Posted on 07/13/2008 3:30:10 PM PDT by Clemenza
Census Bureau says New Orleans is the fastest-growing large city in the nation, recovering from being wiped out by Hurricane Katrina.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- After being pummeled by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, New Orleans is showing signs of recovery - ranking as the fastest-growing large city in the nation, according to a government report released Thursday.
The Census Bureau said New Orleans' population rose 13.8%, to 239,124, in the year ended July 1, 2007. That was a faster growth rate than any other city with a population of 100,000 or more.
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The non-producers being replaced by the productive...interesting.
"New York City was the largest numerical gainer between 2000 and 2007, adding 265,873 residents over the period. Houston added 233,876 people since the start of the millennium, in second place behind New York City."
"Big Apple is still the biggest. The Big Apple continues to be the most populous city in the nation, with 8.3 million residents, according to the Census Bureau."
B-b-but I was told that New York was "dying" and "losing population" as everyone wanted to move south! I think too many people have the igloo that is upstate confused with the city.
NYC is the great outlier in the northeast, however, along with the state of New Hampshire. The sunbelt is expanding due to cheap housing and low taxes, but this same environment is attracting alot of immigrants who would prefer living in a shotgun house in the Dallas Metroplex to a one bedroom in Queens.
My sister was apparently correct that Clarksvegas, her current city of residence, is once of the fastest growing cities in the US, and the fastest growing in Tennessee as a whole.
Who exactly is going to New Orleans? Are former residents trickling back in? Are there business opportunities there now?
New Orleans may be like a laboratory of what happens to a city which suffered so much destruction, and so many were forced to move away. It will be interesting to see years from now how that all pans out. Growth begets more growth sometimes, as growing population in turn creates business opportunities for others.
New York City is growing due to immigration, I think?
Victorville? Crikey!
A large number of them being the wonderful citizens of New Orleans who migrated here after Katrina ... adding to the rich cultural tapestry of the Bayou City ... < /sarcasm off
What kind of individual moves to a coastal city which happens to be below sea level and will face the same threat hurricane season after hurricane season?
Masochistic much?
Guess New Orleans is now “La Ciudad Chocolate.”
“Hit Town Chocolate”?
Until someone proves me otherwise, those particular ‘hoods in CA are “growing” for one reason and one reason only: illegal immi-—ah, never mind, you knew I was gonna say that.
There’s been a steady influx of folks into Middle TN. Unfortunately, a lot of them are NOT legal.
btt
I suspect you’d get a largely different list if the illegal aliens were filtered out.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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Hey! I resemble that remark!
Gilbert, Arizona has to be the city with the largest percentge of mortgage failures in Arizona, and probably ranks right up there with Laz Vegas in percentage terms.
Nah NO is increasing as people realize all they have to do is wait for the next big storm to come. The gov’t will give them ATM cards with $$$, a new place to live, and people will fall all over themselves to help those that can’t (won’t) help themselves.
California — mudslides, wildfires, earthquakes.
Don’t get me wrong, I feel and pray for those struck by natural disasters. But, where was all the hooplah for people in Indianna, and Illinois? Why move to those states? There is no money to be had when the weather changes.
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