Eddie On Everything » statistics http://www.eddieoneverything.com Tips & tricks on things that interest me Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:29:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 2008 Population of Each US State According to the Census Bureau http://www.eddieoneverything.com/lists/2008-population-of-each-us-state-according-to-the-census-bureau.php http://www.eddieoneverything.com/lists/2008-population-of-each-us-state-according-to-the-census-bureau.php#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:56:08 +0000 eddie http://www.eddieoneverything.com/lists/2008-population-of-each-us-state-according-to-the-census-bureau.php USA Today reports that the US Census Bureau has released population estimates for 2008.

Since 2000, the fastest-growing states in the US have been Utah, Arizona, Texas, North Carolina, and Colorado.

Other Notes:

  • The only two states to lose population were Michigan and Rhode Island. Michigan’s population declined 0.5 percent (46,000), while Rhode Island’s fell 0.2 percent (2,000).
  • California remained the most populous state, with about 36.8 million people on July 1, 2008. Rounding out the top five states were Texas (24.3 million), New York (19.5 million), Florida (18.3 million) and Illinois (12.9 million).
  • On the whole, the Northeastern states have gained population at an increasing rate since 2005, a turnaround from their declining growth rates from 2000 to 2005.
  • Six of the 10 fastest-growing states from 2007 to 2008 were Rocky Mountain states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming. Three others lined the South Atlantic coast: Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
  • The West was the fastest-growing region (1.4 percent) between 2007 and 2008, but the South added the highest number of people over the period (1.4 million).

The complete data:

Geographic area Population estimate on July 1 Population on April 1, 2000 Change, 2000 to 2008 Percent
Alabama 4,661,900 4,447,355 214,545 4.8
Alaska 686,293 626,931 59,362 9.5
Arizona 6,500,180 5,130,607 1,369,573 26.7
Arkansas 2,855,390 2,673,386 182,004 6.8
California 36,756,666 33,871,650 2,885,016 8.5
Colorado 4,939,456 4,302,015 637,441 14.8
Connecticut 3,501,252 3,405,604 95,648 2.8
Delaware 873,092 783,595 89,497 11.4
District of Columbia 591,833 572,053 19,780 3.5
Florida 18,328,340 15,982,813 2,345,527 14.7
Georgia 9,685,744 8,186,812 1,498,932 18.3
Hawaii 1,288,198 1,211,538 76,660 6.3
Idaho 1,523,816 1,293,955 229,861 17.8
Illinois 12,901,563 12,419,660 481,903 3.9
Indiana 6,376,792 6,080,522 296,270 4.9
Iowa 3,002,555 2,926,381 76,174 2.6
Kansas 2,802,134 2,688,816 113,318 4.2
Kentucky 4,269,245 4,042,284 226,961 5.6
Louisiana 4,410,796 4,468,968 -58,172 -1.3
Maine 1,316,456 1,274,922 41,534 3.3
Maryland 5,633,597 5,296,516 337,081 6.4
Massachusetts 6,497,967 6,349,113 148,854 2.3
Michigan 10,003,422 9,938,492 64,930 0.7
Minnesota 5,220,393 4,919,492 300,901 6.1
Mississippi 2,938,618 2,844,666 93,952 3.3
Missouri 5,911,605 5,596,678 314,927 5.6
Montana 967,440 902,190 65,250 7.2
Nebraska 1,783,432 1,711,266 72,166 4.2
Nevada 2,600,167 1,998,257 601,910 30.1
New Hampshire 1,315,809 1,235,785 80,024 6.5
New Jersey 8,682,661 8,414,360 268,301 3.2
New Mexico 1,984,356 1,819,041 165,315 9.1
New York 19,490,297 18,976,816 513,481 2.7
North Carolina 9,222,414 8,046,500 1,175,914 14.6
North Dakota 641,481 642,195 -714 -0.1
Ohio 11,485,910 11,353,160 132,750 1.2
Oklahoma 3,642,361 3,450,640 191,721 5.6
Oregon 3,790,060 3,421,437 368,623 10.8
Pennsylvania 12,448,279 12,281,052 167,227 1.4
Rhode Island 1,050,788 1,048,319 2,469 0.2
South Carolina 4,479,800 4,011,809 467,991 11.7
South Dakota 804,194 754,837 49,357 6.5
Tennessee 6,214,888 5,689,270 525,618 9.2
Texas 24,326,974 20,851,811 3,475,163 16.7
Utah 2,736,424 2,233,204 503,220 22.5
Vermont 621,270 608,826 12,444 2.0
Virginia 7,769,089 7,079,025 690,064 9.7
Washington 6,549,224 5,894,143 655,081 11.1
West Virginia 1,814,468 1,808,345 6,123 0.3
Wisconsin 5,627,967 5,363,708 264,259 4.9
Wyoming 532,668 493,782 38,886 7.9
Puerto Rico 3,954,037 3,808,603 145,434 3.8

