Posted on 07/03/2006 7:22:51 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Most cities in New York State have lost population in the last five years, with especially large declines in major Upstate cities, the U.S. Census Bureau reported.
Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse lost population, around 4 percent in each city, during the year ending July 1, 2005. All three cities have lost population each year since the last nationwide census in 2000, according to the bureau.
The new data appear in the Census Bureau's Annual Estimates of the Population for Incorporated Places. Among 61 cities in New York, 42 lost population from 2000 to 2005.
Twenty-six counties in New York have lost residents so far this decade, according to the new report. In Erie and Broome counties, the number of residents dropped both in the central cities of Buffalo and Binghamton, and in surrounding municipalities within the county.
Nationwide, nearly three-quarters of municipalities with more than 100,000 residents saw at least modest population growth from 2000 to 2005. Buffalo ranked 244th among those 254 localities in population change during the first half of the decade, while Rochester and Syracuse were 241st and 239th, respectively.
Some older, Northeastern cities are adding population. Worcester, Mass., and Providence, R.I., each added more than 3,000 residents in the last five years. New Haven and Allentown, Pa., showed smaller gains.
Click here for further statistics on depopulation of New York State
I do hope that all those leaving are Republicans, and not leftists.
Ohio has lost a lot of people; we are experiencing a brain drain here. Just 1/3 of homes in Ohio have children in them.
NJ income tax is flat, around 3%, similar to PA's. The property taxes in NJ are at least double those in PA, however. My aunt and uncle pay 15,000+/year on a 2,000-sq.ft. 4-bedroom house in North Jersey. The place is just evil.
Oh dear, I hope no New Yorkers head my way-well, liberals from the NE that is.
Of course, a very evil lady will put her spin with The NY Times' help and call it a miracle.
Hopefully they're moving to purple states such as NH and FL, where their votes will count. Those two states also have no income tax (though NH has a business tax and FL has a portfolio tax).
Sad to see NY bleeding, but the liberals in charge for decades here have made it so.
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Interesting that the article does not note that NYC was one of the few that have gained.
New York City 8,143,197 1.7%
This page has all of the info. http://www.census.gov/popest/estimates.php
You may need to down load all three sections for your state.
“If I remember correctly, NY lost two House seats after the last census. Under a deal struck with Joseph Bruno - the Republican Majority Leader of the state senate - one Democrat lost his seat as did one Republican. What sort of deal will be struck after the 2010 census is unknown, but Bruno is a shrewd man and he'll extract every concession available.”
The deal part is incorrect. Congressional districts are set by population. No deal could have been made to keep such a balance.
Since NYC is the one growth area, they will gain in the 2010 redistribution of districts in the rebalancing of the NYS delegation. I suspect that NYS will continue to lose congressional; seats.
“NY state picked up 2 Republican electoral college votes in the last presidential election.”
This statement is wrong, se above.
I wonder how many of them though, are the very same people that created the mess in the first place- moving on to find new places to screw up? Last time I checked, Southern Oregon was having problems with this. Wealthy moonbats from the Bay Area, who can't take the taxes they voted in anymore, move up to 'inexpensive' So. Oregon and start complaining that it 'isn't enough like home'. So. Oregon Freepers care to comment? I've heard complaints of this sort from Ashland and Medford.
Thanks, interesting post. I grew up in Rochester, born at Rochester General Hospital.
It's very sad to see her going downhill. Visits back are painful, too, the city looks and feels much different than it did 20 years ago.
These towns are old manufacturing centers and this has moved overseas. There is no work.
I think the most we can hope for is two, which is what it is most likely to be from all the estimates I've seen.
You have to look at metro areas, not cities. Having said that, upstate NY is one of the most stagnant areas on the fruited plain economically. The weather sucks, and the taxes are high, and it does not have much to offer in the form of entertainment for the young and the educated.
"NJ income tax is flat, around 3%, similar to PA's.
Nope, it's 6.3%, with a new 9% rate for incomes over $500K. Look on the NJ tax website for the brackets.
The statement is not wrong; it was reported in the news. It was some time ago, and I do not remember the details, but that is how I learned about it.
that does explain why anyone would consider building any kind of plant in the US, much less in Newyorkistan.
Interestingly, NYC and the four surrounding counties are still growing despite the high taxes. I'm amazed that this is possible.
Of course, if you make a couple of hundred thousand a year, taxes don't bite as much.
That "AINT" population, that be TAX PAYERS, fools!~}
That is a fairly low income tax rate compared to California, which is at 9.3% for income over about $35,000. There is an extra 1% if you make over a million, to fund mental health services for the sickos. The killer in NJ is the property tax. California's is about the lowest in the nation, which is one reason why real estate prices are so high, although not the only reason.
If a place has amenities, the "rich" will pay, and generate economic activity. NYC is still the center of publishing and the arts and letters (outside of film), and of course, finance, and that is not going to change. Those folks need to rub shoulders with each other, just like they do in Hollywood.
But in the context of the tristate region, the income tax rates are:
NY 6.875%
NJ 6.3/9%
CT 5.0%
So NY cannot be said to have particularly high individual income tax rates for the region. High-income people in NJ may end up paying more.
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