The US Census Bureau thread

[brickell]

Just because I was interested...
This isn't the building density, just the unit density that the Census collects. Since this is "city limits" data, it's going to be skewed a bit. Miami is a paltry 55 sq miles (35 land, but I used the total area for all cities).

Detroit - 2,442 units/sqm 23% vacant
Austin - 1,196 units/sqm 8% vacant
Miami - 3,345 units/sqm 14% vacant

If we just look at density of occupied units

Detroit - 1,884 occ-units/sqm
Austin - 1,097 occ-units/sqm
Miami - 2,878 occ-units/sqm

[Urbanguy]

2010 Census Shows America's Diversity

Hispanic and Asian Populations Grew Fastest During the Decade

The U.S. Census Bureau released today the second in a series of 2010 Census briefs, Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin: 2010, which looks at our nation's changing racial and ethnic diversity and provides a snapshot of the racial and Hispanic origin composition of the United States.

The examination of racial and ethnic group distributions nationally shows that while the non-Hispanic white alone population is still numerically and proportionally the largest major race and ethnic group in the United States, it is also growing at the slowest rate. Conversely, the Hispanic and Asian populations have grown considerably, in part because of relatively higher levels of immigration.

Hispanic Population Growth

More than half of the growth in the total U.S. population between 2000 and 2010 was because of the increase in the Hispanic population. Between 2000 and 2010, the Hispanic population grew by 43 percent, rising from 35.3 million in 2000 to 50.5 million in 2010. The rise in the Hispanic population accounted for more than half of the 27.3 million increase in the total U.S. population. By 2010, Hispanics comprised 16 percent of the total U.S. population of 308.7 million.

The non-Hispanic population grew relatively slower over the decade at about 5 percent. Within the non-Hispanic population, the number of people who reported their race as white alone grew even slower (1 percent). While the non-Hispanic white alone population increased numerically from 194.6 million to 196.8 million over the 10-year period, its proportion of the total population declined from 69 percent to 64 percent.

Race Distribution

The overwhelming majority (97 percent) of the total U.S. population reported only one race in 2010. This group totaled 299.7 million. Of these, the largest group reported white alone (223.6 million), accounting for 72 percent of all people living in the United States. The black or African-American population totaled 38.9 million and represented 13 percent of the total population.

Approximately 14.7 million people (about 5 percent of all respondents) identified their race as Asian alone. There were 2.9 million respondents who indicated American Indian and Alaska Native alone (0.9 percent). The smallest major race group was Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone (0.5 million), which represented 0.2 percent of the total population. The remainder of respondents who reported only one race, 19.1 million people (6 percent of all respondents), were classified as "some other race" alone.

Nine million people reported more than one race in the 2010 Census and made up about 3 percent of the total population. Ninety-two percent of people who reported multiple races provided exactly two races in 2010; white and black was the largest multiple-race combination. An additional 8 percent of the two or more races population reported three races and less than 1 percent reported four or more races.

Three quarters of multiple race combinations were comprised of four groups in 2010: white and black (1.8 million), white and "some other race" (1.7 million), white and Asian (1.6 million), and white and American Indian or Alaska Native (1.4 million).

The population reporting their race as white, either alone or with at least one other race, was the largest of all the alone-or-in-combination categories (231.0 million) and represented about three-fourths of the total population. About 14 percent of the total population reported their race as black, either alone or with at least one other race, which was the second-largest of the alone-or-in-combination categories (42.0 million). There were 21.7 million people classified as some other race alone or in combination and 17.3 million people classified as Asian alone or in combination in the 2010 Census, making up 7 percent and 6 percent of the total population, respectively. The two smallest alone-or-in-combination categories were American Indian and Alaska Native (5.2 million) and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (1.2 million), making up 2 percent and 0.4 percent of the total population, respectively.

Asian Population Growth

The Asian alone population grew faster than any other major race group between 2000 and 2010, increasing by 43 percent. The Asian alone population had the second-largest numeric change (4.4 million), growing from 10.2 million in 2000 to 14.7 million in 2010. They gained the most in share of the total population, moving up from about 4 percent in 2000 to about 5 percent in 2010.

Geographic Distribution

In the 2010 Census, just over one-third of the U.S. population reported their race and ethnicity as something other than non-Hispanic white alone (i.e. "minority"). This group increased from 86.9 million to 111.9 million between 2000 and 2010, representing a growth of 29 percent over the decade.

Geographically, particularly in the South and West, a number of areas had large proportions of the total population that was minority. Nearly half of the West's population was minority (47 percent), numbering 33.9 million. Among the states, California led the nation with the largest minority population at 22.3 million.

Between 2000 and 2010, Texas joined California, the District of Columbia, Hawaii and New Mexico in having a "majority-minority" population, where more than 50 percent of the population was part of a minority group. Among all states, Nevada's minority population increased at the highest rate, by 78 percent.

Race and Hispanic Origin Data

The Census Bureau collects race and Hispanic origin information following the U.S. Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) standards for collecting and tabulating data on race and ethnicity. In October 1997, the OMB issued the current standards, which identify five race groups: white, black or African-American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. The Census Bureau also utilized a sixth category - "some other race." Respondents who reported only one race are shown in these six groups.

