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 | | From: | Gleeful *Stargis | | Subject: | Fastest population growth found in 'red' states. Democrats screwed. | | Date: | Wed, 22 Dec 2004 12:35:10 -0600 |
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/census/2004-12-22-sun-belt_x.htm
Fastest growth found in 'red' states
By Haya El Nasser and Paul Overberg, USA TODAY
Robust population growth continues to sweep the nation's Southern and Western
states, according to estimates released Wednesday by the Census Bureau.
If the trend continues at its current pace, states in the Northeast and
Midwest that have been population powerhouses since the 19th century will lose
their dominance to Sun Belt states by 2010. (Related chart: Population and
population trends by state)
New York, now the third most populous state, will likely be overtaken by
Florida in five years. New Jersey, the 10th-largest state, could be passed by
North Carolina in three.
"By 2010, none of the three most populous states will be in the North," says
Robert Lang, director of the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech.
The USA's population on July 1 was 293.7 million, up 1% from July 1, 2003. If
that growth rate holds, the nation will have 311.7 million people in 2010.
That would put growth for the decade at about 10%, compared with 13.2% in the
1990s, the highest rate since the 1960s
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