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Most cities in New York continue losing population, Census Bureau reports
The Business Council of New York State ^ | June 21, 2006

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: bluezone; census; cities; depopulation; exodus; hillaryeffect; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkstate; nyc; urban
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To: MinorityRepublican

I think everyone in Long Island moved into my eastern North Carolina neighborhood.


61 posted on 07/04/2006 11:14:51 AM PDT by JoeGar
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To: durasell

NYC is somehow immune to all this, IMHO, the city is a haven for the truly filthy wealthy (Donald Trump comes to mind) so even if the city increased taxes, it won't harm them that much because there is truly no city in America that can offer luxuries that you will find in the Big Apple.


62 posted on 07/04/2006 11:24:19 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican (everyone that doesn't like what America and President Bush has done for Iraq can all go to HELL)
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To: JoeGar

Oh yes, I noticed a lot of population growth. I predict by 2020, North Carolina will be 5th largest state in America, just after California, Texas, Florida, and Illinois.


63 posted on 07/04/2006 11:27:03 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican (everyone that doesn't like what America and President Bush has done for Iraq can all go to HELL)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Donald Trump isn't even in the top 50 of NYC rich...


64 posted on 07/04/2006 11:56:26 AM PDT by durasell (!)
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To: durasell

Yes, I've heard that there's some clubs/establishment that Trump can't get into because he does not have "old money".


65 posted on 07/04/2006 12:01:58 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican (everyone that doesn't like what America and President Bush has done for Iraq can all go to HELL)
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To: MinorityRepublican

He's not as rich as most people think. Kind of like Paris Hilton, more of a "name brand," and who isn't as rich as most people think, either.


66 posted on 07/04/2006 12:04:38 PM PDT by durasell (!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Saratoga adds 7%!
While nearby Schenectady drops 1%.


67 posted on 07/04/2006 12:06:51 PM PDT by Sam Cree (Delicacy, precision, force)
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To: durasell

That probably explains it. But Trump is good at marketing himself, or else why would we see his name on a building in nearly every major American city?


68 posted on 07/04/2006 12:08:59 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican (everyone that doesn't like what America and President Bush has done for Iraq can all go to HELL)
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To: MinorityRepublican
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.

Wasn't that when Hillary was elected Senator?

69 posted on 07/04/2006 12:09:29 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Liberalism in a parasite that ALWAYS kills its host.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

If it were not for massive immigration, the population of socialist New York State would utterly disappear overnight.

Actually, the native population of New York is in full flight for less corrupt, lower taxed states.


70 posted on 07/04/2006 12:11:16 PM PDT by FormerACLUmember (No program, no ideas, no clue: The democrats!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I am constantly amazed that people still think of Trump as a symbol of wealth, etc. One of the funniest things I ever saw was when he lost control of the GM Building (a major NYC building)and a crowd spontaneously gathered to cheer as they took his name off it.


71 posted on 07/04/2006 12:29:40 PM PDT by durasell (!)
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To: Sam Cree
The Chip Plant in UPSTATE NY is a done deal, AMD is building a 3.2 billion dollar plant (the most advanced micro chip plant in the world) in Saratoga County, NY. Read more at http://www.wten.com/Global/SearchResults.asp?qu=AMD+chip

The Saratoga area in UPSTATE NY just North of Albany. The area was already on the rise before AMD announced they were coming, so expect that area to gain more in the year to come. I am sure other areas (western NY) will take a loss again though because of not enough jobs. The Saratoga area in upstate NY is a republican stronghold, with all the people moving there that is likely to change because NY state as a whole is mostly democrats.

Also I do remember an article I read saying most of the people leaving NY state are moving South and FL was at the top of the list of states they are moving to.
72 posted on 07/09/2006 7:03:12 PM PDT by ssardinajr
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