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I happened across this great map showing the distributions of the world’s religions. As one would expect, Christianity dominates the Americas, Europe, Northern Asia and Australia, while Islam dominates the Middle East and Northern Africa. Hinduism is big in India, and surprise surprse, the generic term “Chinese Religions” is most popular in, of all places, China.

I would have liked to have seen a little finer breakdown of some of the categories, but that aside, the map is pretty good. It breaks Christianity into Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, and Roman Catholic and Islam into Sunni and Shia. Of course many of these categories could be forther subdivided (especially Protestantism) but this is great for a general overall picture.

This is a small version of the map and key. To see the full sized version, visit Wadsworth.com.

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Check out the full sized version at the Wadsworth website

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Joining NYC on the list, we have Los Angeles coming in at 12, sweet home Chicago at 25, and Miami at 42. Miami as the fourth largest metro area in the United States? Are you kidding me?

Wow, I guess sometimes truth IS stranger than fiction. But then again, when you define the entire southern tip of Florida as your metro area, you’re gonna pick up a few stragglers.

Rounding out the top 60 are Philly, Dallas, Boston, Atlanta, and Houston. (Yes, that’s the same Houston that is the fourth largest city in the nation.) Washington DC barely misses the mark at 61.

I guess this list goes to show, it’s not about the raw numbers, it’s all how you define the parameters.