Individuals were first presented with the option to self-identify with more than one race in the 2000 Census, and this continued in the 2010 Census. People who identify with more than one race may choose to provide multiple races in response to the race question. The 2010 Census results provide new data on the size and makeup of the nation's multiracial population.

Respondents who reported more than one of the six race groups are included in the "two or more races" population. There are 57 possible combinations of the six race groups.

The Census Bureau included the "some other race" category for responses that could not be classified in any of the other race categories on the questionnaire. The vast majority of people who reported only as "some other race" were of Hispanic or Latino origin. Data on Hispanics or Latinos, who may be of any race, were obtained from a separate question on ethnicity.

Race alone

White alone: 223,553,265 72.4%
Black or African American alone: 38,929,319 12.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone: 2,932,248 0.9%
Asian alone: 14,674,252 4.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone: 540,013 0.2%
Some Other Race alone: 19,107,368 6.2%
Two or More Races: 9,009,073 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 50,477,594 16.3%
Total Population: 308,745,538

Numerical change (2000-2010):

White alone: 12,092,639
Black or African American alone: 4,271,129
American Indian and Alaska Native alone: 456,292
Asian alone: 4,431,254
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone: 141,178
Some Other Race alone: 3,748,295
Two or More Races: 2,182,845
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 15,171,776
Total Population: 27,323,632

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Race alone or in Combination

White: 231,040,398 74.80%
Black or African American: 42,020,743 13.60%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 5,220,579 1.70%
Asian: 17,320,856 5.60%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 1,225,195 0.40% *Over a million now, yay!
Some Other Race: 21,748,084 7%

Numerical change (2000-2010):

White: 14,109,423
Black or African American: 5,601,309
American Indian and Alaska Native: 1,101,278
Asian: 5,422,028
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 350,781
Some Other Race: 3,226,598

These numbers are amazing. No other country compares!

Source: U.S. Census

[babybackribs2314]

Originally Posted by Ch.G, Ch.G

DC is in its own league when it comes to benefiting from (federal) government largesse.

Yes, well typically the capital city of a country does benefit the most from its federal government.

[M II A II R II K]

Black populations fall in major cities


http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...cks22_ST_N.htm

The black population is declining in a growing number of major cities — more evidence that the settlement pattern of African Americans is changing as they disperse to suburbia and warmer parts of the nation. 2010 Census data released so far this year show that 20 of the 25 cities that have at least 250,000 people and a 20% black population either lost more blacks or gained fewer in the past decade than during the 1990s. The declines happened in some traditional black strongholds: Chicago, Oakland, Atlanta, Cleveland and St. Louis.

The loss is fueled by three distinct trends:

• Blacks — many in the middle or upper-middle class — leaving cities for the suburbs.

• Blacks leaving Northern cities for thriving centers in the South.

• The aging of the African-American population, whose growth rate has dropped from more than 16% in the 1990s to about 10% since 2000.

"In the Northern cities, a lot of young blacks who might have grown up in cities are leaving maybe the entire region," says William Frey, demographer at the Brookings Institution who analyzed the data. "They're going to the Sun Belt and particularly the South. The ones who stay in the area want to move to the suburbs."

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[ChiSoxRox]

