Ohio 2010 Census population change by county map (Columbus, Cleveland: homes, find a job)

[blowingdown]

Originally Posted by wrightflyer

Is it possible for cities to challenge the census numbers just as they can with the yearly population estimates? If so, I expect these cities to do exactly that and dispute the numbers.

I know Cincinnati mayor Mark Mallory has done it in the past several times. I'm expecting more of the same, with Frank Jackson possibly following suit this time.

[PhillytoCincy]

I keep wondering, what are Ohio leaders doing to stop this? I know the overall concensus is nothing, but I mean come on, this is just bad!

Ohio leaders better get their act together this decade, or it really does look all bust from that point on.

[BelieveInCleve]

Population of Ohio's largest cities, according to U.S. Census data released Wednesday:

Columbus: 787,033; up 10.6%.

Cleveland: 396,815; down 17.1%.

Cincinnati: 296,943; down 10.4%.

Toledo: 287,208; down 8.4%.

Akron: 199,110; down 8.3%.

Dayton: 141,527; down 14.8%.

Parma: 81,601; down 4.7%.

Canton: 73,007; down 9.7%.

Youngstown: 66,982; down 18.3%.

Lorain: 64,097; down 6.6%.

[chet_kinkaid]

columbus has nothing to worry about..the 8 county msa grew by almost 13% to 1,836,000..columbus outpacing indianapolis and minneapolis st paul ..and the columbus msa is the same as it was in 2000 while cincy and indy added counties..annex that cleveland...

[blowingdown]

Columbus (and Indianapolis) will pass Detroit a lot sooner than predicted in city pop.

[ZnGuy]

Cleveland and Detroit peaked in population in 1950 and Cleveland was actually the 7th largest city in the US back then. Obviously alot has changed since then and the midwest has lost population to other regions (SW and SE US) which will continue to have major impact in future elections. The midwest losing electoral votes in the house to other regions. The importance of states like Ohio in elections will not be as important as other states gain electorals U.S. 'heartland' edges away from Midwest

[unusualfire]

Originally Posted by chet_kinkaid

columbus has nothing to worry about..the 8 county msa grew by almost 13% to 1,836,000..columbus outpacing indianapolis and minneapolis st paul ..and the columbus msa is the same as it was in 2000 while cincy and indy added counties..annex that cleveland...

Columbus has Plenty to worry about. If everyone else fails Columbus fails.

[progmac]

more cincinnati census data:
https://sites.google.com/site/cincinnati2010census/

[Dayton Sux]

It would be interesting to see metropolitan area population numbers and trends. Just looking at the center city isnt going to tell you much except the obvious "old" news that center cities are losing population.

I recall reading that Ohio, as a state, and a small net increase in population, so Id expect this to show up in suburban population numbers.

[jbcmh81]

Originally Posted by Dayton Sux

It would be interesting to see metropolitan area population numbers and trends. Just looking at the center city isnt going to tell you much except the obvious "old" news that center cities are losing population.

I recall reading that Ohio, as a state, and a small net increase in population, so Id expect this to show up in suburban population numbers.

54 of Ohio's 88 counties showed growth. It's not necessarily Ohio that's doing terribly, as the census shows the overall national trend of people moving away from cities or growth slowing way down in cities. There have been only a handful of exceptions, with unfortunately Columbus being the only exception for Ohio.

I think the state overall is a great place to live, but clearly many find less and less to be enthusiastic regarding urban areas. The revitalization taking place the last several years hopefully is just the beginning, I believe, but it's going to probably take another census to show it.