World’s Most Populated Metropolitan Areas

Rank Metropolitan
area name		 Definition Area
(mi²)		 Population
estimate
1 Tokyo(Greater Tokyo Area) Officialmetropolitan area (Keihinyo MMA) 5,211 35,237,000
2 MexicoCity (Greater Mexico City) Officialmetropolitan area (ZMCM) 1,922 19,013,000
3 NewYork City, New York–Newark, New Jersey (New York metropolitanarea) Urbanarea (FIPS 63217) 3,350 18,498,000
4 Mumbai(Bombay) (MMRDA) Administrativearea (MMRDA) 1,683 18,336,000
5 SãoPaulo (Greater São Paulo Area) Officialmetropolitan area 3,107 18,333,000
6 Delhi(National Capital Territory of Delhi) Administrativearea (NCT) 571 15,334,000
7 Kolkata(Calcutta) (Kolkata Metropolitan Area) Administrativearea (KMD) 687 14,299,000
8 BuenosAires (Aglomerado Gran Buenos Aires) Metropolitanarea 1,420 13,349,000
9 Jakarta(Jabotabek Metropolitan Area) Urbanizedarea 525 13,194,000
10 Shanghai Municipality(urban population) 2,509 12,665,000
11 Dhaka Officialmetropolitan area (Dhaka Megacity) 618 12,560,000
12 LosAngeles–Long Beach–Santa Ana, California (GreaterLos Angeles Area) Urbanizedarea (FIPS 51445) 1,668 12,146,000
13 Karachi Citydistrict 1,363 11,819,000
14 Rio de Janeiro Officialmetropolitan area 1,930 11,469,000
15 Osaka–Kobe(Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto) Urbanizedarea (administrative boundaries) (excludes Kyoto) 799 11,286,000
16 Cairo–Giza–ShubraEl-Khema Metropolitanarea 0 11,146,000
17 Lagos Urbanizedarea 247 11,135,000
18 Beijing Municipality(urban population) 6,489 10,849,000
19 Manila(Metropolitan Manila) Administrativearea (Metro Manila) 247 10,677,000
20 Moscow Cityproper (Federal city) 417 10,672,000
21 Paris Urbanarea (commune boundaries) 1,050 9,854,000[3]
22 Istanbul Metropolitanmunicipality 706 9,760,000
23 Seoul(Seoul National Capital Area) Cityproper (Seoul City) 235 9,592,000[4]
24 Tianjin Municipality(urban population) 4,609 9,346,000
25 Chicago,Illinois (Chicagoland) Urbanizedarea (FIPS 16264) 2,123 8,711,000
26 Lima(Lima Metropolitan Area) Officialmetropolitan area 1,085 8,180,000
27 London(Greater London Urban Area) Urbanarea 625 7,615,000[1]
28 Bogotá–Soacha Metropolitanarea 764 7,594,000
29 Tehran Cityproper 255 7,352,000
30 HongKong Special Administrative Region Administrativearea 425 7,182,000
31 Chennai(Madras), Tamil Nadu Administrativearea (CMDA) 455 6,915,000
32 Bangkok Officialmetropolitan area (Bangkok Metropolis) 606 6,604,000
33 Rhein-RuhrgebietNorth–Duisburg, Essen, Krefeld, Mülheim an der Ruhr,Oberhausen, Bottrop, Gelsenkirchen, Bochum, Dortmund, Hagen, Hamm andHerne (Ruhr Valley) Urbanarea (NUTS-3 boundaries) 1,737 6,566,000
34 Bangalore,Karnataka Administrativearea (BDA) 494 6,532,000
35 Lahore,Punjab Citydistrict 683 6,373,000
36 Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh Administrativearea (HUDA) 718 6,145,000
37 Wuhan,Hubei Prefecture-levelcity (urban population) 3,277 6,003,000
38 Baghdad Governorate(province) 282 5,910,000
39 Kinshasa Province-levelcity (urban population) 3,845 5,717,000
40 Santiago(Santiago Metropolitan Region) Metropolitanarea 907 5,623,000
41 Riyadh Cityproper 598 5,514,000
42 Miami,Florida (South Florida) Urbanizedarea (FIPS 56602) 1,116 5,380,000
43 Philadelphia,Pennsylvania (Delaware Valley) Urbanizedarea (FIPS 69076) 1,799 5,325,000
44 Saint Petersburg Administrativearea (Gorod) 444 5,315,000
45 Belo Horizonte Officialmetropolitan area 3,547 5,304,000
46 Ahmedabad,Gujarat Administrativearea (AUDA) 502 5,171,000
47 Madrid Officialmetropolitan area 656 5,145,000
48 Toronto(Greater Toronto Area) Officialmetropolitan area (CMA) 2,266 5,060,000
