Official US 2010 Census Results

[danny]

Speaking of Lakewood, the census Bureau did a horrible job of estimating it. It had its population growth from 60k in 2000 to 71k in 2009, and now the the census numbers a year later show 92k.

[minionofmidas]

The population of Mississippi outside of DeSoto (suburban Memphis), Rankin, Madison (suburban Jackson), Lamar (suburban Hattiesburg) and any number of random fifth county that grew by a couple of thousand people say Lafayette, fifth largest growth among top 20 counties anyhow (centred on the town of Oxford), actually fell.

[danny]

Maps of New Jersey:
 http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/02/04/nyregion/20100204-jersey.html?ref=nyregion

[Mexino Vote]

Did Oklahoma gain or lose population?

[danny]

Did Oklahoma gain or lose population?

It gained, but at a slower rate than the country as a whole.

[Mexino Vote]

Did Oklahoma gain or lose population?

It gained, but at a slower rate than the country as a whole.

Oh. Better then nothing Welcome to OK, new Okies!

[Verily]

Maps of New Jersey:
 http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/02/04/nyregion/20100204-jersey.html?ref=nyregion

Wish that map were interactive :/

The universal declines in the Shore towns are striking. Is that Hoboken or Jersey City with the big increase in white population in Hudson County? It's hard to tell. Either way, Jersey City has to be indisputably the most diverse city in the country now.

[jimrtex]

County Growth 2010 Census

[cinyc]

Maps of New Jersey:
 http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/02/04/nyregion/20100204-jersey.html?ref=nyregion

Wish that map were interactive :/

The universal declines in the Shore towns are striking. Is that Hoboken or Jersey City with the big increase in white population in Hudson County? It's hard to tell. Either way, Jersey City has to be indisputably the most diverse city in the country now.

Definitely Hoboken.  The non-Hispanic White population of Jersey City declined from 56,736 to 53,236.  Hoboken's increased from 27,196 to 36,607.   The percentage of non-Hispanic Whites in Hoboken increased by a little under 3 points from 70.5% to 73.2%.  

Jersey City's numbers moved slightly in the opposite direction, from 23.6% to 21.5%.  The fastest growing group there was Asians.  Even the percentage of Hispanics and African Americans declined from 2000 (the total number of African Americans, too).

Edited to add: Jersey City is now 27.6% Hispanic, 23.9% African American, 23.5% Asian and 21.5% White.  Its politicians are still 100% crooked.

[minionofmidas]

Walpack township, New Jersey...

1970   384      54.8%
1980   150      −60.9%
1990   67      −55.3%
2000   41      −38.8%
Est. 2006   40      −2.4%
2010         16

Okay, this requires an explanation. The wiki article doesn't even begin to give one. It grew until 1970. Mining?
Meanwhile, some magazine named it the 18th best place to live in NJ in 2008. Seems the residents don't agree.

[danny]

Walpack township, New Jersey...

1970   384      54.8%
1980   150      −60.9%
1990   67      −55.3%
2000   41      −38.8%
Est. 2006   40      −2.4%
2010         16

Okay, this requires an explanation. The wiki article doesn't even begin to give one. It grew until 1970. Mining?
Meanwhile, some magazine named it the 18th best place to live in NJ in 2008. Seems the residents don't agree.

Not mining, It looks like It's the Army Corps of Engineers fault. They wanted to turn the place into a lake so they forced a bunch of people out and afterwards abandoned the project was critical of how they kicked people out of their homes.

[Verily]

Walpack township, New Jersey...

1970   384      54.8%
1980   150      −60.9%
1990   67      −55.3%
2000   41      −38.8%
Est. 2006   40      −2.4%
2010         16

Okay, this requires an explanation. The wiki article doesn't even begin to give one. It grew until 1970. Mining?
Meanwhile, some magazine named it the 18th best place to live in NJ in 2008. Seems the residents don't agree.

Not mining, It looks like It's the Army Corps of Engineers fault. They wanted to turn the place into a lake so they forced a bunch of people out and afterwards abandoned the project was critical of how they kicked people out of their homes.

There are a few things on that page that make me think it's a hoax. Lake the size of Lake Michigan? Made national news by appearing in Playboy magazine? Uh...

The real reason seems to be that it is entirely within the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Residents at the time of designation were grandfathered in, but no one is allowed to move there (the federal government gets first option to buy any land that comes up for sale), so the population is in steady decline (and will probably reach zero in a decade or so).

[danny]

Well I don't know about that site but the dam story is legit.

[minionofmidas]

It seems the National Recreational Area is what the gov't decided to do with the land after they abandoned the dam project.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tocks_Island

[danny]

Data for Maryland is out, Baltimore city shrank while all the counties grew.

[minionofmidas]

...though Allegheny did so by 0.2%

Hispanic share almost doubled - Hispanic population more than doubled. Black share also rose. State is now down to 55% Anglo.

[cinyc]

...though Allegheny did so by 0.2%

Hispanic share almost doubled - Hispanic population more than doubled. Black share also rose. State is now down to 55% Anglo.

The Prince George's County exurban outmigration continues.  The African-American population in neighboring Charles County nearly doubled, while the white population dropped by almost 10,000.  African-Americans make up about 41% of the county's population.   Whites are now barely a majority there, with 50.3%.   Whites continue to leave Prince George's County, too.

[jimrtex]

Illinois, Texas, Oklahoma, and South Dakota ship next week.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

District-level numbers from SSP:

District    Population    Deviation
MD-01    744,275    22,581
MD-02    700,893    (20,801)
MD-03    719,856    (1,838)
MD-04    714,316    (7,378)
MD-05    767,369    45,675
MD-06    738,943    17,249
MD-07    659,776    (61,918)
MD-08    728,124    6,430
Total:    5,773,552    

[muon2]

Illinois, Texas, Oklahoma, and South Dakota ship next week.

I'm ready and waiting.

[ag]

Any comments on Indiana, Iowa and Vermont?

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Sucks to be Iowa, really. Looks like the only places that grew were the Des Moines, Iowa City, and Cedar Rapids areas.

[Torie]

...though Allegheny did so by 0.2%

Hispanic share almost doubled - Hispanic population more than doubled. Black share also rose. State is now down to 55% Anglo.

The Prince George's County exurban outmigration continues.  The African-American population in neighboring Charles County nearly doubled, while the white population dropped by almost 10,000.  African-Americans make up about 41% of the county's population.   Whites are now barely a majority there, with 50.3%.   Whites continue to leave Prince George's County, too.

I wonder if this reflects the "syndrome" that whites don't want to live with blacks when their percentage in the hood gets "too high," or whether it is more due to differential hood housing demand, with blacks paying a premium to live in high percentage black neighborhoods that are safe and middle class, with decent schools. Does anyone know? Is this more about "racism" or economics is my question. And I have no idea, at least in this neck of the woods (in the deep South I just might assume racism frankly), what the answer is.

[Torie]

Sucks to be Iowa, really. Looks like the only places that grew were the Des Moines, Iowa City, and Cedar Rapids areas.

Yes, the Quad cities, with about 450,000 people or something, to me seems like the biggest small town in America. It has the population, but not the amenities one would expect from that large a population. I am not surprised that little or no new blood wants to migrate to such a dreary place.

[Verily]

Sucks to be Iowa, really. Looks like the only places that grew were the Des Moines, Iowa City, and Cedar Rapids areas.

Dubuque grew a little bit, too. As did Council Bluffs.

But, yeah, looking at the historical data for the rural Iowa counties... It's been a long ride down.