the people who could afford to, moved out, thus causing the major decreases that Chicago experienced? If so, I can see that. But those former residents, conceiveably, were still moving within city limits. And, aren't those projects that were torn down (Taylor, Cabrini-Green) redeveloped ... ala Longwood and Valleyview in Cleveland? So wouldn't that redevelopment have offset some of the out migration?

 

IDK for sure, but Chicago's numbers (and St. Louis') are a bad sign for Cleveland. Both cities not only lost a large percentage of population, but lost a large percent of the population projected in the 05-09 survey, which should've taken into account the demolition and reconstruction of some of the housing projects.

 

For example, if Cleveland comes in 35,000 less than projections, like St. Louis did, it would be teetering on the 400,000 mark. That would be more like a 70,000-plus total population loss since 2000. I've always thought Cleveland would come in around 430,000-440,000, but the numbers so far have me less optimistic.

I'm no expert on Chicago, but is what you are saying are the demolition of Taylor Homes, Cabrini-Green, etc., forced people into other shaky, but somewhat working class neighborhoods? Which in turn, when the former residents of those projects moved into those neighborhoods, the people who could afford to, moved out, thus causing the major decreases that Chicago experienced? If so, I can see that. But those former residents, conceiveably, were still moving within city limits. And, aren't those projects that were torn down (Taylor, Cabrini-Green) redeveloped ... ala Longwood and Valleyview in Cleveland? So wouldn't that redevelopment have offset some of the out migration?

 

The other shakey working class neighborhoods are actually old 1950s/1960s suburbs on the southside and not in Chicago.  Look up Ford City sometime to get the idea of what a true suburban slum looks like.  These areas are where the people from the projects went displacing those working class/middle class people that remained in those areas which are now soft real estate markets.

 

As for the other working class hoods (far north side, far west side), I think a lower rate of immigration as stifled those areas but its not as much of a decline, again I'd have to see a diagram that's a bit less vague to figure it out.  I'm literally just working on observation from living here and what's been said in the news.

Delaware

 

Data for Delaware show that the five most populous incorporated places and their 2010 Census counts are Wilmington, 70,851; Dover, 36,047; Newark, 31,454; Middletown, 18,871; and Smyrna, 10,023. Wilmington decreased by 2.5 percent since the 2000 Census. Dover grew by 12.2 percent, Newark grew by 10.2 percent, Middletown grew by 206.3 percent, and Smyrna grew by 76.5 percent.

 

The largest county is New Castle, with a population of 538,479. Its population grew by 7.6 percent since 2000. The state's other counties are Sussex, with a population of 197,145 (increase of 25.9 percent); and Kent, 162,310 (increase of 28.1 percent).

 

 

North Carolina

 

Data for North Carolina show that the five most populous incorporated places and their 2010 Census counts are Charlotte, 731,424; Raleigh, 403,892; Greensboro, 269,666, Winston-Salem, 229,617 and Durham, 228,330. Charlotte grew by 35.2 percent since the 2000 Census. Raleigh grew by 46.3 percent, Greensboro grew by 20.4 percent, Winston-Salem grew by 23.6 percent, and Durham grew by 22.1 percent.

 

The largest county is Mecklenburg, with a population of 919,628. Its population grew by 32.2 percent since 2000. The other counties in the top five include Wake, with a population of 900,993 (increase of 43.5 percent); Guilford, 488,406 (increase of 16.0 percent); Forsyth, 350,670 (increase of 14.6 percent); and Cumberland, 319,431 (increase of 5.4 percent).

