Population Estimates 2005 HI, AK, PR, etc

[urbanguy]

Here are the population estimates as of July 2005 according to the U.S. Census Bureau:

42. Hawaii: 1,275,194 *#42 is the national ranking

2004-2005 Growth: 13,070 or 1% increase

2000-2005 Growth: 63,657 or 5.3% increase

47. Alaska: 663,661 *#47 is the national ranking

2004-2005 Growth: 5,906 or 0.9% increase

2000-2005 Growth: 36,730 or 5.9% increase

Puerto Rico: 3,912,054

2004-2005 Growth: 16,947 or 0.4% increase

2000-2005 Growth: 103,451 or 2.7% increase

More info to come...

[NCB]

Interesting figures.

What area's of Hawaii are growing the fastest?

[urbanguy]

^The Big Island of Hawai'i, Maui, and West Oahu (Kapolei - a suburb of Honolulu). A lot of steady growth is definately due to international immigration. There's a steady stream of immigrants moving to the islands in relatively large numbers legal and illegal from the Philippines, China & its S.A.R.'s, Mexico, Brasil, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Canada, Germany, U.K., Argentina, Peru, India, Sri Lanka, Russia, Guatemala, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Burma, France, etc. However domestically Honolulu County (Oahu) loses people every year most of which i'd imagine are because of the rotating military peeps and their dependents, i'm not exactly sure how much of the people (numbers or percetange wise) that move from Honolulu are true ex-pats. But Maui and the Big Island continue to gain domestically especially from California. I have noticed a change in Honolulu over the past couple of years demographically as it is and has always been extremely diverse ethnically, however the racial composition is changing quite rapidlly as i notice more and more African Americans in the city (not sure about the burbs) than ever before as well as Subsaharan Africans (Nigerian, Ghanaian, Kenyan, etc) and Caribbean Blacks too like Jamaicans, Trinidadians - most of which i believe are secondary migrants, meaning they originally settled elsewhere then later moved here. I think the newer influx of people are also having an impact on the creole language here in many ways i've noticed it becoming less and less noticeable as many of the youth are starting to sound more like people from the West Coast versus the older generation who continues to speak Pidgin/Hawaii Creole and a few of its dialects (ie: Hilo's dialect is somewhat heavy and can be a little difficult to understand at times, well for those that speak and know the creole, Kauai and Maui also have slight variations with certain words). Anyway, it will be interesting to see what Hawaii will be like in the next 5-10 years.

[NCB]

^Thanks alot for the info, urbanguy.

That explained quite a few things for me.

[urbanguy]

Here's some info about the Workforce:

*(+/-) increase or decrease 2004-2005

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Hawaii

Labor Force: 649,963 (+30,000) / Dec. 2004 - Dec 2005

Employed: 634,134 (+31,038) / Dec. 2004 - Dec 2005

Unemployed: 15,829 (-1,038) / Dec. 2004 - Dec 2005

Unemployment Rate: 2.4% vs. 2.7% Dec. 2004 - Dec 2005

*Huge improvements and growth!

Honolulu

Labor Force: 456,402 (+22,534) / Nov. 2004 - Nov. 2005

Employed: 443,631 (+22,718) / Nov. 2004 - Nov. 2005

Unemployed: 12,771 (-184) / Nov. 2004 - Nov. 2005

Unemployment Rate: 2.8% vs. 3% Nov. 2004 - Nov. 2005

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Alaska

Labor Force: 341,264 (+9,691) / Dec. 2004 - Dec 2005

Employed: 317,341 (+11,034) / Dec. 2004 - Dec 2005 *Good to see more ppl added to the pay roll

Unemployed: 23,923 (-1,343) / Dec. 2004 - Dec 2005

Unemployment Rate: 7% vs. 7.6% / Dec. 2004 - Dec 2005

Anchorage

Labor Force: 188,732 (+5,943) / Nov. 2004 - Nov. 2005

Employed: 178,060 (+6,273) / Nov. 2004 - Nov. 2005

Unemployed: 10,672 (-330) / Nov. 2004 - Nov. 2005

Unemployment Rate: 5.7% vs. 6% / Nov. 2004 - Nov. 2005

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Puerto Rico

Labor Force: 1,416,784 (+29,658) / Dec. 2004 - Dec 2005

Employed: 1,247,900 (+13,073) / Dec. 2004 - Dec 2005

Unemployed: 168,884 (+16,585) / Dec. 2004 - Dec 2005

Unemployment Rate: 11.9% vs. 11% / Dec. 2004 - Dec 2005 *The economy is looking pretty stagnant at this point, but it seems to fluctuate every so often.