1. New York city, NY: 8,175,133 (+166,855)
Los Angeles city, CA: 3,792,621 (+97,801)
Chicago city, IL: 2,695,598 (-200,418)
Houston city, TX: 2,099,451 (+145,820)
Philadelphia city, PA: 1,526,006 (+8,456)
Phoenix city, AZ: 1,445,632 (+124,587)
San Antonio city, TX: 1,327,407 (+182,761)
San Diego city, CA: 1,307,402 (+84,002)
Dallas city, TX: 1,197,816 (+9,236)
10. San Jose city, CA: 945,942 (+50,999)
Indianapolis city, IN: 829,718 (+37,792)
Jacksonville city, FL: 821,784 (+86,167)
San Francisco city, CA: 805,235 (+28,502)
Austin city, TX: 790,390 (+133,828)
Columbus city, OH: 787,033 (+75,563)
Fort Worth city, TX: 741,206 (+206,512)
Louisville city, KY: 741,096 (+484,865)
Charlotte city, NC: 731,424 (+190,596)
Detroit city, MI: 713,777 (-237,493)
20. El Paso city, TX: 649,121 (+85,459)
Memphis city, TN: 646,889 (-3,211)
Nashville city, TN: 626,681 (+56,790)
Baltimore city, MD: 620,961 (-30,193)
Boston city, MA: 617,594 (+28,453)
Seattle city, WA: 608,660 (+45,286)
Washington D.C.: 601,723 (+29,664)
Denver city, CO: 600,158 (+45,522)
Milwaukee city, WI: 594,833 (-2,141)
Portland city, OR: 583,776 (+54,655)
30. Las Vegas city, NV: 583,756 (+105,322)
Oklahoma City city, OK: 579,999 (+73,867)
Albuquerque city, NM: 545,852 (+97,247)
Tucson city, AZ: 520,116 (+33,417)
Fresno city, CA: 494,665 (+67,013)
Sacramento city, CA: 466,488 (+59,470)
Long Beach city, CA: 462,257 (+735)
Kansas City city, MO: 459,787 (+18,242)
Mesa city, AZ: 439,041 (+42,666)
Virginia Beach city, VA: 437,994 (+12,737)
40. Atlanta city, GA: 420,003 (+3,529)
Colorado Springs city, CO: 416,427 (+55,537)
Omaha city, NE: 408,958 (+18,951)
Raleigh city, NC: 403,892 (+127,799)
Miami city, FL: 399,457 (+36,987)
Cleveland city, OH: 396,815 (-81,588)
Tulsa city, OK: 391,906 (-1,143)
Oakland city, CA: 390,724 (-8,760)
Honolulu CDP (incl. East Honolulu) 387,170 (+15,513)
Minneapolis city, MN: 382,578 (-40)
50. Wichita city, KS: 382,368 (+38,084)
Arlington city, TX: 365,438 (+32,469)
Bakersfield city, CA: 347,483 (+100,426)
New Orleans city, LA: 343,829 (-140,845)
Anaheim city, CA: 336,265 (+8,251)
Tampa city, FL: 335,709 (+32,262)
Aurora city, CO: 325,078 (+48,685)
Santa Ana city, CA: 324,528 (-13,449)
St. Louis city, MO: 319,294 (-28,895)
Pittsburgh city, PA: 305,704 (-28,859)
60. Corpus Christi city, TX: 305,215 (+27,761)
Riverside city, CA: 303,871 (+48,705)
Cincinnati city, OH: 296,943 (-34,342)
Lexington city, KY: 295,803 (+35,291)
Anchorage city, AK: 291,826 (+31,543)
Stockton city, CA: 291,707 (+47,936)
Toledo city, OH: 287,208 (-26,411)
St. Paul city, MN: 285,068 (-2,083)
Newark city, NJ: 277,140 (+3,594)
Greensboro city, NC: 269,666 (+45,775)
70. Buffalo city, NY: 261,310 (-31,338)
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)
St. Petersburg city, FL: 244,769 (-3,463)
Chula Vista city, CA: 243,916 (+70,360)
Norfolk city, VA: 242,803 (+8,400)
Orlando city, FL: 238,300 (+52,349)
80. Chandler city, AZ: 236,123 (+59,542)
Laredo city, TX: 236,091 (+59,515)
Madison city, WI: 233,209 (+25,155)
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)
Glendale city, AZ: 226,721 (+7,909)
Reno city, NV: 225,221 (+44,741)
90. Hialeah city, FL: 224,669 (-1,750)
Chesapeake city, VA: 222,209 (+23,025)
Scottsdale city, AZ: 217,385 (+14,680)
North Las Vegas city, NV: 216,961 (+101,473)
Irving city, TX: 216,290 (+24,675)
Fremont city, CA: 214,089 (+10,676)
Irvine city, CA: 212,375 (+69,303)
Birmingham city, AL: 212,237 (-30,583)
Rochester city, NY: 210,565 (-9,208)
San Bernardino city, CA: 209,924 (+24,523)
100. Spokane city, WA: 208,916 (+13,287)
Gilbert city, AZ: 208,453 (+98,756)
Montgomery city, AL: 205,764 (+4,196)
Boise city, ID: 205,671 (+19,884)
Richmond city, VA: 204,214 (+6,424)
Des Moines city, IA: 203,433 (+4,751)
Modesto city, CA: 201,165 (+12,309)
Fayetteville city, NC: 200,564 (+79,549)
Augusta city, GA: 200,549 (+774)
Shreveport city, LA: 199,311 (-834)
110. Akron city, OH: 199,110 (-17,964)
Tacoma city, WA: 198,397 (+4,841)
Aurora city, IL: 197,899 (+54,909)
Oxnard city, CA: 197,899 (+27,541)
Fontana city, CA: 196,069 (+67,140)
Yonkers city, NY: 195,976 (-110)
Mobile city, AL: 195,111 (-3,804)
Little Rock city, AR: 193,524 (+10,391)
Moreno Valley city, CA: 193,365 (+50,984)
Glendale city, CA: 191,719 (-3,254)
120. Amarillo city, TX: 190,695 (+17,068)
Huntington Beach city, CA: 189,992 (+398)
Columbus city, GA: 189,885 (+3,594)
Grand Rapids city, MI: 188,040 (-9,760)
Salt Lake City city, UT: 186,440 (+4,697)
Tallahassee city, FL: 181,376 (+30,752)
Worcester city, MA: 181,045 (+8,397)
Newport News city, VA: 180,719 (+569)
Huntsville city, AL: 180,105 (+21,889)
Knoxville city, TN: 178,874 (+4,984)
130. Providence city, RI: 178,042 (+4,424)
Santa Clarita city, CA: 176,320 (+25,232)
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)
Garden Grove city, CA: 170,883 (+5,687)
Santa Rosa city, CA: 167,815 (+20,220)
Chattanooga city, TN: 167,674 (+12,120)
Oceanside city, CA: 167,086 (+6,057)