 

:-o North Carolina :-o

 

Charlotte

2000: 540,828

2010: 731,424 +35%

 

Raleigh

2000: 276,093

2010: 403,892 +46%

 

Greensboro

2000: 223,891

2010: 269,666 +20%

 

Winston-Salem

2000: 185,776

2010: 229,617 +27%

 

Durham

2000: 187,035

2010: 228,330 +22%

 

1 1 Charlotte city……………………………………………….. 540828……..731424……..35.2 percent change

2 2 Raleigh city…………………………………………………. 276093……..403892……..46.3

3 3 Greensboro city……………………………………………….. 223891……..269666……..20.4

4 5 Winston-Salem city…………………………………………. 185776……..229617……..23.6

5 4 Durham city…………………………………………………. 187035……..228330……..22.1

6 6 Fayetteville city……………………………………………… 121015……..200564……..65.7

7 7 Cary town…………………………………………………….. 94536……..135234……..43.1

8 9 Wilmington city………………………………………………. 75838……..106476……..40.4

9 8 High Point city………………………………………………….. 85839……..104371……..21.6

10 13 Greenville city…………………………………………………. 60476……..84554……..39.8

11 10 Asheville city…………………………………………………. 68889……..83393……..21.1

12 14 Concord city…………………………………………………. 55977……..79066……..41.2

13 12 Gastonia city………………………………………………… 66277……..71741……..8.2

14 11 Jacksonville city………………………………………………. 66715……..70145……..5.1

15 15 Rocky Mount city……………………………………………. 55893……..57477……..2.8

16 16 Chapel Hill town……………………………………………. 48715……..57233……..17.5

17 17 Burlington city…………………………………………….. 44917……..49963……..11.2

18 18 Wilson city………………………………………………….. 44405……..49167……..10.7

19 24 Huntersville town………………………………………………. 24960……..46773……..87.4

20 21 Kannapolis city……………………………………………….. 36910……..42625……..15.5

 

http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/2010_census/cb11-cn59.html

 

States for next week: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Kansas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Wyoming

Full list of cities over 100,000 as of 3/3/11:

 

Chicago city, IL: 2,695,598 (-200,418)

Houston city, TX: 2,099,451 (+145,820)

San Antonio city, TX: 1,327,407 (+182,761)

Dallas city, TX: 1,197,816 (+9,236)

Indianapolis city, IN: 829,718 (+37,792)

Austin city, TX: 790,390 (+133,828)

Fort Worth city, TX: 741,206 (+206,512)

Charlotte city, NC: 731,424 (+190,596)

El Paso city, TX: 649,121 (+85,459)

Baltimore city, MD: 620,961 (-30,193)

Seattle city, WA: 608,660 (+45,286)

Washington D.C.: 601,723 (+29,664)

Denver city, CO: 600,158 (+45,522)

Portland city, OR: 583,776 (+54,655)

Las Vegas city, NV: 583,756 (+105,322)

Oklahoma City city, OK: 579,999 (+73,867)

Kansas City city, MO: 459,787 (+18,242)

Virginia Beach city, VA: 437,994 (+12,737)

Colorado Springs city, CO: 416,427 (+55,537)

Omaha city, NE: 408,958 (+18,951)

Raleigh city, NC: 403,892 (+127,799)

Tulsa city, OK: 391,906 (-1,143)

Honolulu CDP (incl. East Honolulu) 387,170 (+15,513)

Arlington city, TX: 365,438 (+32,469)

New Orleans city, LA: 343,829 (-140,845)

Aurora city, CO: 325,078 (+48,685)

St. Louis city, MO: 319,294 (-28,895)

Corpus Christi city, TX: 305,215 (+27,761)

Newark city, NJ: 277,140 (+3,594)

Greensboro city, NC: 269,666 (+45,775)

Plano city, TX: 259,841 (+37,811)

Lincoln city, NE: 258,379 (+32,798)

Henderson city, NV: 257,729 (+82,348)

Fort Wayne city, IN: 253,691 (+47,964)

Jersey City city, NJ: 247,597 (+7,542)

Norfolk city, VA: 242,803 (+8,400)

Laredo city, TX: 236,091 (+59,515)

Winston-Salem city, NC: 229,617 (+43,841)

Lubbock city, TX: 229,573 (+30,009)

Baton Rouge city, LA: 229,493 (+1,675)

Durham city, NC: 228,330 (+41,295)

Garland city, TX: 226,876 (+11,108)

Reno city, NV: 225,221 (+44,741)

Chesapeake city, VA: 222,209 (+23,025)