*I have no info for San Juan - lo siento

I hope that these usually left out states and major territory continue to grow and rise up socioeconomically while preserving their uniqueness in the U.S.

[urbanguy]

County, Borough and Municipio Growth or Declines 2000-2005 US Census guestimates!

X Counties: 2005 Pop. 2000-2005 Growth

1 .Honolulu County & MSA: 905,266 (+29,110) *I swear its got to be much larger than this

2 .Hawaii County: 167,293 (+18,616)

3 .Maui County: 139,884 (+11,790)

4 .Kauai County: 62,640 (+4,177)

5 .Kalawao County: 111 (-36)

1 .Anchorage Municipality: 275,043 (+14,760)

2 .Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 76,006 (+16,684) *Where is this place? Is it an ANC suburb?

3 .Fairbanks North Star Borough: 87,560 (+4,720)

4 .Kenai Peninsula Borough: 51,960 (+2,269)

5 .Bethel Census Area: 17,127 (+1,081)

6 .Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 6,614 (+440)

7 .Juneau City and Borough: 30,987 (+276)

1 .San Juan Municipio: 428,591 (-5,783)

2 .Bayamon Municipio: 222,195 (-1849)

3 .Ponce Municipio: 182,387 (-4,088)

4 .Carolina Municipio: 187,472 (+1,396)

5 .Caguas Municipio: 142,378 (+1,876)

6 .Arecibo Municipio: 101,920 (+1,789)

7 .Guaynabo Municipio: 102,287 (+2,234)

Come on babies grow! BTW there are more municipios and boroughs for PR & AK not included in my examples.

[Phizzy]

2 .Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 76,006 (+16,684) *Where is this place? Is it an ANC suburb?

Part of the Anchorage MSA, just north of Anchorage. Covers 25,260 square miles, bigger than 10 states.

[urbanguy]

^dang thats crazy but i wonder how close it is to ANC and if most of those people are clustered near each other or actuall spread out over that huge ass area?

[Phizzy]

^dang thats crazy but i wonder how close it is to ANC and if most of those people are clustered near each other or actuall spread out over that huge ass area?

It is adjacent to Anchorage, and based on what I see on Google Maps, it looks like the largest towns and cities are clustered at the southern end of the Borough, near Anchorage. It has a population density of 3 people per square mile.

[urbanguy]

^Thanks a lot for the info but 3 people per sq mile, yikes haha so roughly one house per sq mile! They are living the American dream!

[urbanguy]

Alright here are some stats for the Metro sizes of the major cities in the region:

1. San Juan-Caguas-Fajardo, CSA: 2,694,909

2. Honolulu MSA: 905,266

3. Anchorage-Matanuska-Susitna: 351,049

[urbanguy]

Here are some Updates of the area's population:

2005 Population Estimates 2004-2005 gains or losses in "( )"

San Juan city: 428,591 (-5,783)

>San Juan-Caguas-Fajardo, CSA: 2,694,909

Honolulu CDP: 377,379 (+671)

>Honolulu M.S.A.: 905,266 (+5,704)

Anchorage Municipality: 275,043 (+976)

>Anchorage-Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 351,049 (+4,816)

Fairbanks city: 31,324 (-24)

>Fairbanks-North Star Borough: 87,560 (+656)

Juneau city and borough: 30,987 (-124)

*I personally, don't agree with these numbers because Honolulu is booming; the workforce is at its largest ever, immigration levels are on the rise both domestic and international and birth rates are pretty high too. Of course we'll just have to wait until the official stats are taken in 2010 to see what's really going on.

[Rican427]

I think San Juan is losing people but I'm pretty sure Ponce and Bayamon are increasing their population.

[urbanguy]

^Yeah the city is supposedly losing people according to the Census but i won't fully agree with any of these numbers until the 2010 census when they attempt to do the 100% account.