2010 U.S. Census thread

[huskeroadgeek]

A couple of interesting things I noticed about Nebraska's census numbers: Arthur County, the smallest county in the state and one of the smallest in the country, actually gained population. Also, the 11 largest cities in the state all retained their same ranking from 2000. That's especially amazing considering that the populations of #7, #8, and #9(Hastings, North Platte, and Norfolk) were within a range of no more than 700 in both 2000 and 2010. I wonder if there is any other state whose largest cities stayed so constant in ranking between the two censuses?

[golden eagle]

Delaware census info

North Carolina info

The one impressive thing about North Carolina's numbers is that all of the top five cities grew by at least 20%, with Raleigh growing by 46.3%! Wake County, Raleigh's county, grew 43.5%, outpacing Mecklenburg County (Charlotte), which grew 32.2%. In fact, Mecklenburg leads Wake by only 18,635 people. I believe Wake will end up becoming NC's most populated county before too long, despite Mecklenburg's rapid growth.

[hobsini2]

i would lay odds that Oshkosh WI is still right around 60K maybe up to 62K.  It has been that ever since I left Oshkosh back in 1980.

[golden eagle]

i would lay odds that Oshkosh WI is still right around 60K maybe up to 62K.  It has been that ever since I left Oshkosh back in 1980.

We'll find out next. Wisconsin is on the list of states to be released next, along with AZ, CA, CT, ID, OH & PA

[golden eagle]

Kansas

Wyoming

For Kansas, Wichita is, by far, the largest city in Kansas, but its home county, Sedgwick, has been surpassed by Johnson County as the most populous county in the state. Olathe, in Johnson County, moved into fifth place among Kansas' largest cities and is in striking distance of Topeka for fourth place.

[SP Cook]

We'll find out next. Wisconsin is on the list of states to be released next, along with AZ, CA, CT, ID, OH & PA

In terms of redistricting, PA and OH will be fun.   Losing seats.  Several powerful congressmen, including the Speaker, and the different areas of each state are not friendly with one another.

[corco]

Wow, Gillette was supposed to pass Laramie. It almost did- if there's still methane up there in ten years it definitely will. Rock Springs is catching up too- and Cheyenne is finally pulling away from Casper. I wouldn't be surprised to see Rock Springs jump Laramie too to 3/4 depending on Gillette's situation by 2020.

[golden eagle]

Kansas

Wyoming

For Kansas, Wichita is, by far, the largest city in Kansas, but its home county, Sedgwick, has been surpassed by Johnson County as the most populous county in the state. Olathe, in Johnson County, moved into fifth place among Kansas' largest cities and is in striking distance of Topeka for fourth place.

Fun fact: Kansas is the 11th state in which its most populous city is not located in its most populous county/parish. Louisiana also joined that list when the population of Orleans Parish (same as the city of New Orleans) fell below East Baton Rouge and Jefferson parishes. Alabama could join the list real soon if Montgomery gets past Birmingham and North Carolina, too, when Wake County surpasses Charlotte's Mecklenburg County. Keep in mind that since not all of the census info has been released, I'm using both current and estimated census info prior to 2020 in my figures. The currently could change when all state info is in, but so far, I've not seen anything to suggest that it would, but who knows. States currently on the list:

CO, FL, KS, LA, MD, MO, NJ, OH, SC, MA, VA

Maryland would not be on here if Baltimore were a part of Baltimore County. The city and county population combined would've put it well ahead of Montgomery County. In the future, more states may be added on or taken off, depending on population shifts. For instance, Ohio can be subtracted when Franklin County (Columbus, Ohio's largest city) gets behind the more populous Cuyahoga County (Cleveland). However, Tennessee may be added on when Nashville gets pass Memphis. Shelby County (Memphis) is currently larger than Davidson County (Nashville). Kentucky would've been on this list had Louisville not merged with Jefferson County. Otherwise, Lexington/Fayette County would've been larger than Louisville, but smaller than Jefferson County.

[Michael in Philly]

Kansas

Wyoming

For Kansas, Wichita is, by far, the largest city in Kansas, but its home county, Sedgwick, has been surpassed by Johnson County as the most populous county in the state. Olathe, in Johnson County, moved into fifth place among Kansas' largest cities and is in striking distance of Topeka for fourth place.

