Posted on 07/04/2009 8:05:48 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Big Easy is making a big comeback. New Orleans has steadily won back some of the population it lost in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, according to a government report released Wednesday.
New Orleans lost more than half its residents during the deluge. Few large U.S. cities have ever had to cope with disaster on that scale. Since then, it has been one of the country's fastest growing cities.
Only a couple of instances can compare. Galveston, Texas, was also devastated by a hurricane in 1900, a storm that remains the most lethal natural disaster in U.S. history with a toll of about 6,000 deaths. And San Francisco was almost leveled by the earthquake and fire of 1906.
New Orleans is now growing rapidly. Its population is up 8.2% in 12 months that ended July 1, 2008, gaining 23,740 people to 311,853, according to the Census Bureau. That still leaves it well below its pre-storm population of 484,674.
For sheer numerical increase, New York City trumped the birthplace of jazz. During the same 12-month period, Gotham added nearly 53,500 residents, more than any other city. That represented a growth rate of only 0.6%.
Following New York City were Phoenix, which added 33,184 residents (2.1%) to a total of 1,567,924, and Houston, up 33,063 to 2,242,193 (1.5%).
The top percentage winners, after New Orleans, were Round Rock, Texas, part of Austin metropolitan area, which grew by 8.2% to 104,446; Cary, N.C., which gained 6.9% to 129,545; and Gilbert, Ariz., which swelled by 5% to 216,449.
New York retained its position as the largest U.S. city by far. Its nearly 8.4 million folks crammed into 303 square miles is more than twice the number of people who live in sprawling Los Angeles, the nation's second biggest city, 3,833,995 people.
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I wonder what makes New York City so attractive that people would actually still want to live here....
I mean people are actually LEAVING the state of NY, but the city is something else....
The city is crowded as it already is and still people want to come !!??
Maybe its the immigrants.
How many of these ‘new citizens’ are productive, tax-paying individuals versus those just moving to liberal meccas for the handouts?
The highest rate of growth since 2000 was reported by McKinney, Texas, which more than doubled to 121,211 from 54,369.
Gilbert, Ariz., was second with an 88.7% jump to 216,449
Looks like the Crescent City is really in the news these days. I wonder if the population influx is mainly of Producers, or is it Consumers?
Cary, NC.
Containment Area for Relocated Yankees or Can’t Afford Raleigh Yet.
I kinda wish that everyone that is a lib in Texas would move to NYC. I really don’t give a cr#p what city is the fastest growing.... only that the nipple people move the heck outta here and to New Orleans or NYC.
Why would anyone want to live in NYC except for the ethnic foods. Why would anyone want to live in a city where the water level is higher than the city itself.
Duh???
Soooo what’s so exciting down in McKinney ?
I lived there in 1982 and wished I could live there forever. I actually LOVED it. I guess you got it, but WOW...NY is the life.
When my father-in-law visits his hometown of Alkali, NV the population jumps 100%.
Just tryin’ to be fair, y’know? Just sayin’.
And now for the losers...
Detroit, suffering from the turmoil in the auto industry, fell 0.5% to 912,062.
The population of Philadelphia dipped slightly to 1,447,395 from 1.446,631.
Baltimore dropped 0.5% to 636,919
Memphis fell at about the same percentage rate to 660,651.
Should have used the /sarc tag, you busted me.
If nothing else, this should be a clarion call to remind all freedom-loving people to do EVERYTHING they can do to get out of the cities. Lord knows that the ‘burbs will be bad enough in a societal collapse. But the cities? YIKES!!
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