140. Fort Lauderdale city, FL: 165,521 (+13,124)
Rancho Cucamonga city, CA: 165,269 (+37,526)
Port St. Lucie city, FL: 164,603 (+75,834)
Ontario city, CA: 163,924 (+5,917)
Vancouver city, WA: 161,791 (+18,231)
Tempe city, AZ: 161,719 (+3,094)
Springfield city, MO: 159,498 (+7,918)
Lancaster city, CA: 156,633 (+37,915)
Eugene city, OR: 156,185 (+18,292)
Pembroke Pines city, FL: 154,750 (+17,323)
150. Salem city, OR: 154,637 (+17,713)
Cape Coral city, FL: 154,305 (+52,019)
Peoria city, AZ: 154,065 (+45,701)
Sioux Falls city, SD: 153,888 (+29,913)
Springfield city, MA: 153,060 (+978)
Elk Grove city, CA: 153,015 (+93,031)
Rockford city, IL: 152,871 (+2,756)
Palmdale city, CA: 152,750 (+36,080)
Corona city, CA: 152,374 (+27,378)
Salinas city, CA: 150,441 (-619)
160. Pomona city, CA: 149,058 (-415)
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)
Torrance city, CA: 145,438 (+7,492)
Syracuse city, NY: 145,170 (-2,136)
Bridgeport city, CT: 144,229 (+4,700)
Hayward city, CA: 144,186 (+4,156)
Fort Collins city, CO: 143,986 (+25,334)
170. Escondido city, CA: 143,911 (+10,352)
Lakewood city, CO: 142,980 (-1,146)
Naperville city, IL: 141,853 (+13,495)
Dayton city, OH: 141,527 (-24,652)
Hollywood city, FL: 140,768 (+1,411)
Sunnyvale city, CA: 140,081 (+8,321)
Alexandria city, VA: 139,966 (+11,683)
Mesquite city, TX: 139,824 (+15,301)
Hampton city, VA: 137,436 (-9,001)
Pasadena city, CA: 137,122 (+3,186)
180. Orange city, CA: 136,416 (+7,595)
Savannah city, GA: 136,286 (+4,776)
Cary town, NC: 135,234 (+40,698)
Fullerton city, CA: 135,161 (+9,158)
Warren city, MI: 134,056 (-4,191)
Clarksville city, TN: 132,929 (+29,474)
McKinney city, TX: 131,117 (+76,748)
McAllen city, TX: 129,877 (+23,463)
New Haven city, CT: 129,779 (+6,153)
Sterling Heights city, MI: 129,699 (+5,228)
190. West Valley City city, UT: 129,480 (+20,584)
Columbia city, SC: 129,272 (+12,994)
Killeen city, TX: 127,921 (+41,010)
Topeka city, KS: 127,473 (+5,096)
Thousand Oaks city, CA: 126,683 (+9,678)
East Los Angeles CDP, CA: 126,496 (+2,213)
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)
200. Hartford city, CT: 124,775 (+3,197)
Visalia city, CA: 124,442 (+32,877)
Gainesville city, FL: 124,354 (+28,907)
Simi Valley city, CA: 124,237 (+12,886)
Stamford city, CT: 122,643 (+5,560)
Bellevue city, WA: 122,363 (+12,794)
Concord city, CA: 122,067 (+287)
Miramar city, FL: 122,041 (+49,302)
Coral Springs city, FL: 121,096 (+3,547)
Lafayette city, LA: 120,623 (+10,366)
210. Charleston city, SC: 120,083 (+23,433)
Carrollton city, TX: 119,097 (+9,521)
Roseville city, CA: 118,788 (+38,867)
Thornton city, CO: 118,772 (+36,388)
Beaumont city, TX: 118,296 (+4,430)
Allentown city, PA: 118,032 (11,400)
Surprise city, AZ: 117,517 (+86,669)
Evansville city, IN: 117,429 (-4,153)
Abilene city, TX: 117,063 (+1,133)
Frisco city, TX: 116,989 (+83,275)
220. Independence city, MO: 116,830 (+3,542)
Athens city, GA: 116,714 (+15,225)
Santa Clara city, CA: 116,468 (+14,107)
Springfield city, IL: 116,250 (+4,796)
Vallejo city, CA: 115,942 (-818)
Victorville city, CA: 115,903 (+51,873)
Peoria city, IL: 115,007 (+2,071)
Lansing city, MI: 114,297 (-4,831)
Ann Arbor city, MI: 113,934 (-90)
El Monte city, CA: 113,475 (-2,490)
230. Denton city, TX: 113,383 (+32,846)
Berkeley city, CA: 112,580 (+9,758)
Provo city, UT: 112,488 (+7,322)
Downey city, CA: 111,772 (+4,449)
Midland city, TX: 111,147 (+16,151)
Norman city, OK: 110,925 (+15,231)
Waterbury city, CT: 110,366 (+3,095)
Costa Mesa city, CA: 109,960 (+1,236)
Inglewood city, CA: 109,673 (-2,907)
Manchester city, NH: 109,565 (+2,559)
240. Murfreesboro city, TN: 108,755 (+39,939)
Columbia city, MO: 108,500 (+23,969)
Elgin city, IL: 108,188 (+13,701)
Clearwater city, FL: 107,685 (-1,102)
Miami Gardens city, FL: 107,167 (n/a)
Rochester city, MN: 106,769 (+20,963)
Pueblo city, CO: 106,595 (+4,474)
Lowell city, MA: 106,519 (+1,352)
Wilmington city, NC: 106,476 (+30,638)
Arvada city, CO: 106,433 (+4,280)
250. Ventura city, CA: 106,433 (+5,517)
Westminster city, CO: 106,114 (+5,174)
West Covina city, CA: 106,098 (+1,018)
Gresham city, OR: 105,594 (+15,389)
Fargo city, ND: 105,549 (+14,950)
Norwalk city, CA: 105,549 (+2,251)
Carlsbad city, CA: 105,328 (+27,081)
Fairfield city, CA: 105,321 (+9,143)
Cambridge city, MA: 105,162 (+3,807)
Wichita Falls city, TX: 104,553 (+356)
260. High Point city, NC: 104,371 (+18,532)
Billings city, MT: 104,170 (+14,323)
Green Bay city, WI: 104,057 (+1,744)
West Jordan city, UT: 103,712 (+35,376)
Richmond city, CA: 103,701 (+4,485)
Murrieta city, CA: 103,466 (+59,184)
Burbank city, CA: 103,340 (+3,024)
Palm Bay city, FL: 103,190 (+23,777)
Everett city, WA: 103,019 (+11,531)
Flint city, MI: 102,434 (-22,509)
270. Antioch city, CA: 102,372 (+11,840)
Erie city, PA: 101,786 (-1,931)
South Bend city, IN: 101,168 (-6,621)
Daly City city, CA: 101,123 (-2,498)
Centennial city, CO: 100,377 (n/a)
Temecula city, CA: 100,097 (+42,381)

