Sunday, April 29, 2007

States With Noticeable Population Shifts this Decade

Sort of ungainly thread title I know. Basically, I was wondering which states, if you analyse the census projections year-to-year so far this decade, have shown either strong trends towards increasing or decreasing growth. I'm using the stats from this page
http://www.census.gov/popest/countie...ST2006-01.html

An example of a increasing trend is seen in Iowa-

rough population change from year to

2001 3450
2002 3145
2003 6075
2004 11610
2005 11840
2006 16560


At this rate, Iowa may pass the 3 million mark by the end of the year. A five-fold increase in population growth is pretty impressive in just five years.

Any other momentum swings noticeable out there? I checked Illinois and it seems more or less steady as she goes.>

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