Fun fact: Kansas is the 11th state in which its most populous city is not located in its most populous county/parish. Louisiana also joined that list when the population of Orleans Parish (same as the city of New Orleans) fell below East Baton Rouge and Jefferson parishes. Alabama could join the list real soon if Montgomery gets past Birmingham and North Carolina, too, when Wake County surpasses Charlotte's Mecklenburg County. Keep in mind that since not all of the census info has been released, I'm using both current and estimated census info prior to 2020 in my figures. The currently could change when all state info is in, but so far, I've not seen anything to suggest that it would, but who knows. States currently on the list:

CO, FL, KS, LA, MD, MO, NJ, OH, SC, MA, VA

Maryland would not be on here if Baltimore were a part of Baltimore County. The city and county population combined would've put it well ahead of Montgomery County. In the future, more states may be added on or taken off, depending on population shifts. For instance, Ohio can be subtracted when Franklin County (Columbus, Ohio's largest city) gets behind the more populous Cuyahoga County (Cleveland). However, Tennessee may be added on when Nashville gets pass Memphis. Shelby County (Memphis) is currently larger than Davidson County (Nashville). Kentucky would've been on this list had Louisville not merged with Jefferson County. Otherwise, Lexington/Fayette County would've been larger than Louisville, but smaller than Jefferson County.

So does that mean New Orleans is still the largest city in Louisiana?  Speculation since Katrina has been that Baton Rouge would be.

And I still haven't been able to get at municipal figures for any state.  Where are they on the census site?

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

Kansas

Wyoming

For Kansas, Wichita is, by far, the largest city in Kansas, but its home county, Sedgwick, has been surpassed by Johnson County as the most populous county in the state. Olathe, in Johnson County, moved into fifth place among Kansas' largest cities and is in striking distance of Topeka for fourth place.

Fun fact: Kansas is the 11th state in which its most populous city is not located in its most populous county/parish. Louisiana also joined that list when the population of Orleans Parish (same as the city of New Orleans) fell below East Baton Rouge and Jefferson parishes. Alabama could join the list real soon if Montgomery gets past Birmingham and North Carolina, too, when Wake County surpasses Charlotte's Mecklenburg County. Keep in mind that since not all of the census info has been released, I'm using both current and estimated census info prior to 2020 in my figures. The currently could change when all state info is in, but so far, I've not seen anything to suggest that it would, but who knows. States currently on the list:

CO, FL, KS, LA, MD, MO, NJ, OH, SC, MA, VA

Maryland would not be on here if Baltimore were a part of Baltimore County. The city and county population combined would've put it well ahead of Montgomery County. In the future, more states may be added on or taken off, depending on population shifts. For instance, Ohio can be subtracted when Franklin County (Columbus, Ohio's largest city) gets behind the more populous Cuyahoga County (Cleveland). However, Tennessee may be added on when Nashville gets pass Memphis. Shelby County (Memphis) is currently larger than Davidson County (Nashville). Kentucky would've been on this list had Louisville not merged with Jefferson County. Otherwise, Lexington/Fayette County would've been larger than Louisville, but smaller than Jefferson County.

So does that mean New Orleans is still the largest city in Louisiana?  Speculation since Katrina has been that Baton Rouge would be.

And I still haven't been able to get at municipal figures for any state.  Where are they on the census site?

I thought this was covered earlier in the thread, but I couldn't find anything. Anyways, Census estimates had New Orleans back ahead of Baton Rouge for population as early as 2007, and BR gave up fighting that claim by 2009 before the actual census count started in 2010.

[golden eagle]

Kansas

Wyoming

For Kansas, Wichita is, by far, the largest city in Kansas, but its home county, Sedgwick, has been surpassed by Johnson County as the most populous county in the state. Olathe, in Johnson County, moved into fifth place among Kansas' largest cities and is in striking distance of Topeka for fourth place.

Fun fact: Kansas is the 11th state in which its most populous city is not located in its most populous county/parish. Louisiana also joined that list when the population of Orleans Parish (same as the city of New Orleans) fell below East Baton Rouge and Jefferson parishes. Alabama could join the list real soon if Montgomery gets past Birmingham and North Carolina, too, when Wake County surpasses Charlotte's Mecklenburg County. Keep in mind that since not all of the census info has been released, I'm using both current and estimated census info prior to 2020 in my figures. The currently could change when all state info is in, but so far, I've not seen anything to suggest that it would, but who knows. States currently on the list:

CO, FL, KS, LA, MD, MO, NJ, OH, SC, MA, VA

Maryland would not be on here if Baltimore were a part of Baltimore County. The city and county population combined would've put it well ahead of Montgomery County. In the future, more states may be added on or taken off, depending on population shifts. For instance, Ohio can be subtracted when Franklin County (Columbus, Ohio's largest city) gets behind the more populous Cuyahoga County (Cleveland). However, Tennessee may be added on when Nashville gets pass Memphis. Shelby County (Memphis) is currently larger than Davidson County (Nashville). Kentucky would've been on this list had Louisville not merged with Jefferson County. Otherwise, Lexington/Fayette County would've been larger than Louisville, but smaller than Jefferson County.