North Las Vegas city, NV: 216,961 (+101,473)

Irving city, TX: 216,290 (+24,675)

Birmingham city, AL: 212,237 (-30,583)

Spokane city, WA: 208,916 (+13,287)

Montgomery city, AL: 205,764 (+4,196)

Richmond city, VA: 204,214 (+6,424)

Des Moines city, IA: 203,433 (+4,751)

Fayetteville city, NC: 200,564 (+79,549)

Shreveport city, LA: 199,311 (-834)

Tacoma city, WA: 198,397 (+4,841)

Aurora city, IL: 197,899 (+54,909)

Mobile city, AL: 195,111 (-3,804)

Little Rock city, AR: 193,524 (+10,391)

Amarillo city, TX: 190,695 (+17,068)

Salt Lake City city, UT: 186,440 (+4,697)

Newport News city, VA: 180,719 (+569)

Huntsville city, AL: 180,105 (+21,889)

Grand Prairie city, TX: 175,396 (+47,969)

Brownsville city, TX: 175,023 (+35,301)

Jackson city, MS: 173,514 (-10,742)

Vancouver city, WA: 161,791 (+18,231)

Springfield city, MO: 159,498 (+7,918)

Eugene city, OR: 156,185 (+18,292)

Salem city, OR: 154,637 (+17,713)

Sioux Falls city, SD: 153,888 (+29,913)

Rockford city, IL: 152,871 (+2,756)

Pasadena city, TX: 149,043 (+7,369)

Joliet city, IL: 147,433 (+41,212)

Paterson city, NJ: 146,199 (-3,023)

Fort Collins city, CO: 143,986 (+25,334)

Lakewood city, CO: 142,980 (-1,146)

Naperville city, IL: 141,853 (+13,495)

Alexandria city, VA: 139,966 (+11,683)

Mesquite city, TX: 139,824 (+15,301)

Hampton city, VA: 137,436 (-9,001)

Cary town, NC: 135,234 (+40,698)

McKinney city, TX: 131,117 (+76,748)

McAllen city, TX: 129,877 (+23,463)

West Valley City city, UT: 129,480 (+20,584)

Killeen city, TX: 127,921 (+41,010)

Cedar Rapids city, IA: 126,326 (+5,568)

Elizabeth city, NJ: 124,969 (+4,401)

Waco city, TX: 124,805 (+11,079)

Bellevue city, WA: 122,363 (+12,794)

Lafayette city, LA: 120,623 (+10,366)

Carrollton city, TX: 119,097 (+9,521)

Thornton city, CO: 118,772 (+36,388)

Beaumont city, TX: 118,296 (+4,430)

Evansville city, IN: 117,429 (-4,153)

Abilene city, TX: 117,063 (+1,133)

Independence city, MO: 116,830 (+3,542)

Springfield city, IL: 116,250 (+4,796)

Peoria city, IL: 115,007 (+2,071)

Denton city, TX: 113,383 (+32,846)

Provo city, UT: 112,488 (+7,322)

Midland city, TX: 111,147 (+16,151)

Norman city, OK: 110,925 (+15,231)

Columbia city, MO: 108,500 (+23,969)

Elgin city, IL: 108,188 (+13,701)

Pueblo city, CO: 106,595 (+4,474)

Wilmington city, NC: 106,476 (+30,638)

Arvada city, CO: 106,433 (+4,280)

Westminster city, CO: 106,114 (+5,174)

Gresham city, OR: 105,594 (+15,389)

Wichita Falls city, TX: 104,553 (+356)

High Point city, NC: 104,371 (+18,532)

West Jordan city, UT: 103,712 (+35,376)

Everett city, WA: 103,019 (+11,531)

South Bend city, IN: 101,168 (-6,621)

Centennial city, CO: 100,377 (n/a)

I'm not surprised at all with North Carolina. I know tons of Ohioans who moved there, especially Raleigh. It's an economic gold mine, so a pretty popular place for college grads to land jobs.

