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SEC Metro Growth Rates
Posted on 4/24/19 at 2:12 pm
Posted on 4/24/19 at 2:12 pm
2018 Population estimates were released last week by the census bureau. Here are how the SEC Metros rank by 1-year growth rates from 2017-2018:
1. Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR MSA: +1.99%
2. Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, TN MSA: +1.60%
3. Auburn-Opelika, AL MSA: + 1.42%
4. College Station-Bryan, TX MSA +1.39%
5. Gainesville, FL MSA: +1.24%
6. Athens, GA MSA +1.10%
7. Oxford MSA Micro Area: +1.03%
8. Columbia, SC MSA: +0.92%
9. Knoxville, TN MSA: +0.86%
10. Columbia, MO MSA: +0.83%
11. Lexington-Fayette, KY MSA: +0.77%
12. Tuscaloosa, AL MSA: +0.36%
13. Baton Rouge, LA MSA: +0.02%
14. Starkville Micro Area: -0.15%
Starkville actually lost population... which is actually really difficult for a major college town to do.
Here is how they rank in terms of growth rates this decade... 2010-2018:
1. Fayetteville: +18.00%
2. Auburn: +16.43%
3. Nashville: +15.25%
4. Oxford: +15.19%
5. College Station: +14.37%
6. Columbia, MO: +10.30%
7. Athens: +9.24%
8. Lexington: +9.14%
9. Gainesville: +8.92%
10. Columbia, SC: +8.19%
11. Tuscaloosa: +5.68%
12. Knoxville: +5.32%
13. Starkville: +3.90%
14. Baton Rouge: +3.36%
1. Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR MSA: +1.99%
2. Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, TN MSA: +1.60%
3. Auburn-Opelika, AL MSA: + 1.42%
4. College Station-Bryan, TX MSA +1.39%
5. Gainesville, FL MSA: +1.24%
6. Athens, GA MSA +1.10%
7. Oxford MSA Micro Area: +1.03%
8. Columbia, SC MSA: +0.92%
9. Knoxville, TN MSA: +0.86%
10. Columbia, MO MSA: +0.83%
11. Lexington-Fayette, KY MSA: +0.77%
12. Tuscaloosa, AL MSA: +0.36%
13. Baton Rouge, LA MSA: +0.02%
14. Starkville Micro Area: -0.15%
Starkville actually lost population... which is actually really difficult for a major college town to do.
Here is how they rank in terms of growth rates this decade... 2010-2018:
1. Fayetteville: +18.00%
2. Auburn: +16.43%
3. Nashville: +15.25%
4. Oxford: +15.19%
5. College Station: +14.37%
6. Columbia, MO: +10.30%
7. Athens: +9.24%
8. Lexington: +9.14%
9. Gainesville: +8.92%
10. Columbia, SC: +8.19%
11. Tuscaloosa: +5.68%
12. Knoxville: +5.32%
13. Starkville: +3.90%
14. Baton Rouge: +3.36%
Posted on 4/24/19 at 2:13 pm to BHMKyle
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1. Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR MSA: +1.99%
STOP MOVING HERE
Posted on 4/24/19 at 2:14 pm to BHMKyle
What, exactly, is this near useless statistic supposed to prove?
Posted on 4/24/19 at 2:15 pm to KennesawTiger
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What, exactly, is this near useless statistic supposed to prove?
I ask the same question every time these are presented.
Posted on 4/24/19 at 2:15 pm to KennesawTiger
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What, exactly, is this near useless statistic supposed to prove?
This is a very strange way to measure penis length???
Posted on 4/24/19 at 2:15 pm to KennesawTiger
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What, exactly, is this near useless statistic supposed to prove?
It proves 2 things:
1. A good comparison as to what is happening in the SEC's towns over the past few years in terms of growth and progress
2. Baton Rouge is just as crappy as LSU's fans
Posted on 4/24/19 at 2:15 pm to BHMKyle
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Starkville actually lost population... which is actually really difficult for a major college town to do.
Except it's not...the whole point of being a "college town" requires your college students to leave said college town upon graduation.
City Population: 25k
University Enrollment: 21k
You do the math.
This post was edited on 4/24/19 at 2:19 pm
Posted on 4/24/19 at 2:16 pm to KennesawTiger
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What, exactly, is this near useless statistic supposed to prove?
That traffic is shitty and is getting shittier in Nashville.
Posted on 4/24/19 at 2:16 pm to BHMKyle
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1. Fayetteville: +18.00%

Posted on 4/24/19 at 2:16 pm to BhamBlazeDog
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I ask the same question every time these are presented.
... as one who went to school in Starville likely would.
Posted on 4/24/19 at 2:16 pm to BHMKyle
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It proves 2 things:
1. A good comparison as to what is happening in the SEC's towns over the past few years in terms of growth and progress
2. Baton Rouge is just as crappy as LSU's fans
Growth != Progress
Posted on 4/24/19 at 2:17 pm to KennesawTiger
quote:I'd love to know this as well.
What, exactly, is this near useless statistic supposed to prove?
Posted on 4/24/19 at 2:17 pm to BHMKyle
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Starville
I went to school in Birmingham, I went to college in Starkville.
Posted on 4/24/19 at 2:18 pm to skrayper
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skrayper
Because NW Arkansas is one of the best places to live for those that are not ignorant

Posted on 4/24/19 at 2:19 pm to BobLeeDagger
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Except it's not...the whole point of being a "college town" requires your college students to leave said college town upon graduation.
So you're saying students from literally every other SEC school is doing it wrong?
Or is it because Starkville is a shithole and everyone wants to leave?
Posted on 4/24/19 at 2:20 pm to BHMKyle
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. Baton Rouge is just as crappy as LSU's fans
Ahh there it is. You're not very subtle at this trolling thing.
Do better next time.
Posted on 4/24/19 at 2:21 pm to pankReb
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Or is it because Starkville is a shithole and everyone wants to leave?
Do you realize how small your 1% is?
Posted on 4/24/19 at 2:22 pm to rockiee
NW Arkansas is a good place to live, just not for me. Over populated, headed back to central Arkansas in August.
Posted on 4/24/19 at 2:22 pm to pankReb
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So you're saying students from literally every other SEC school is doing it wrong?
Or is it because Starkville is a shithole and everyone wants to leave?
When the decade started, metro Starkville was slightly larger than metro Oxford. Now just 8 years later, Oxford is over 10% larger in population and the gap is widening quickly.
Posted on 4/24/19 at 2:23 pm to BHMKyle
3 people must have died in starkville last year that is why we didn't grow.
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