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Started 1 year ago by Walker
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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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Columbus, Cleveland mark population change extremes
Friday, September 10, 2010
BUSINESS FIRST OF COLUMBUS

Columbus enjoys a lofty ranking as a growing city, according to the latest Census Bureau population report, but that is hardly the case 140 miles to the north in Cleveland.

Central OhioÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s largest city added 9,972 residents between 2008 and last year and increased by 55,914 residents since the start of the millennium, according to revised population estimates released Friday by the government. The gain between 2000 and 2009 put Columbus at 35th on the list of fastest-growing cities, but it dropped to 16th largest in the nation from 15th at the turn of the decade.

Cleveland lost 46,094 residents from 2000 to last year to 431,369. That made it the 43rd-largest city in the nation in 2009 from 34th nine years earlier.

READ MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2010/09/06/daily27.html

Posted 1 year ago #
futureman
Grandview Heights
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any information for metro growths/declines for major Ohio cities?

Posted 1 year ago #
Columbusite
Minneapolis
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They always sugar coat the reality here. We've probably lost around 10,000 residents or more in Linden and the Near South side alone in just over a decade, while Milo-Grogan is on its way to becoming a (to coin a term) ghost neighborhood. Our urban city is losing residents and I'm doubtful that the increase in the populations of other urban neighborhoods make up for the overall loss. It's just irresponsible when city leaders tout these stats while doing little behind the scenes to address this all too real problem that we're not immune from.

Posted 1 year ago #
Brant
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futureman wrote >>
any information for metro growths/declines for major Ohio cities?

Agreed. Metro populations are more meaningful and accurate when it comes to measuring growth and decline. The 2009-10 census figures haven't been published yet.

For 2008-09, Columbus gained 22,000 in its metro area, while Cleveland lost 2,700. However, Cleveland metro's total population is still about 290,000 greater than that of Columbus.

See dataset here (xls).

Posted 1 year ago #
somebuckeye
Franklin Park
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I think Columbusite is right. The annexation of places like Polaris and NW Columbus have given us bigger numbers, but if you look at Columbus's older inner-city neighborhoods, we've been losing just as many people as Cleveland and Cincinnati.

Posted 1 year ago #
colrex7
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One good thing about Columbus' growth and annexation is that the city is able to grow it's income tax base and not let the suburbs benefit from all the suburban growth. This makes Columbus' financial situation not as severe as Cleveland, Toledo, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, etc.
With that said, the population figures are misleading and does not truly express the actual urban growths. Metropolitan growth statistics would probably be better to judge, but you will probably find Columbus with the fastest growing metro area too...

Posted 1 year ago #