New Metropolitan Area Definition Winners: New York, Charlotte, Grand Rapids,...
Metropolitan America continues to expand. The new Office of Management and Budget metropolitan area definitions, based upon the 2010 census indicate that the counties composing the 52 metropolitan...
View ArticleHow Electricity and TV Diffused the "Population Bomb"
In the late sixties, India was the poster child of Third World poverty. In 1965, the monsoon rains failed to arrive, food production crashed, and much of the country was on the brink of starving. Asked...
View ArticleNorth Dakota Leads Population Growth Again
New US Census Bureau state level estimates have just been released. Repeating the pattern similar to that developing since 2010, North Dakota, the District of Columbia, Texas, Utah and Colorado have...
View ArticleMetropolitan Populations from 1900 Posted (Current Geographies)
We have posted population data for the nation's major metropolitan areas for censuses from 1900 to 2010 and as estimated in 2013. These data are use the current (2013) boundaries to define metropolitan...
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Visualizing Houston’s Population Density
Population density may sound like the most mundane of metrics, a column heading in a city planner’s spreadsheet, but in cities across the U.S. it’s been a source of cultural controversy, guiding where...
View ArticleFeudal Future Podcast — Making Sense Of Urban Density, Death Rates &...
In this episode of the Feudal Future podcast, hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky interview one of their longtime collaborators, Wendell Cox. He is an expert in urban policy, focusing much of his...
View ArticleFeudal Future Podcast, with John Russo
On today's episode of Feudal Future hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky interview John Russo, co-author of Steel Town USA and a visiting scholar at Georgetown University. John has spent most of...
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California Loses 70,000 Residents 2019 to 2020
The Census Bureau has just published its 2020 state population estimates, which indicate that the state that has led growth in the United States for the last 170 years lost 70,000 residents last year....
View Article2020 Census: Predictable California, Surprising New York and New Jersey
The US Census Bureau announced national, state and District of Columbia 2020 Census population totals yesterday. The big story in the media was the changes in Congressional apportionment, which are...
View ArticleNew York Urban Area Map
A commenter on the article (Comparing Urban Densities: Winnipeg and New York) expressed an interest in seeing the extent of the New York urban area. The main page of the Census Bureau map is posted...
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