[Ch.G, Ch.G]

Originally Posted by babybackribs2314

Yes, well typically the capital city of a country does benefit the most from its federal government.

...hence my point about the growth of Washington being financed by the rest of the country.

[wwmiv]

1 New York City 18 894 109 +
2. Los Angeles 12 828 837 +
3. Chicago 9 461 105 +
4. Dallas/Forth Worth 6 371 773 +
5. Philadelphia 5 965 343 +
6. Houston 5 946 820 +
7. Washington, D.C. 5 782 710 +
8. Miami 5 564 635 +
9. Atlanta 5 290 078 +
10. Boston 4 552 402 +
11. San Francisco 4 335 391 +
12. Detroit 4 296 250 -
13. Riverside 4 224 851 +
14. Phoenix 4 192 887 +
15. Seattle 3 439 809 +
16. Minneapolis 3 279 833 +
17. San Diego 3 095 313 +
18. Tampa 2 783 243 +
19. St. Louis 2 754 717 +
20. Baltimore 2 710 489 +
21. Denver 2 543 482 +
22. Pittsburgh 2 356 285 -
23. Portland 2 226 009 +
24. Sacramento 2 149 127 +
25. San Antonio 2 136 508 +
26. Orlando 2 134 411 +
27. Cincinnati 2 130 151 +
28. Cleveland 2 077 240 -
29. Kansas City 2 035 334 +
30. Las Vegas 1 951 269 +
31. San Jose 1 836 911 +
32. Columbus 1 836 536 +
33. Indianapolis 1 765 241 +
34. Charlotte 1 758 038 +
35. Austin 1 716 289 +
36. Hampton Roads 1 671 683 +
37. Providence 1 600 852 +
38. Nashville 1 589 934 +
39. Milwaukee 1 555 908 +
40. Jacksonville 1 345 596 +
41. Memphis 1 316 100 +
42. Louisville 1 283 566 +
43. Richmond 1 258 251 +
44. Oklahoma City 1 252 987 +
45. Hartford 1 212 381 +
46. New Orleans 1 167 764 -
47. Buffalo 1 135 479 -
48. Raleigh 1 130 490 +
49. Birmingham 1 128 047 +
50. Salt Lake City 1 124 197 +
51. Rochester 1 054 323 +

Declined in red, numbers in red mean that that city's relative placement has declined since 2000, numbers in bold are new additions to the 1 million plus list from 2000.

Tucson did not, despite the 2009 estimates, pass 1,000,000. Rochester is the only metropolitan area that was estimated to lose population over the decade, but instead gained at the same pace that it had gained for the last 40 years.

Later today I'm going to expand this list to include all metropolitan areas above 500,000. I will also eventually give numerical and percentage growth as well.

[themaguffin]

...hence my point about the growth of Washington being financed by the rest of the country.

some place has to be the capital, so... so what?

Many states subsidize others - other states that in fact like to make extreme claims of small gov't and individualism etc yet these very places are "financed" by other places.

[Crawford]

So, excluding city-county mergers, glamorous San Antonio and Fort Worth are the population growth kings.