So does that mean New Orleans is still the largest city in Louisiana?  Speculation since Katrina has been that Baton Rouge would be.

And I still haven't been able to get at municipal figures for any state.  Where are they on the census site?

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/census/default.htm

Yes, New Orleans is now larger than Baton Rouge. At one point just after Katrina, BR supposedly swelled to over 400k people. But now the population has gone down to a more normal level.

[Landshark]

WASHINGTON: Snoqualmie (554.2%), North Marysville (-99.5)

North Marysville was an unincorporated area annexed into Marysville.  It actually grew like crazy over the last decade.  I posted the correct answer for Washington below your initial post.  Endicott was the fastest dying place in Washington.

[J N Winkler]

For Kansas, Wichita is, by far, the largest city in Kansas, but its home county, Sedgwick, has been surpassed by Johnson County as the most populous county in the state. Olathe, in Johnson County, moved into fifth place among Kansas' largest cities and is in striking distance of Topeka for fourth place.

It has long been anticipated--since the 1980's at least--that Johnson County would surpass Sedgwick County in population, so this data is confirmation.  In 1900, Kansas had a population of 1.4 million, while Johnson and Sedgwick Counties had populations of 18,000 and 44,000 respectively.  As of the 2010 Census, Kansas has a population of 2.8 million but Johnson and Sedgwick Counties have, respectively, 30 and 10 times their 1900 populations.

The Wichita Eagle published a map this morning showing that rural counties in the US 54 corridor (with the exception of Kiowa County--scene of the Greensburg tornado in May 2007--and one or two others) have seen population growth.  Moreover, Hispanics have displaced blacks as the largest minority group in Kansas.  This shines light on a likely motivation for the present urgency to pass a voter ID law and Arizona SB 1070 clone, and to abolish in-state tuition for illegal immigrants.

Freeway improvements are currently in the pipeline for US 54 west of Wichita, including freeway bypasses of Kingman and Cunningham.

Aside from the obvious growth magnets, Shawnee, Riley, and Douglas Counties all saw population growth.  KDOT is building the K-18 freeway in Riley County and the K-10 South Lawrence Trafficway is in the pipeline.  (The latter has been true for almost three decades, but I am confident construction will actually happen.)

[hobsini2]

For Kansas, Wichita is, by far, the largest city in Kansas, but its home county, Sedgwick, has been surpassed by Johnson County as the most populous county in the state. Olathe, in Johnson County, moved into fifth place among Kansas' largest cities and is in striking distance of Topeka for fourth place.

It has long been anticipated--since the 1980's at least--that Johnson County would surpass Sedgwick County in population, so this data is confirmation.  In 1900, Kansas had a population of 1.4 million, while Johnson and Sedgwick Counties had populations of 18,000 and 44,000 respectively.  As of the 2010 Census, Kansas has a population of 2.8 million but Johnson and Sedgwick Counties have, respectively, 30 and 10 times their 1900 populations.

The Wichita Eagle published a map this morning showing that rural counties in the US 54 corridor (with the exception of Kiowa County--scene of the Greensburg tornado in May 2007--and one or two others) have seen population growth.  Moreover, Hispanics have displaced blacks as the largest minority group in Kansas.  This shines light on a likely motivation for the present urgency to pass a voter ID law and Arizona SB 1070 clone, and to abolish in-state tuition for illegal immigrants.

Freeway improvements are currently in the pipeline for US 54 west of Wichita, including freeway bypasses of Kingman and Cunningham.

Aside from the obvious growth magnets, Shawnee, Riley, and Douglas Counties all saw population growth.  KDOT is building the K-18 freeway in Riley County and the K-10 South Lawrence Trafficway is in the pipeline.  (The latter has been true for almost three decades, but I am confident construction will actually happen.)

I stormchase in the springtime.  Back in 2002, I was chasing a storm that produced several tornadoes along the 54 corridor from the 54/400 split to Pratt.  We counted 11 different tornadoes including one that hit Mullinsville, one just north of Greensburg, and 2 that hit the north and west sides of Pratt.  In 2006, we were on the first big Greensburg tornado.  The second came through almost exactly a year later, that's the one you reference above.

