New American Community Survey data was released this morning by the US Census Bureau (see link here (http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPGeoSearchByListServlet?_lang=en&_ts=303751340087)) based on survey data from 2009. The ACS contains estimates of detailed demographic information related to income, race, education level, employment, etc., which the 2010 Census did not collect. Below is a comparison of some data between some peer metropolitan areas (MSAs) or other nearby MSAs to OKC which might be of interest to those here...

Percent of population that has graduated college (among population age 25 or older):
Austin: 38.7%
Charlotte: 32.4%
DFW: 30.0%
Denver: 37.6%
Las Vegas: 21.7%
Nashville: 31.0%
OKC: 27.2%
Tulsa: 25.1%

Median household income:
Austin: $56,218
Charlotte: $51,267
DFW: $54,539
Denver: $59,007
Las Vegas: $53,505
Nashville: $51,066
OKC: $45,109
Tulsa: $46,412

Median house price:
Austin: $189,300
Charlotte: $173,800
DFW: $149,700
Denver: $248,500
Las Vegas: $202,100
Nashville: $175,100
OKC: $123,400
Tulsa: $126,600

Percent of population (over age 5) speaking English as a second language:
Austin: 27.5%
Charlotte: 12.4%
DFW: 30.1%
Denver: 19.0%
Las Vegas: 32.7%
Nashville: 9.3%
OKC: 11.2%
Tulsa: 8.4%

Household vacancy rate:
Austin: 8.4%
Charlotte: 9.1%
DFW: 9.6%
Denver: 8.4%
Las Vegas: 15.3%
Nashville: 9.3%
OKC: 11.1%
Tulsa: 10.2%

Government Documents librarian I know also sent the followinng out via e-mail.

Released this morning by Census's American Community Survey:

Major cities (65,000+ population) ranking by size:

#1 - Oklahoma City - 560,226 with a margin of error of +/- 100
#2 - Tulsa - 389,369 with a margin of error of +/- 891
#3 - Norman - 109,056 with a margin of error of +/- 30
#4 - Broken Arrow - 101,431 with a margin of error of +/- 3,003
#5 - Lawton - 87,407 with a margin of error of +/- 3,357
#6 - Edmond - 81,092 with a margin of error of +/- 27

So we possibly lost population?

So we possibly lost population?

No. The data released today is from 2009. http://www.census.gov/acs/www/

Any new MSA stats?

OKC's 2000 city limit population was 506,000 so we certainly have not lost population.

Any new MSA stats?

The stats shown here show that the combined population for Oklahoma, Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, Lincoln, and McClain counties are 1,224.00. If you add Pottawatomie making up the CSA, the total is 1,294,000.

http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?-ds_name=PEP_2009_EST&-mt_name=PEP_2009_EST_GCTT1R_ST2S&-geo_id=04000US40&-format=ST-2&-tree_id=809&-context=gct

ya, I remember all of that was 2009. OKC-Shawnee CSA must surely be well over 1.3M by now, 2010 and I would suspect the city might be over 570,000 - depending upon when they collect the numbers.

Kinda funny but I heard from a friend that many of the Latinos in south OKC do not and did not fill out the census. I also heard that many of them fled back to Mexico and are now back in OKC. This inf. comes from a Latino that I have known for years that works in the Latino community. He said they are scared of the census.

so oKC's numbers will be artificially low. way to go Oklahoma - scaring off your population base with that stupid immigration 'sh&&. .....

so oKC's numbers will be artificially low. way to go Oklahoma - scaring off your population base with that stupid immigration 'sh&&. .....

I guess Arizona will only be counting half their population then. LOL

perhaps.

But Arizona doesn't have representation problems like Oklahoma does. Also Arizona has a substantial population boom from people across America and not just Mexico. Also, AZ has a well established underground network for immigrants that Oklahoma doesn't.

I didn't intend my statement to necessarily be a slam on Oklahoma, but rather something that people who point to those issues often don't realize the negative impact those actions could have. Im not saying illegal immigration is right - but I am saying that the way Oklahoma and a few other states chose to deal with it was wrong and now COULD come back to bite them. ...

I think the state could/should instead have taken the approach to get immigrants legal rather than the 'round them up and throw them out' mentality. That could have been more beneficial to a state who has already lost 1 representative and could be on the verge of losing another one due to 'stagnant' population growth. Im not as concerned with Arizona losing population or representation, but I am for Oklahoma. ... Something to think about, no?