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Saturday, December 24th, 2011

Census: Population Slowing in Large Portions of US

Author:     HOPE YEN
Source:     The Associated Press
Publication Date:     23-Dec-11
 Link: Census: Population Slowing in Large Portions of US
Stephan:   This has significant implications for Congressional reapportionment and, depending on the demographic leaving, varying social impact as well. I think Florida's modest increase as mentioned in the report, will stop and reverse to emigration as it becomes apparent that the state's coastal regions will be seriously affected by climate change.

WASHINGTON — Many states that posted big population gains in the 2010 census are now seeing their decade-long growth fizzle, hurt by a prolonged economic slump that is stretching into larger portions of the South and West.

New 2011 estimates released Wednesday by the Census Bureau are the first state numbers since the 2010 count, which found the nation’s population growth shifting to the Sun Belt.

As a whole, the U.S. population grew by 2.8 million, reaching 311.6 million people. That growth of 0.92 percent was the lowest since the mid-1940s, hurt by fewer births and less immigration following the recent recession. From 2000 to 2010, the government previously reported the nation grew 9.7 percent, the lowest since the Great Depression.

‘The nation’s overall growth rate is now at its lowest point since before the baby boom,’ said Census Bureau director Robert Groves.

Washington, D.C., grew faster than any state in the nation, climbing by 2.7 percent from April 2010 to July of this year. It was the first time the District led states in growth since the early 1940s. Texas was next-fastest growing, followed by Utah, Alaska, Colorado and North Dakota.

States that prospered during the real estate boom, such as Arizona, Nevada and […]

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