[Stephane Dumas]

I spotted an article about the exodus continuing at St. Louis
http://nextstl.com/urban-living/the-exodus-continues-city-of-st-louis-loses-29k-residents-2000-2010

[golden eagle]

California released

Five largest cities: Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco and Fresno

Five largest counties: Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange, Riverside & San Bernardino.

[golden eagle]

Ohio census released

Five largest cities:

1. Columbus 787,033
2. Cleveland 396,815
3. Cincinnati 296,943
4. Toledo 287,208
5. Akron 199,110

Five largest counties:

1. Cuyahoga 1,280,122
2. Franklin 1,163,414 
3. Hamilton 802,374
4. Summit 541,781
5. Montgomery 535,153

Except for the Columbus area, all the major urban areas in Ohio experience a population loss. In Cleveland's case, the city fell below 400K. Except for St. Louis, I can't think of too many major cities that have fallen as much as Cleveland has.

Pennsylvania census info

1. Philadelphia 1,526,006
2. Pittsburgh 305,704
3. Allentown 118,032;
4. Erie 101,786
5. Reading 88,082

The five largest counties:
1. Philadelphia 1,526,006
2. Allegheny 1,223,348
3. Montgomery 799,874
4. Bucks 625,249
5. Delaware 558,979

Philadelphia actually grew, albeit at  .6%. Still, for a city whose population has been shrinking for decades, could this be signaling a turnaround for the City of Brotherly Love? 

[golden eagle]

Forgot about Connecticut...

http://2010.census.gov/news/releases/operations/cb11-cn70.html

[Stephane Dumas]

More additionnals infos about California Census
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=5193490&postcount=28
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=5192858&postcount=603

but I spotted a interesting rant then I decided to quote
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=5192915&postcount=606

The old Grapes of Wrath in reverse so to speak.

[SP Cook]

Ohio and Pennsylvania are the two states I was looking for from a redistricting perspective.  While it is almost normal, depending on how a state defines a city and county, for there to eventually be a fast growing ring of suburban counties and a decline in the core city and county, Pittsburgh and Cleveland have undergone something far different, and thus we will see a major shift in the maps of those states district.  The "trick" IMHO, is not to look at some ex-farmland county that got subdivided and had some rediculous %age growth, but to look at those counties and the core county with the city in it and look at the totals.  Pittsburgh and Cleveland, as regions, are in decline.

Pennsylvania is pretty stark.  Western Pennsylvania is simply emptying out, while Philadelphia (as a region) is still growing and we are seeing the rolling farm land not that far from DC along I 81 and 83 develop and we are seeing sub sub suburban growth from NYC reach PA.  If you divided PA into two states at the Eastern Continental Divide, W PA would be the nation's economic basketcase.

Ohio is similar.  We see normal population growth in Appalachian SE Ohio, the least industrial part of the state.  Then pretty much normal city to suburb shifting in Cincy and Dayton in SW Ohio.  Columbus is growing because of the state government, a huge federal government presence, and OSU.  Then you have Cleveland and Toledo.  Wow is all you can say.  While not as stark as W PA, an area in full decline.

Line drawing will be interesting.

As to the whole GOW idea and California, there really is something sort of to this idea, but not exactly.  The Census is not showing the full picture, but California is losing its midde class.  It is becoming a state of the very wealthy and the very poor.

[PAHighways]

Census: Western Pa. Population Down, but Outlook Up

Recent population estimates from the Census Bureau shows Western PA's population grew somewhat, not by much and not as much to offset earlier losses.

Allegheny County had some marginal gains, but the largest changes were in Butler (Cranberry) and Washington (Southpointe) Counties.  Just as people are moving north out of Washington and Baltimore and west out of New Jersey for things like a lower cost of living and "more bang for the buck" for housing/property, so have people migrated north and south out of Taxegheny County.

[golden eagle]

Looking at the Keystone State numbers, why are there so many locales listed more than once? Maybe townships or even more than one town with the same name but different counties?

[PAHighways]

There are a lot of duplicate names of villages, boroughs, and cities which are located in different counties.

[Stephane Dumas]

I spotted a interesting post at http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=5196301&postcount=756 about Milwaukee, they have the smallest population since 1940 but it dropped of 1%, and they have an increase of Latino population.

I wonder if Wisconsin cities like Racine and Kenosha are turning slowly but surely as bedroom communities for people who work around Chicago?

[SSOWorld]

Synopsis of Wisconsin - lots of people moved to cities.  Milwaukee shrank a bit (as Stephane noted above), but suburbs grew.  Madison grew 12%, Green Bay 1%.  Many "flew" south.