US Census Bureau data for Austin and other cities - Page 29

Novacek · #**561** Posted **May 18, 2023, 6:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by The ATX

Austin is now the 26th largest metro after passing Pittsburgh and Sacramento.

So where do we go from here (just spitballing for shits and giggles).

Likely to pass Portland in a couple of years. No one close behind us growing at anything close to our rate.

At that point, probably no change for a while. Maybe pass St Louis in 5 or so years, and Baltimore shortly after.

Orlando/Charlotte/SA are all growing at a good enough clip to stay ahead of us for a while still (perhaps indefinitely for Orlando).

San Diego in another decade perhaps.

clubtokyo · #**562** Posted **May 18, 2023, 6:29 PM**

Wow that’s wild!

Mopacs · #**563** Posted **May 18, 2023, 8:38 PM**

I'm also interested in Combined Statistical Area populations. Austin doesn't currently have any adjacent micro or metropolitan areas to form a CSA here (whereas DFW/Houston/SA and several other cities in Texas do). However if I recall correctly there was briefly a Marble Falls micropolitan area that formed a CSA with Austin. Any possibility of something similar happening again?

Current estimated CSA populations:

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Combined_statistical_area

drummer · #**564** Posted **May 18, 2023, 8:46 PM**

^^ With growth trends, especially on the northern side of the metro, it seems that Temple/Killeen/Fort Hood may be one to consider, but I don't know how that factors into all of the Census data conversation...

Mopacs · #**565** Posted **May 18, 2023, 8:54 PM**

I know we discussed the possibility of a future Austin-San Antonio CSA but an Austin-Temple-Killeen CSA does seem more likely. Austin has a growing gravitational pull on that area. As noted in the metro thread, new/proposed residential developments are spilling over the Williamson County line from Jarrel into Bell County.

GoldenBoot · #**566** Posted **May 22, 2023, 7:07 PM**

This professional sports topic continues to pop up (and bog down) in all the wrong threads. Please take this to the proper thread.

As for population stats...The Austin-San Antonio region (basically the Austin MSA + the San Antonio CSA) is estimated to cross the 6 million mark in 3Q/4Q 2029. My current estimate for July 1, 2023 is 5,255,759 (again, Austin MSA + SA CSA).

The ATX · #**567** Posted **May 22, 2023, 9:15 PM**

All the posts related to Austin sports were moved to the Austin sports thread:

https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...203271&page=29

H2O · #**568** Posted **May 23, 2023, 11:26 AM**

Or look in South Austin

JoninATX · #**569** Posted **Jun 11, 2023, 7:00 AM**

Austin is largest US city to challenge 2020 census numbers

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By MIKE SCHNEIDER
June 1, 2022

Austin, Texas, became the largest U.S. city to challenge its 2020 census figures when it filed an appeal with the Census Bureau last week, saying it has more than the 961,855 residents tallied during the nation’s once-a-decade head count.

City officials believe around 7,000 housing units were missed, mostly in newly developed neighborhoods. In some cases, housing units were placed in the wrong location, said Lila Valencia, the city demographer for Austin.

Inaccurate count would cause Austin to miss an unknown amount of funding for affordable housing, parks and low-income students. It’s unknown how many people live in the 7,000 housing units. However, an average of almost 2.4 people live in each household in Austin, which translates into 16,800 people.

https://apnews.com/article/covid-hea...e95aaea755dd3a

ILUVSAT · #**570** Posted **Jun 11, 2023, 4:12 PM**

Finally...this argument was made just after the Census was released a few years ago.

JoninATX · #**571** Posted **Jun 11, 2023, 6:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by ILUVSAT

Finally...this argument was made just after the Census was released a few years ago.

😂 It's just a bit late.

JoninATX · #**572** Posted **Jul 22, 2023, 5:36 PM**

No change for Austin. Here are some noticable changes that were made across Texas. Waco +1, Corpus Christi +1, Lubbock +3 now extends to New Mexico, San Antonio -1, +2, Houston +1, DFW +1.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-conten...etin-23-01.pdf

Jdawgboy · #**573** Posted **Jul 22, 2023, 8:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by JoninATX

No change for Austin. Here are some noticable changes that were made across Texas. Waco +1, Corpus Christi +1, Lubbock +3 now extends to New Mexico, San Antonio -1, +2, Houston +1, DFW +1.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-conten...etin-23-01.pdf

I have no idea what any of this means....

JoninATX · #**574** Posted **Jul 22, 2023, 8:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by Jdawgboy

I have no idea what any of this means....

Places have either added or lost county(ies). For instance Waco gained Bosque County to its metropolitan area.

Jdawgboy · #**575** Posted **Jul 22, 2023, 8:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by JoninATX

Places have either added or lost county(ies). For instance Waco gained Bosque County to its metropolitan area.

Oh okay i see.

Was confused by the numbers they listed in the PDF.

JoninATX · #**576** Posted **Jul 22, 2023, 9:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by Jdawgboy

Oh okay i see.

Was confused by the numbers they listed in the PDF.

At first I was a bit confused myself as well. Lol

ILUVSAT · #**577** Posted **Jul 22, 2023, 10:53 PM**

This is why one has the right to question/distrust the federal government...They put the Fredericksburg Micropolitan Area into SA's CSA - yet all of Gillespie County is in Austin's Media Market (who's area is also designated by the same federal government).

Lobotomizer · #**578** Posted **Jul 23, 2023, 12:04 AM**

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Originally Posted by ILUVSAT

This is why one has the right to question/distrust the federal government...They put the Fredericksburg Micropolitan Area into SA's CSA - yet all of Gillespie County is in Austin's Media Market (who's area is also designated by the same federal government).

What surprises me is that Austin's MSA is still the same 5 county area it's been since 1990 when there was essentially 1/3 the population as there is now. I really would have thought Burnet, Blanco, and Lee would've been added to the MSA, or at least been part of an Austin CSA by now. Apparently there's just not enough commuting from those counties.

JoninATX · #**579** Posted **Jul 23, 2023, 12:38 AM**

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Originally Posted by Lobotomizer

What surprises me is that Austin's MSA is still the same 5 county area it's been since 1990 when there was essentially 1/3 the population as there is now. I really would have thought Burnet, Blanco, and Lee would've been added to the MSA, or at least been part of an Austin CSA by now. Apparently there's just not enough commuting from those counties.

One would think by now commuter patterns in both Burnet and Blanco County would have been high enough to become apart of the Austin MSA or at least form a CSA.

The ATX · #**580** Posted **Jul 23, 2023, 1:04 AM**

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Originally Posted by JoninATX

One would think by now commuter patterns in both Burnet and Blanco County would have been high enough to become apart of the Austin MSA or at least form a CSA.

Milam County should be added after the Samsung plant starts hiring. I would think the next MSA update would include both Milam and Burnet counties based on growth and commuter patterns.