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[krazeeboi]

They could possibly be added to the CSA, but I don't think they'll be added to the MSA--well at least not Orangeburg. Sumter might have a better chance.

[motonenterprises]

CorgiMatt, on 23 March 2010 - 05:16 PM, said:

According to Census Bureau statistics released today, the Columbia MSA gained 12,172 people from 7/1/08-7/1/09, the most in the state and the 41st most in the nation.  Charleston gained 11,997 and Greenville gained 9,519.

Table 5. Estimates of Population Change for Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Rankings: July 1, 2008 to July 1, 2009

I can't figure out how to create the link with the population tables.

Not sure where you got this info, but Greenville county grew by more than 9519 on its on. The info I have shows Greenville MSA grew by over 12k.

[motonenterprises]

Estimates I have show Greenville msa at 624,715 for July 1 2008 and 639,617 for July 1 2009. That's a change of 14k+. Greenville County grew at right around 9k on its own. It'll come out in the census.

[krazeeboi]

motonenterprises, on 01 April 2010 - 10:56 PM, said:

Estimates I have show Greenville msa at 624,715 for July 1 2008 and 639,617 for July 1 2009. That's a change of 14k+. Greenville County grew at right around 9k on its own. It'll come out in the census.

According to official Census estimates, the Greenville MSA was at 630,098 for 2008 and 639,617 for 2009, which is a difference of 9,519.

[CorgiMatt]

It seems to me Newberry County would be added to the Columbia MSA before Sumter would.

[krazeeboi]

U-Haul recently released the results of the annual 2009 U-Haul National Migration Trend Report, titled “The 2009 Top 50 U.S. Destination Cities.” According to moving data reflective of nationwide statistics for calendar year 2009, Columbia ranks 46th nationwide, right after Richmond and ahead of Raleigh. The ranking reflects destinations for movers traveling more than 50 miles, and considers every city in the country, regardless of size. While the data is not stated as a percentage of population and is not reflective of overall growth, it seems to correlate with the domestic and international migration statistics for Columbia from 2008-2009.

[CorgiMatt]

Within South Carolina it also correlates with the post-move surveys Pat and Leyla Mason of Carolinaliving.com have done showing that, while Columbia is listed as the 4th most preferred city by their readers in a list of cities in SC they're interested in moving to, more of their readers who actually end up moving to SC move to Columbia than to any other city (MSAs).

[CorgiMatt]

The city of Columbia continued to add population through July 1, 2009, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's estimates released yesterday.  The capital city hit 129,333, and that was before the big push to annex donut holes had started to take effect.

[krazeeboi]

We've discussed it in the general SC forum, but here are the official 2010 Census results:

Columbia: 129,272 (+12,994) 11.2%
Richland County: 384,504 (+63,827) 19.9%
Lexington County: 262,391 (+46,377) 21.5%

Columbia MSA: 767,598 (+120,440) 18.6%
Columbia CSA: 805,106 (+121,840) 17.8%

An article in The State today shows that what's happening in some larger cities across the country is happening in Columbia: more Whites are moving into the city and more Blacks are moving to the suburbs. What's a little interesting in Columbia's case is that this isn't due to gentrification like it is in cities like Atlanta and DC. Also, the city manager said that it's probably not due to annexation either.

[CorgiMatt]

I hope virtually all young blacks who grow up in the suburbs take advantage of the good schools so that they don't end up still living with their parents at age 30, unemployed, with no decent transportation and no means of getting around due to sky-high gas prices.  And I hope black parents will be involved in the suburban schools and in their children's education so that the same types of problems the city schools are working on don't start to plague the suburban schools.  Our society needs to watch for such trends and head them off at the pass.  There should be affordable housing for all, and everyone must learn to live among diversity, no matter if they choose city, suburban or country life.

[sonofaque86]

So Richland County's growth is accelerating while Lexington's is slowing....64k is a lot. You think maybe a lot more people from the rural parts of the state are starting to move to the more urban counties were the jobs are now

Edited by sonofaque86, 27 March 2011 - 12:09 PM.

[CorgiMatt]

A reporter for The State said in his article Friday that Lexington County's growth has slowed because more people are heading for the coast.  That's a bunch of bull.  He never mentioned that from 1990 to 2000 Richland County gained only 34,000 to Lexington County's 48,000 but that from 2000 to 2010 Richland County gained 63,000 to Lexington County's 46,000.  Except to compare the current populations of Lexington County and Richland County and of Lexington and Columbia, he never mentioned the east side of the river.  I wonder why he thinks Richland County added so many more people - because it's closer to Lake Wateree?  He didn't seem to realize that the only reason Lexington County gains population is that it is part of an MSA.  By the way, I do think a lot of people who would have moved to Lake Murray two decades ago chose Lake Wateree instead in the last decade, as Kershaw county added 9,000 or 17%.

[krazeeboi]

You have a point, Corgi. The writer of that article acts as though there's only a certain amount of people allowed to move to SC and they have to pick where to move to.

[Spartan]

More likely they picked Richland because Richland 2 is a great school district, and it covers the norther portion of Richland County, and all of it is very close to Ft Jackson which had a major boost in employment during the last round of the BRAC.