The US Census Bureau thread

[Steely Dan]

Originally Posted by ChiSoxRox

Weighted population density for MSAs ranked #2 to #10 in population

Los Angeles....12,169.4
Chicago....9,011.9
Boston....8,987.9
Miami....8,489.2
Philadelphia....8,258.5
Washington....7,296.1
Houston....4,606.4
Dallas....4,274.7
Atlanta....2,686.4

By % change from 2010:

Atlanta....+23.6% (+513.4 ppsm) !!!!
Miami...+14.8% (+1093.9)
Washington....+14.2% (+908.0)
Boston....+12.6% (+1007.8)
Houston....+12.1% (+496.8)
Dallas....+9.3% (+365.4)
Philadelphia....+6.2% (+485.3)
Chicago....+4.6% (+398.5)
Los Angeles....+0.5% (+55.5)

NYC is almost certainly positive as well, meaning the top ten metros all became more dense past decade. That is likely the first time in several decades that holds true. I might even wager that would be the first time since 1930, since the Depression caused several cities to dip and by the 1950 census the suburbs are in full bloom.

Especially outstanding densification in Atlanta! Los Angeles on the other hand was effectively flat; perhaps a balance between the core adding density versus household sizes in places like Santa Ana dropping?

The list over 6k, for the top 100 MSAs in population.

1. New York: north of 30k
2. San Francisco....13,267.8
3. Honolulu....12,581.9
4. Los Angeles....12,169.4
5. San Jose....9,075.9
6. Chicago....9,011.9
7. Boston....8,987.9
8. Miami....8,489.2
9. Philadelphia....8,258.5
10. San Diego....7,381.9
11. Washington....7,296.1
12. Las Vegas....7,031.7
13. Seattle....6,146.3

Once I get NYC's number, I'll post the full top 100 list.

Outstanding work! Thank you so much for all of the number crunching. As so many others have said, you are SSP at its finest!


And I'm very glad to see Chicagoland's WPD actually increase for the first time since the days when all of my grandparents were young children growing up in the city.

Their and their children's generations fucked shit up for a good long while around here on that front, but hopefully we're finally at the tipping point where everyone and their brother doesn't just automatically stampede out to the furthest flung cornfield with 3,000 SF vinyl boxes and "good" schools as soon as they start procreating like folks did in the bad old days.