Ohio's population

[vader]

Early last year Toledo was projected to pass Cincy in city population by the 2010census, I remember people in t-town was excited for a bit to become 3rd largest until Cincy challanged their figures. Toledo is losing population but not as bad as Cleveland, Cincy, and Dayton.. Dayton is bleeding big time. The census has both the Toledo and cincy populations painfully undercounted. Things should be corrected by the 2010 census, I dont expect populations to decline too much further.

[CirclevilleGuy]

I like to think we're in the middle of everything, not too populous , yet not to dense. Its 'fairly' easy to get a job , and yet live in a area with a low cost of living. Not too many places like Ohio where you can buy a house for $60,000 that's pretty decent, and have a short drive to a area where the median income is around $50,000/yr

[travelin]

Originally Posted by OneWayOut

Hate to be a "fussy Freddy", but, according to a US census bureau article posted on July 28, 2006:

Ohio's population in 2000 was: 11,353,140
Ohio's population in 2005 was: 11,464,042,

Which is a 1.0% increase between April 2000, and July 2005.

According to Mayor Carty Finkbeiner, people have been consistently moving out of the Toledo area for years. Articles on this keep getting posted in The Blade.

That sad. Just natural birth rate should occur for a much larger increase. Seems Ohio is headed down hill.

[crystalblue]

Anyone look at the projections released by the Census Bureau?

A few yrs out of date, and then we had a minor economic downturn, but any thoughts?

http://www.census.gov/population/pro.../PressTab1.xls

If they are correct, in 2030, Ohio's pop will be 11.5 million

In 1970, Ohio had 10.7 million

In 60 yrs, not even adding 1 million people, while the US will have grown from
200 million in 1970 to 360 million in 2030.

Why so little love for the Buckeye State?

[GraniteStater]

Originally Posted by crystalblue

Anyone look at the projections released by the Census Bureau?

A few yrs out of date, and then we had a minor economic downturn, but any thoughts?

http://www.census.gov/population/pro.../PressTab1.xls

If they are correct, in 2030, Ohio's pop will be 11.5 million

In 1970, Ohio had 10.7 million

In 60 yrs, not even adding 1 million people, while the US will have grown from
200 million in 1970 to 360 million in 2030.

Why so little love for the Buckeye State?

Jobs, jobs, jobs, and possibly the grey winters.

[jkratze1]

Originally Posted by crystalblue

If they are correct, in 2030, Ohio's pop will be 11.5 million

I don't believe this. As of 2008, the estimated population of Ohio was 11,485,910, so that would mean no growth over the next 20 years which I dobut would happen.

[BelieveInCleve]

Originally Posted by jkratze1

I don't believe this. As of 2008, the estimated population of Ohio was 11,485,910, so that would mean no growth over the next 20 years which I dobut would happen.

Me too, but I wouldn't be surprised if we're only 12-12.5 million by then, which would be 20 years from now.

[crystalblue]

I doubt it as well, but as you can see, in the past, Ohio has gone for long periods with little to no growth.

Ohio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I think as parts of the country start running low on water, people will be heading back to the Great Lakes states and the Rivers...

[BelieveInCleve]

According to that chart we'll be the 4th slowest growing state in the US (DC is also growing slower, slowest actually), and #1 and #2 slowest growing will actually be losing population so that's pretty bad.

What's amazing is even with that virtually 0 population growth in Ohio, suburbs and exurbs around our metro areas will continue to sprawl for miles.

[crystalblue]

http://www.development.ohio.gov/research/FILES/P200/countytotals.pdf (broken link)

here are some more stats. crazy!

any thoughts on?