[pacarlson]

Originally Posted by Dralcoffin

1. New York city, NY: 8,175,133 (+166,855)
Los Angeles city, CA: 3,792,621 (+97,801)
Chicago city, IL: 2,695,598 (-200,418)
Houston city, TX: 2,099,451 (+145,820)
Philadelphia city, PA: 1,526,006 (+8,456)
Phoenix city, AZ: 1,445,632 (+124,587)
San Antonio city, TX: 1,327,407 (+182,761)
San Diego city, CA: 1,307,402 (+84,002)
Dallas city, TX: 1,197,816 (+9,236)
10. San Jose city, CA: 945,942 (+50,999)
Indianapolis city, IN: 829,718 (+37,792)
Jacksonville city, FL: 821,784 (+86,167)
San Francisco city, CA: 805,235 (+28,502)
Austin city, TX: 790,390 (+133,828)
Columbus city, OH: 787,033 (+75,563)
Fort Worth city, TX: 741,206 (+206,512)
Louisville city, KY: 741,096 (+484,865)
Charlotte city, NC: 731,424 (+190,596)
Detroit city, MI: 713,777 (-237,493)
20. El Paso city, TX: 649,121 (+85,459)
Memphis city, TN: 646,889 (-3,211)
Nashville city, TN: 626,681 (+56,790)
Baltimore city, MD: 620,961 (-30,193)
Boston city, MA: 617,594 (+28,453)
Seattle city, WA: 608,660 (+45,286)
Washington D.C.: 601,723 (+29,664)
Denver city, CO: 600,158 (+45,522)
Milwaukee city, WI: 594,833 (-2,141)
Portland city, OR: 583,776 (+54,655)
30. Las Vegas city, NV: 583,756 (+105,322)
Oklahoma City city, OK: 579,999 (+73,867)
Albuquerque city, NM: 545,852 (+97,247)
Tucson city, AZ: 520,116 (+33,417)
Fresno city, CA: 494,665 (+67,013)
Sacramento city, CA: 466,488 (+59,470)
Long Beach city, CA: 462,257 (+735)
Kansas City city, MO: 459,787 (+18,242)
Mesa city, AZ: 439,041 (+42,666)
Virginia Beach city, VA: 437,994 (+12,737)
40. Atlanta city, GA:: 420,003 (+3,529)
Colorado Springs city, CO: 416,427 (+55,537)
Omaha city, NE: 408,958 (+18,951)
Raleigh city, NC: 403,892 (+127,799)
Miami city, FL: 399,457 (+36,987)
Cleveland city, OH: 396,815 (-81,588)
Tulsa city, OK: 391,906 (-1,143)
Oakland city, CA: 390,724 (-8,760)
Honolulu CDP (incl. East Honolulu) 387,170 (+15,513)
Minneapolis city, MN: 382,578 (-40)
50. Wichita city, KS: 382,368 (+38,084)
Arlington city, TX: 365,438 (+32,469)
Bakersfield city, CA: 347,483 (+100,426)
New Orleans city, LA: 343,829 (-140,845)
Anaheim city, CA: 336,265 (+8,251)
Tampa city, FL: 335,709 (+32,262)
Aurora city, CO: 325,078 (+48,685)
Santa Ana city, CA: 324,528 (-13,449)
St. Louis city, MO: 319,294 (-28,895)
Pittsburgh city, PA: 305,704 (-28,859)
60. Corpus Christi city, TX: 305,215 (+27,761)
Riverside city, CA: 303,871 (+48,705)
Cincinnati city, OH: 296,943 (-34,342)
Lexington city, KY: 295,803 (+35,291)
Anchorage city, AK: 291,826 (+31,543)
Stockton city, CA: 291,707 (+47,936)
Toledo city, OH: 287,208 (-26,411)
St. Paul city, MN: 285,068 (-2,083)
Newark city, NJ: 277,140 (+3,594)
Greensboro city, NC: 269,666 (+45,775)
70. Buffalo city, NY: 261,310 (-31,338)
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)
St. Petersburg city, FL: 244,769 (-3,463)
Chula Vista city, CA: 243,916 (+70,360)
Norfolk city, VA: 242,803 (+8,400)
Orlando city, FL: 238,300 (+52,349)
80. Chandler city, AZ: 236,123 (+59,542)
Laredo city, TX: 236,091 (+59,515)
Madison city, WI: 233,209 (+25,155)
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)
Glendale city, AZ: 226,721 (+7,909)
Reno city, NV: 225,221 (+44,741)
90. Hialeah city, FL: 224,669 (-1,750)
Chesapeake city, VA: 222,209 (+23,025)
Scottsdale city, AZ: 217,385 (+14,680)
North Las Vegas city, NV: 216,961 (+101,473)
Irving city, TX: 216,290 (+24,675)
Fremont city, CA: 214,089 (+10,676)
Irvine city, CA: 212,375 (+69,303)
Birmingham city, AL: 212,237 (-30,583)
Rochester city, NY: 210,565 (-9,208)
San Bernardino city, CA: 209,924 (+24,523)
100. Spokane city, WA: 208,916 (+13,287)
Gilbert city, AZ: 208,453 (+98,756)
Montgomery city, AL: 205,764 (+4,196)
Boise city, ID: 205,671 (+19,884)
Richmond city, VA: 204,214 (+6,424)
Des Moines city, IA: 203,433 (+4,751)
Modesto city, CA: 201,165 (+12,309)
Fayetteville city, NC: 200,564 (+79,549)
Augusta city, GA: 200,549 (+774)
Shreveport city, LA: 199,311 (-834)
110. Akron city, OH: 199,110 (-17,964)
Tacoma city, WA: 198,397 (+4,841)
Aurora city, IL: 197,899 (+54,909)
Oxnard city, CA: 197,899 (+27,541)
Fontana city, CA: 196,069 (+67,140)
Yonkers city, NY: 195,976 (-110)
Mobile city, AL: 195,111 (-3,804)
Little Rock city, AR: 193,524 (+10,391)
Moreno Valley city, CA: 193,365 (+50,984)
Glendale city, CA: 191,719 (-3,254)
120. Amarillo city, TX: 190,695 (+17,068)
Huntington Beach city, CA: 189,992 (+398)
Columbus city, GA: 189,885 (+3,594)
Grand Rapids city, MI: 188,040 (-9,760)
Salt Lake City city, UT: 186,440 (+4,697)
Tallahassee city, FL: 181,376 (+30,752)
Worcester city, MA: 181,045 (+8,397)
Newport News city, VA: 180,719 (+569)
Huntsville city, AL: 180,105 (+21,889)
Knoxville city, TN: 178,874 (+4,984)
130. Providence city, RI: 178,042 (+4,424)
Santa Clarita city, CA: 176,320 (+25,232)
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)
Garden Grove city, CA: 170,883 (+5,687)
Santa Rosa city, CA: 167,815 (+20,220)
Chattanooga city, TN: 167,674 (+12,120)