I'm not surprised at all with North Carolina. Tons of Ohioans moved there, especially Raleigh. It's an economic gold mine, so a pretty popular place for college grads to move to in order to land jobs.

 

It's pretty sad.  My parents live about an hour south of Raleigh.  The country is pretty, but Raleigh-Durham, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, and Fayetteville are all pretty horrid places.  They've got their own bad aspects, like Winston-Salem is very rust-beltish, while Greensboro is totally new south highway maniac, as is Raleigh-Durham.  Fayetteville is very poor suburban military ugly.  None of these cities have done anything with their growth to make them the least bit hospitable.  I haven't been to Charlotte, but they at least seem to be trying some more sensible urban things, but like most places it's just a drop in the bucket.

It would be interesting to compare Oregon and North Carolina - both seen as a hot states and rather progressive - but have not actually weathered the downturn all that well statistically (at least, based on unemployment rates). My sense is also that NC has has a lot of internal urbanization occurring and migration from declining areas of southern VA.

I'm not surprised at all with North Carolina. I know tons of Ohioans who moved there, especially Raleigh. It's an economic gold mine, so a pretty popular place for college grads to land jobs.

 

Don't they have higher unemployment there than in Ohio?

Carolina lost a lot of its cheap industry to offshore, I think.  Back in the day the Carolinas where a cheap manufacturing site, similar to what Mexico was and Asia now is.

 

The growth rates are pretty astounding, though, coming from living in a low/no growth state..

I'm not surprised at all with North Carolina. I know tons of Ohioans who moved there, especially Raleigh. It's an economic gold mine, so a pretty popular place for college grads to land jobs.

Economic gold mine?  Really, how?  I travel there for work quite a bit, and "economic gold mine" is the last thing that comes to mind.

Alot of retirees are moving there instead of Florida or moving from Florida it's self.

^Halfbacks.

Economic gold mine?  Really, how?  I travel there for work quite a bit, and "economic gold mine" is the last thing that comes to mind.

 

What part of the state do you travel to?  If its anywhere along the coast except maybe Wilmington the its very impoverished. The Piedmont is a whole different story.

 

My brother lives in Raleigh (though he's moving back to the Cincinnati area very soon), and while the area is one giant suburb and not very appealing for someone like me, there is a lot of economic opportunity down there.  Its sad that such a miserable place (other than the winter weather - its quite lovely to be able to grill out in December) is such an economic engine. 

 

The odd thing about the area is you go to old strip malls and instead of being abandoned they are often retooled into Ethnic marketplaces, with lots of Indian, Arabic, Asian, etc stores/restaurants being setup.  Its a weird disconnect as I usually associate these kinds of places with very large very urban cities, but it really illustrates the cultural diversity that the strong economy there attracts.

That's not really a new phenom with the ethnic strip malls.  Houston and Las Vegas have designated "Chinatowns" in a series of strip malls.  Arlington, Texas has a "Little Saigon" and it's two-story strip malls.  NoVA, Fort Lee NJ, etc.  Hell, even Cleveland has a strip mall called "Asiatown" ;).

That's not really a new phenom with the ethnic strip malls.  Houston and Las Vegas have designated "Chinatowns" in a series of strip malls.  Arlington, Texas has a "Little Saigon" and it's two-story strip malls.  NoVA, Fort Lee NJ, etc.  Hell, even Cleveland has a strip mall called "Asiatown" ;).

 

Actually, it's called Asia Plaza. It's in a larger district called Asiatown.

 

Oh those Columbusitic Daytonians.... Oy!

My bad!  Asia Town.  I'll build a Kenyan themed-strip mall next to my local Starbucks and correct Lakewoodians next time!

