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Size and Growth of SEC Metros
Posted on 3/23/17 at 3:50 pm
Posted on 3/23/17 at 3:50 pm
New census estimates were released today. Here are how the SEC Metros rank in terms of size:
1. Nashville- 1,865,000
2. Knoxville- 869,000
3. Baton Rouge- 835,000
4. Columbia (SC)- 817,00
5. Fayetteville- 525,000
6. Lexington- 507,000
7. Gainesville- 281,700
8. College Station- 254,900
9. Tuscaloosa- 241,400
10. Athens- 205,300
11. Columbia (MO)- 176,600
12. Auburn- 159,000
13. Oxford- 53,800
14. Starkville- 49,900
Here is how they rank in terms of estimated % growth during the last year (2015-2016):
1. Fayetteville- 2.26%
2. Nashville- 1.99%
3. College Station- 1.95%
4. Gainsville- 1.49%
5. Oxford- 1.48%
6. Auburn- 1.42%
7. Athens- 1.22%
8. Lexington- 1.22%
9. Columbia (MO)- 1.17%
10. Columbia (SC)- 0.95%
11. Knoxville- 0.86%
12. Baton Rouge- 0.65%
13. Tuscaloosa- 0.48%
14. Starkville- 0.21%
And here is how they rank in nominal growth (actual people) over the last year (2015-2016):
1. Nashville: +36,337
2. Fayetteville: +11,583
3. Columbia (SC): +7,717
4. Knoxville: +7,377
5. Lexington: +6,088
6. Baton Rouge: +5,434
7. College Station: +4,888
8. Gainesville: +4,125
9. Athens: +2,468
10. Auburn: +2,224
11. Columbia (MO): +2,048
12. Tuscaloosa: +1,155
13. Oxford: +782
14. Starkville: +104
If you look at actual Net Migration, 13 of the 14 SEC Metros saw more people move in than move out in the past year. Only Starkville saw more people flee (a net of -73 total).
Eleven of the 14 SEC Metros actually have such strong Net Migration that they actually saw more people move in than they actually had gains by natural population (births - deaths). Columbia (M)), Tuscaloosa, and Starkville had stronger Natural Increases to their population (Births - Deaths) than they did actual net migration.
1. Nashville- 1,865,000
2. Knoxville- 869,000
3. Baton Rouge- 835,000
4. Columbia (SC)- 817,00
5. Fayetteville- 525,000
6. Lexington- 507,000
7. Gainesville- 281,700
8. College Station- 254,900
9. Tuscaloosa- 241,400
10. Athens- 205,300
11. Columbia (MO)- 176,600
12. Auburn- 159,000
13. Oxford- 53,800
14. Starkville- 49,900
Here is how they rank in terms of estimated % growth during the last year (2015-2016):
1. Fayetteville- 2.26%
2. Nashville- 1.99%
3. College Station- 1.95%
4. Gainsville- 1.49%
5. Oxford- 1.48%
6. Auburn- 1.42%
7. Athens- 1.22%
8. Lexington- 1.22%
9. Columbia (MO)- 1.17%
10. Columbia (SC)- 0.95%
11. Knoxville- 0.86%
12. Baton Rouge- 0.65%
13. Tuscaloosa- 0.48%
14. Starkville- 0.21%
And here is how they rank in nominal growth (actual people) over the last year (2015-2016):
1. Nashville: +36,337
2. Fayetteville: +11,583
3. Columbia (SC): +7,717
4. Knoxville: +7,377
5. Lexington: +6,088
6. Baton Rouge: +5,434
7. College Station: +4,888
8. Gainesville: +4,125
9. Athens: +2,468
10. Auburn: +2,224
11. Columbia (MO): +2,048
12. Tuscaloosa: +1,155
13. Oxford: +782
14. Starkville: +104
If you look at actual Net Migration, 13 of the 14 SEC Metros saw more people move in than move out in the past year. Only Starkville saw more people flee (a net of -73 total).
Eleven of the 14 SEC Metros actually have such strong Net Migration that they actually saw more people move in than they actually had gains by natural population (births - deaths). Columbia (M)), Tuscaloosa, and Starkville had stronger Natural Increases to their population (Births - Deaths) than they did actual net migration.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 3:52 pm to BHMKyle
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14. Starkville: +104
We need to name every one of them
Posted on 3/23/17 at 3:52 pm to BHMKyle
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Starkville saw more people flee
Posted on 3/23/17 at 3:54 pm to BHMKyle
By 2027 I am going to say the College Station Metro will be around 9 Million. Houston keeps spreading out and will swallow up CS eventually.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 3:55 pm to BHMKyle
The Golden Triangle is booming. If they had a Level 4 Trauma hospital I would move to Oktibbeha County. I really wish we could get a large aerospace employer though. We have smaller ones but I'm talking Boing or Air Bus level.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 3:56 pm to BHMKyle
Having spent time in both, I have no idea how Knoxville is bigger than Columbia.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 3:57 pm to BHMKyle
Link?
This post was edited on 3/23/17 at 3:58 pm
Posted on 3/23/17 at 4:06 pm to BHMKyle
Northwest Arkansas grows, always. It grows at a rate that is manageable, though. 20 years ago I never would have thought it would get this big.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 4:09 pm to BHMKyle
All Missouri jokes aside, the Columbia, MO area is really nice . the area around it is nice. In the Fall , it actually feels like football weather.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 4:10 pm to BHMKyle
The Golden Triangle has a population of around 128k. Starkville is in it, so that info is incorrect. But not surprising.
This post was edited on 3/23/17 at 4:17 pm
Posted on 3/23/17 at 4:18 pm to BHMKyle
I feel like Athens has to be getting close to being swallowed by the ATL metro. I mean from leaving the outskirts of Athens to the beginning of the Lawrenceville area only takes like 25 minutes.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 4:34 pm to BHMKyle
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Only Starkville saw more people flee
Insert Skip Bertman jokes.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 5:07 pm to BHMKyle
I live in Nashville and it needs to chill
Posted on 3/23/17 at 5:09 pm to BHMKyle
One year growth numbers are kind of useless.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 5:54 pm to BHMKyle
ITT we learn how passionate reservoir dog is about the Golden Triangle cities being combined in the census.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 6:13 pm to BHMKyle
Percentage of all this growth across the south that's mostly visible in beautiful forest and rolling farmlands being bulldozed to erect cheaply constructed walmarts and fast food locations: 80%
Posted on 3/23/17 at 6:55 pm to BHMKyle
The lesson here is pretty much the lesson of the last half-century. The primary thrust of population migration has been toward urban centers. Most of the towns near the bottom are either semi-rural or isolated from major metropolises. That's how the world has been trending for decades. Has little to do with the universities in question.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 11:42 pm to BHMKyle
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12. Tuscaloosa: +1,155
Bullcrap. There have been more apartments alone than this built in the past year in Tuscaloosa.
Posted on 3/24/17 at 9:32 am to BHMKyle
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7. College Station: +4,888
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