2010 Census Data

[dcsooner]

I was reading on the census page that released today that Oklahoma City's population grew to 579,999 in the 2010 census. The Metro areas were not included in this release. The link is located here...

http://2010.census.gov/news/releases...cb11-cn33.html

Continued SLOW growth for Oklahoma and it two larger cities

[shane453]

Census will take a bit to put data into their new FactFinder system, but I'm looking in the FTP server to see if I can sort out city populations.

See the Census map here: http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/

Oklahoma 718,633
Cleveland 255,755
Canadian 115,541
Grady 52,431
Logan 41,848
McClain 34,506
Lincoln 34,273
MSA TOTAL 1,252,987

Pottawattomie 69,442
CSA TOTAL 1,322,429

[dmoor82]

about 1.1 million in just 3 counties alone,and just under 1 million for OK and Cleveland counties alone!

[Pete]

The MSA numbers represent a 15.6% increase over the 2000 census.

[dcsooner]

No matter how you spin it Oklahoma continues to realize tepid growth. Looking at being passed by a couple other states in the next ten years, already passed by Oregon. Both Cities are growing slower than other cities in our population range, will we even be a top 50 city in this or the next census?What's up Oklahoma??????

[semisimple]

Wow, it's official...Tulsa proper lost population over the decade.

2000: 393,049
2010: 391,906

Tulsa MSA:

2010: 937,478
2000: 859,532

change 2000-10 = 77,946

[G.Walker]

Moore was the fastest growing city in the metro at 33.9%, interesting! Moore passed Enid and Midwest City to #7 largest city in state!

[Pete]

That's only a 9% increase for the Tulsa MSA.

Might even be under the overall national rate.

[semisimple]

On a separate note, the city of Chicago declined to 2,695,598 from 2,896,016 in 2000; in 2009 Houston was estimated to be around 2,257,926, up from 1,953,631 in 2000.

We might see Houston overtake Chicago as the third largest city in the country by 2020 if current trends hold...

[Jesseda]

how did you find out moores population?

[Bunty]

Moore was the fastest growing city in the metro at 33.9%, interesting! Moore passed Enid and Midwest City to #7 largest city in state!

Wow, the tornadoes didn't make people thick twice about living in Moore.

[plmccordj]

On the same page there is a link to an Excel spreadsheet showing Moore and other cities. Here is the link...

http://2010.census.gov/news/xls/cb11...010redistr.xls

[BG918]

Wow, it's official...Tulsa proper lost population over the decade.

2000: 393,049
2010: 391,906

Tulsa MSA:

2010: 937,478
2000: 859,532

change 2000-10 = 77,946

The estimate was 389,000 so better than many thought. Tulsa was hit hard by job losses from 2003-2005 and has been recovering ever since. Also most of the growth in the metro has been in Bixby and Broken Arrow, areas adjacent to Tulsa where the city limits end. Tulsa wasn't able to capture that growth like it did in the 90's before it went past the city limits.

I predict both metros will do much better growth-wise this decade.

[G.Walker]

No matter how you spin it Oklahoma continues to realize tepid growth. Looking at being passed by a couple other states in the next ten years, already passed by Oregon. Both Cities are growing slower than other cities in our population range, will we even be a top 50 city in this or the next census?What's up Oklahoma??????

According to July 1, 2009, Oklahoma City had a population of 560,000...so that is 20,000 people in 1 year, pretty damn good if you ask me, 2000-2005 was slower for OKC, but we have seen tremendous growth in the last few years, if we continue this trend...we will be in good shape, so don't hold your breath on your statement. We could easily tip 600,000 by 2012...

[okclee]

Suburbs Rule!

So do the Latinos!!

[Bunty]

The count for Stillwater is 45,688, so not even close to 50,000.

[earlywinegareth]

Lawton/Fort Sill fell another notch to 5th. Those folks once held their heads high being the state's 3rd largest city...times change.

[dmoor82]

According to July 1, 2009, Oklahoma City had a population of 560,000...so that is 20,000 people in 1 year, pretty damn good if you ask me, 2000-2005 was slower for OKC, but we have seen tremendous growth in the last few years, if we continue this trend...we will be in good shape, so don't hold your breath on your statement. We could easily tip 600,000 by 2012...

So if OKC held that growth untill the 2020 census it would have over 760k?That's DAMN good,The last two years before The 2010 census showed what OKC is in store for!

[G.Walker]

I doubt we hold 20,000 people/yr...I would take half that at 10,000 people/year, would put us close to 700,000 in 10 years...

[dmoor82]

^^Still,not bad for OKC!What would you guess The OKC MSA or CSA would be in 10 years?

[semisimple]

According to July 1, 2009, Oklahoma City had a population of 560,000...so that is 20,000 people in 1 year, pretty damn good if you ask me, 2000-2005 was slower for OKC, but we have seen tremendous growth in the last few years, if we continue this trend...we will be in good shape, so don't hold your breath on your statement. We could easily tip 600,000 by 2012...

This is a very dubious conclusion based on this data.

The difference between successive estimates, e.g., 2008 and 2009, is meaningful.

However, the change between a 2009 estimate and an official count in 2010 is not necessarily indicative of a major uptick in the growth trend. If anything, it suggests the Census Bureau underestimated OKC's population consistently over the decade. Indeed, if you look at historical records, you will often see uncharacteristically large "jumps" in the data between official population counts and annual estimates.

[dmoor82]

I'm intrested in seeing what Austin,Raleigh,Charlotte all have!Maybe Austin will be over 800k?

[Edge]

USA Today Story: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...a-census_N.htm

[semisimple]

I'm intrested in seeing what Austin,Raleigh,Charlotte all have!Maybe Austin will be over 800k?

Should be interesting to see how some of OKC's "peer" cities do, yes. Here is some data for a few cities/metros of similar size:

New Orleans
2000: 484,674
2010: 343,829

NO MSA:
2000: 1,316,510
2010: 1,167,764

Indianapolis:
2000: 781,926
2010: 829,718

Indy MSA:
2000: 1,525,104
2010: 1,756,241

Norfolk-Virginia Beach MSA:
2000: 1,576,370
2010: 1,672,319

[dmoor82]

Nice find Edge! 330,000 Latinos in Oklahoma and probably more than 1/3rd of that population lives in S. OKC!Asian population making strides also!