Kansas

 

Wichita

2000: 344,284

2010: 382,368 +11.1%

 

Overland Park (KC suburb)

2000: 149,080

2010: 173,372 +16.3%

 

Kansas City

2000: 146,866

2010: 145,786 -0.7%

 

Topeka

2000: 122,377

2010: 127,473 +4.2%

 

Olathe (KC suburb)

2000: 92,962

2010: 125,872 +35.4%

 

Lawrence

2000: 80,098

2010: 87,643 +9.4%

 

http://cjonline.com/news/state/2011-03-03/census-kansas-largest-cities

Full list of cities over 100,000 as of 3/4/11:

 

Chicago city, IL: 2,695,598 (-200,418)

Houston city, TX: 2,099,451 (+145,820)

San Antonio city, TX: 1,327,407 (+182,761)

Dallas city, TX: 1,197,816 (+9,236)

Indianapolis city, IN: 829,718 (+37,792)

Austin city, TX: 790,390 (+133,828)

Fort Worth city, TX: 741,206 (+206,512)

Charlotte city, NC: 731,424 (+190,596)

El Paso city, TX: 649,121 (+85,459)

Baltimore city, MD: 620,961 (-30,193)

Seattle city, WA: 608,660 (+45,286)

Washington D.C.: 601,723 (+29,664)

Denver city, CO: 600,158 (+45,522)

Portland city, OR: 583,776 (+54,655)

Las Vegas city, NV: 583,756 (+105,322)

Oklahoma City city, OK: 579,999 (+73,867)

Kansas City city, MO: 459,787 (+18,242)

Virginia Beach city, VA: 437,994 (+12,737)

Colorado Springs city, CO: 416,427 (+55,537)

Omaha city, NE: 408,958 (+18,951)

Raleigh city, NC: 403,892 (+127,799)

Tulsa city, OK: 391,906 (-1,143)

Honolulu CDP (incl. East Honolulu) 387,170 (+15,513)

Wichita city, KS: 382,368 (+38,084)

Arlington city, TX: 365,438 (+32,469)

New Orleans city, LA: 343,829 (-140,845)

Aurora city, CO: 325,078 (+48,685)

St. Louis city, MO: 319,294 (-28,895)

Corpus Christi city, TX: 305,215 (+27,761)

Newark city, NJ: 277,140 (+3,594)

Greensboro city, NC: 269,666 (+45,775)

Plano city, TX: 259,841 (+37,811)

Lincoln city, NE: 258,379 (+32,798)

Henderson city, NV: 257,729 (+82,348)

Fort Wayne city, IN: 253,691 (+47,964)

Jersey City city, NJ: 247,597 (+7,542)

Norfolk city, VA: 242,803 (+8,400)

Laredo city, TX: 236,091 (+59,515)

Winston-Salem city, NC: 229,617 (+43,841)

Lubbock city, TX: 229,573 (+30,009)

Baton Rouge city, LA: 229,493 (+1,675)

Durham city, NC: 228,330 (+41,295)

Garland city, TX: 226,876 (+11,108)

Reno city, NV: 225,221 (+44,741)

Chesapeake city, VA: 222,209 (+23,025)

North Las Vegas city, NV: 216,961 (+101,473)

Irving city, TX: 216,290 (+24,675)

Birmingham city, AL: 212,237 (-30,583)

Spokane city, WA: 208,916 (+13,287)

Montgomery city, AL: 205,764 (+4,196)

Richmond city, VA: 204,214 (+6,424)

Des Moines city, IA: 203,433 (+4,751)

Fayetteville city, NC: 200,564 (+79,549)

Shreveport city, LA: 199,311 (-834)

Tacoma city, WA: 198,397 (+4,841)

Aurora city, IL: 197,899 (+54,909)

Mobile city, AL: 195,111 (-3,804)

Little Rock city, AR: 193,524 (+10,391)

Amarillo city, TX: 190,695 (+17,068)

Salt Lake City city, UT: 186,440 (+4,697)

Newport News city, VA: 180,719 (+569)

Huntsville city, AL: 180,105 (+21,889)

Grand Prairie city, TX: 175,396 (+47,969)

Brownsville city, TX: 175,023 (+35,301)

Jackson city, MS: 173,514 (-10,742)

Overland Park city, KS: 173,372 (+24,292)

Vancouver city, WA: 161,791 (+18,231)

Springfield city, MO: 159,498 (+7,918)

Eugene city, OR: 156,185 (+18,292)