Oceanside city, CA: 167,086 (+6,057)
140. Fort Lauderdale city, FL: 165,521 (+13,124)
Rancho Cucamonga city, CA: 165,269 (+37,526)
Port St. Lucie city, FL: 164,603 (+75,834)
Ontario city, CA: 163,924 (+5,917)
Vancouver city, WA: 161,791 (+18,231)
Tempe city, AZ: 161,719 (+3,094)
Springfield city, MO: 159,498 (+7,918)
Lancaster city, CA: 156,633 (+37,915)
Eugene city, OR: 156,185 (+18,292)
Pembroke Pines city, FL: 154,750 (+17,323)
150. Salem city, OR: 154,637 (+17,713)
Cape Coral city, FL: 154,305 (+52,019)
Peoria city, AZ: 154,065 (+45,701)
Sioux Falls city, SD: 153,888 (+29,913)
Springfield city, MA: 153,060 (+978)
Elk Grove city, CA: 153,015 (+93,031)
Rockford city, IL: 152,871 (+2,756)
Palmdale city, CA: 152,750 (+36,080)
Corona city, CA: 152,374 (+27,378)
Salinas city, CA: 150,441 (-619)
160. Pomona city, CA: 149,058 (-415)
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)
Torrance city, CA: 145,438 (+7,492)
Syracuse city, NY: 145,170 (-2,136)
Bridgeport city, CT: 144,229 (+4,700)
Hayward city, CA: 144,186 (+4,156)
Fort Collins city, CO: 143,986 (+25,334)
170. Escondido city, CA: 143,911 (+10,352)
Lakewood city, CO: 142,980 (-1,146)
Naperville city, IL: 141,853 (+13,495)
Dayton city, OH: 141,527 (-24,652)
Hollywood city, FL: 140,768 (+1,411)
Sunnyvale city, CA: 140,081 (+8,321)
Alexandria city, VA: 139,966 (+11,683)
Mesquite city, TX: 139,824 (+15,301)
Hampton city, VA: 137,436 (-9,001)
Pasadena city, CA: 137,122 (+3,186)
180. Orange city, CA: 136,416 (+7,595)
Savannah city, GA: 136,286 (+4,776)
Cary town, NC: 135,234 (+40,698)
Fullerton city, CA: 135,161 (+9,158)
Warren city, MI: 134,056 (-4,191)
Clarksville city, TN: 132,929 (+29,474)
McKinney city, TX: 131,117 (+76,748)
McAllen city, TX: 129,877 (+23,463)
New Haven city, CT: 129,779 (+6,153)
Sterling Heights city, MI: 129,699 (+5,228)
190. West Valley City city, UT: 129,480 (+20,584)
Columbia city, SC: 129,272 (+12,994)
Killeen city, TX: 127,921 (+41,010)
Topeka city, KS: 127,473 (+5,096)
Thousand Oaks city, CA: 126,683 (+9,678)
East Los Angeles CDP, CA: 126,496 (+2,213)
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)
200. Hartford city, CT: 124,775 (+3,197)
Visalia city, CA: 124,442 (+32,877)
Gainesville city, FL: 124,354 (+28,907)
Simi Valley city, CA: 124,237 (+12,886)
Stamford city, CT: 122,643 (+5,560)
Bellevue city, WA: 122,363 (+12,794)
Concord city, CA: 122,067 (+287)
Miramar city, FL: 122,041 (+49,302)
Coral Springs city, FL: 121,096 (+3,547)
Lafayette city, LA: 120,623 (+10,366)
210. Charleston city, SC: 120,083 (+23,433)
Carrollton city, TX: 119,097 (+9,521)
Roseville city, CA: 118,788 (+38,867)
Thornton city, CO: 118,772 (+36,388)
Beaumont city, TX: 118,296 (+4,430)
Allentown city, PA: 118,032 (11,400)
Surprise city, AZ: 117,517 (+86,669)
Evansville city, IN: 117,429 (-4,153)
Abilene city, TX: 117,063 (+1,133)
Frisco city, TX: 116,989 (+83,275)
220. Independence city, MO: 116,830 (+3,542)
Athens city, GA: 116,714 (+15,225)
Santa Clara city, CA: 116,468 (+14,107)
Springfield city, IL: 116,250 (+4,796)
Vallejo city, CA: 115,942 (-818)
Victorville city, CA: 115,903 (+51,873)
Peoria city, IL: 115,007 (+2,071)
Lansing city, MI: 114,297 (-4,831)
Ann Arbor city, MI: 113,934 (-90)
El Monte city, CA: 113,475 (-2,490)
230. Denton city, TX: 113,383 (+32,846)
Berkeley city, CA: 112,580 (+9,758)
Provo city, UT: 112,488 (+7,322)
Downey city, CA: 111,772 (+4,449)
Midland city, TX: 111,147 (+16,151)
Norman city, OK: 110,925 (+15,231)
Waterbury city, CT: 110,366 (+3,095)
Costa Mesa city, CA: 109,960 (+1,236)
Inglewood city, CA: 109,673 (-2,907)
Manchester city, NH: 109,565 (+2,559)
240. Murfreesboro city, TN: 108,755 (+39,939)
Columbia city, MO: 108,500 (+23,969)
Elgin city, IL: 108,188 (+13,701)
Clearwater city, FL: 107,685 (-1,102)
Miami Gardens city, FL: 107,167 (n/a)
Rochester city, MN: 106,769 (+20,963)
Pueblo city, CO: 106,595 (+4,474)
Lowell city, MA: 106,519 (+1,352)
Wilmington city, NC: 106,476 (+30,638)
Arvada city, CO: 106,433 (+4,280)
250. Ventura city, CA: 106,433 (+5,517)
Westminster city, CO: 106,114 (+5,174)
West Covina city, CA: 106,098 (+1,018)
Gresham city, OR: 105,594 (+15,389)
Fargo city, ND: 105,549 (+14,950)
Norwalk city, CA: 105,549 (+2,251)
Carlsbad city, CA: 105,328 (+27,081)
Fairfield city, CA: 105,321 (+9,143)
Cambridge city, MA: 105,162 (+3,807)
Wichita Falls city, TX: 104,553 (+356)
260. High Point city, NC: 104,371 (+18,532)
Billings city, MT: 104,170 (+14,323)
Green Bay city, WI: 104,057 (+1,744)
West Jordan city, UT: 103,712 (+35,376)
Richmond city, CA: 103,701 (+4,485)
Murrieta city, CA: 103,466 (+59,184)
Burbank city, CA: 103,340 (+3,024)
Palm Bay city, FL: 103,190 (+23,777)
Everett city, WA: 103,019 (+11,531)
Flint city, MI: 102,434 (-22,509)
270. Antioch city, CA: 102,372 (+11,840)
Erie city, PA: 101,786 (-1,931)
South Bend city, IN: 101,168 (-6,621)
Daly City city, CA: 101,123 (-2,498)
Centennial city, CO: 100,377 (n/a)
Temecula city, CA: 100,097 (+42,381)