49 Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) Municipality(urban population) 807 5,030,000
50 Chongqing Prefecture-levelcity [pre-1997 borders] (urban population) 5,744 4,975,000
51 Shenyang,Liaoning Prefecture-levelcity (urban population) 5,003 4,916,000
52 Dallas–FortWorth–Arlington, Texas (Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex) Urbanizedarea (FIPS 22042) 1,405 4,612,000
53 Khartoum–KhartoumNorth–Omdurman Urbanizedarea (administrative boundaries) 0 4,495,000
54 Pune,Maharashtra Urbanizedarea 270 4,485,000
55 Barcelona Officialmetropolitan area 1,251 4,424,000
56 Sydney, New South Wales Metropolitanarea (Statistical Division) 4,686 4,388,000
57 SingaporeCity Cityproper 266 4,372,000
58 Boston,Massachusetts (Greater Boston) Urbanizedarea (FIPS 09271) 1,737 4,313,000
59 Atlanta,Georgia (Atlanta Metropolitan Area) Urbanizedarea (FIPS 03817) 1,961 4,284,000
60 Houston,Texas (Greater Houston) Urbanizedarea (FIPS 40429) 1,293 4,283,000
61 Washington, DC Urbanized area (FIPS 92242)(excludes Baltimore) 1,158 4,190,000
62 Chittagong Officialmetropolitan area (census definition) 382 4,171,000
63 Hanoi Metropolitanarea 830 4,147,000
64 Yangon Urbanizedarea 135 4,082,000
65 Bandung Urbanizedarea 85 4,020,000
66 Milan Urbanizedarea (administrative boundaries) 656 4,007,000
67 Detroit,Michigan (Metro Detroit) Urbanizedarea (FIPS 23824) 1,262 3,980,000
68 Guadalajara, Jalisco Officialmetropolitan area 1,054 3,905,000
69 Guangzhou,Guangdong Prefecture-levelcity (urban population) 2,872 3,881,000
70 Jeddah Cityproper 216 3,807,000
71 Porto Alegre Metropolitanarea 3,818 3,795,000
72 Alexandria,Al Iskandariyah Governorate Governorate 1,146 3,760,000
73 Casablanca (Region du Grand Casablanca) Administrativearea 625 3,743,000
74 Rhein-Main–Darmstadt,Frankfurt am Main, Offenbach am Main and Wiesbaden (Greater Frankfurt) Urbanarea (NUTS-3 boundaries) 1,351 3,721,000
75 Surat,Gujarat Urbanizedarea 77 3,671,000
76 Melbourne, Victoria Metropolitanarea (Statistical Division) 2,968 3,663,000
77 Ankara Metropolitanmunicipality 965 3,593,000
78 Busan(Pusan) Cityproper (Busan City) 293 3,527,000
79 Recife,Brazil Metropolitanarea 1,069 3,527,000
80 Monterrey,Nuevo León Officialmetropolitan area 1,548 3,517,000
81 Abidjan Cityproper 212 3,516,000
82 Montreal,Quebec (Greater Montreal Area) Metropolitanarea (CMA) 1,563 3,511,000
83 Chengdu,Sichuan Prefecture-levelcity (urban population) 4,767 3,478,000
84 Phoenix–Mesa,Arizona (Valley of the Sun) Urbanizedarea (FIPS 69184) 799 3,393,000
85 SanFrancisco–Oakland, California Urbanized area (excludes SanJose) 525 3,342,000[2]
86 Brasilia Metropolitanarea (RIDE) 5,558 3,341,000
87 Salvador Metropolitanarea 903 3,331,000
88 Berlin Berlincity state 344 3,328,000
89 Rhein-RuhrgebietMiddle–Düsseldorf, Mönchengladbach,Remscheid, Solingen and Wuppertal Urbanarea (NUTS-3 boundaries) 579 3,325,000
90 Johannesburg Metropolitanmunicipality (excludes Ekurhuleni and West Rand) 633 3,288,000
91 Kabul Cityproper 0 3,288,000
92 Pyongyang Cityproper 814 3,284,000
93 Caracas Officialmetropolitan area 745 3,276,000
94 Fortaleza Metropolitanarea 1,911 3,261,000
95 Algiers Wilaya(province) 104 3,260,000
96 Xi’an Prefecture-levelcity (urban population) 3,852 3,256,000
97 Athens Urbanizedarea (administrative boundaries) 0 3,238,000
98 Medellín Metropolitanarea (Valle de Abura) 444 3,236,000
99 Nagoya Urbanizedarea (administrative boundaries) 259 3,189,000
100 CapeTown Metropolitanmunicipality 965 3,103,000

(Note- based on 2005 data)

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