Salem city, OR: 154,637 (+17,713)

Sioux Falls city, SD: 153,888 (+29,913)

Rockford city, IL: 152,871 (+2,756)

Pasadena city, TX: 149,043 (+7,369)

Joliet city, IL: 147,433 (+41,212)

Paterson city, NJ: 146,199 (-3,023)

Kansas City city, KS: 145,786 (-1,080)

Fort Collins city, CO: 143,986 (+25,334)

Lakewood city, CO: 142,980 (-1,146)

Naperville city, IL: 141,853 (+13,495)

Alexandria city, VA: 139,966 (+11,683)

Mesquite city, TX: 139,824 (+15,301)

Hampton city, VA: 137,436 (-9,001)

Cary town, NC: 135,234 (+40,698)

McKinney city, TX: 131,117 (+76,748)

McAllen city, TX: 129,877 (+23,463)

West Valley City city, UT: 129,480 (+20,584)

Killeen city, TX: 127,921 (+41,010)

Topeka city, KS: 127,473 (+5,096)

Cedar Rapids city, IA: 126,326 (+5,568)

Olathe city, KS: 125,872 (+32,910)

Elizabeth city, NJ: 124,969 (+4,401)

Waco city, TX: 124,805 (+11,079)

Bellevue city, WA: 122,363 (+12,794)

Lafayette city, LA: 120,623 (+10,366)

Carrollton city, TX: 119,097 (+9,521)

Thornton city, CO: 118,772 (+36,388)

Beaumont city, TX: 118,296 (+4,430)

Evansville city, IN: 117,429 (-4,153)

Abilene city, TX: 117,063 (+1,133)

Independence city, MO: 116,830 (+3,542)

Springfield city, IL: 116,250 (+4,796)

Peoria city, IL: 115,007 (+2,071)

Denton city, TX: 113,383 (+32,846)

Provo city, UT: 112,488 (+7,322)

Midland city, TX: 111,147 (+16,151)

Norman city, OK: 110,925 (+15,231)

Columbia city, MO: 108,500 (+23,969)

Elgin city, IL: 108,188 (+13,701)

Pueblo city, CO: 106,595 (+4,474)

Wilmington city, NC: 106,476 (+30,638)

Arvada city, CO: 106,433 (+4,280)

Westminster city, CO: 106,114 (+5,174)

Gresham city, OR: 105,594 (+15,389)

Wichita Falls city, TX: 104,553 (+356)

High Point city, NC: 104,371 (+18,532)

West Jordan city, UT: 103,712 (+35,376)

Everett city, WA: 103,019 (+11,531)

South Bend city, IN: 101,168 (-6,621)

Centennial city, CO: 100,377 (n/a)

I'm not surprised at all with North Carolina. I know tons of Ohioans who moved there, especially Raleigh. It's an economic gold mine, so a pretty popular place for college grads to land jobs.

Economic gold mine?  Really, how?  I travel there for work quite a bit, and "economic gold mine" is the last thing that comes to mind.

 

Raleigh didn't manage 46% growth by being a hard place to find a job. It is a gold mine for jobs requiring college degrees. Competition is much less fierce there than in Ohio. The south does not have the gross oversupply that Ohio produces. Their companies and cities are not deeply entrenched or mature. They are in boom phases. There is a reason kids leave this state for much higher-paying jobs in Raleigh. Few young people want to move to Raleigh since it is a suburban disaster zone (mild winter is probably the only selling point). Based on what I've seen, money/job is the sole motivation. And a lot of the North Carolina transplants miss Ohio and would move back if they could find a comparable job here. Economics are the biggest factor in population growth. It's no different from how Detroit, Toledo, and Cleveland boomed in the industrial age.

 

Charlotte? They had a boom-bust, but since it was second for bailouts after Wall Street, I wouldn't worry too much about them. North Carolina is not about stop any time soon. It's hot in all the growth sectors, especially the Piedmont cities. There are probably not going to be any big surprises in this census other than Chicago (but it's typical for expensive cities with crappy public schools to lose population).