Great list Dralcoffin. Thanks much to you, wwmiv, and others who've put their efforts into lists like these. Dralcoffin, on your next list update, you might want to put Tulsa in red font also as it lost population too.

[antinimby]

Did Louisville really gained 480K people?

[Crawford]

No. Louisville merged with its county.

[ChiSoxRox]

Originally Posted by pacarlson

Great list Dralcoffin. Thanks much to you, wwmiv, and others who've put their efforts into lists like these. Dralcoffin, on your next list update, you might want to put Tulsa in red font also as it lost population too.

Ah thanks; it must have just been overlooked when I was highlighting the declining population cities.

I'm also working on a list separated by state.

[jcchii]

I'm struck by the major moves by the North Carolina cities, if you look at the city proper list.

Charlotte more people than Boston, Seattle or Denver

Raleigh more than Miami, Cleveland or Indianapolis

not used to thinking in those terms

[MNMike]

Again, think land area.

[jcchii]

^sure, but just looks weird regardless

[fflint]

Originally Posted by jcchii

Raleigh more than Miami, Cleveland or Indianapolis

not used to thinking in those terms

I think you mean Minneapolis and not Indy.

[DenverInfill]

Charlotte went from 242 to 299 square miles during the decade.

http://www.osbm.state.nc.us/ncosbm/f...g/ppla8009.htm

[LMich]

Originally Posted by DenverInfill

Charlotte went from 242 to 299 square miles during the decade.

http://www.osbm.state.nc.us/ncosbm/f...g/ppla8009.htm

I had no idea that Charlotte had grown over the decade. This makes it 2.15 times larger than the city ranked immediately below it in population (Detroit).

It'd be really interesting to see the new area figures for this ranked cities. In fact, the new American FactFinder tool has place where one can view "geographic indentifiers" that lists each of the city area in square meters, but it'd be quite a task for anyone willing to take it on.

[hudkina]

Just multiply the number by 3.8610215855*10^-7. I'm such a nerd I know that number by heart.