South Carolina's population growth

[CorgiMatt]

The Census Bureau released its MSA population and population growth tables today for the period from July 1, 2008 to July 1, 2009. Columbia actually edged Charleston out this time.

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

I can't get the link to work. User error, I'm sure.

Edited March 23, 2010 by CorgiMatt

[krazeeboi]

Here's the link for metro areas: http://www.census.gov/popest/metro/metro.html

Here's the link for counties: http://www.census.gov/popest/counties/counties.html

[Spartan]

Here are the figures for South Carolina's metropolitan areas. If Spartanburg and Anderson get recombined with Greenville after the Census, they will collectively be back on the top.

Columbia 744,730

Charleston 659,191

Greenville 639,617

Spartanburg 286,822

Myrtle Beach 263,868

Florence 200,653

Anderson 184,901

Sumter 104,495

[krazeeboi]

And any recombining/splitting of metros doesn't necessarily have to occur during official Census years. The last time a change was made in the way MSAs/CSAs were configured was in 2003.

[Spartan]

Right, because reapportionment at all levels happens 3 years after the census is taken.

[CorgiMatt]

Who knows. It might happen. The Upstate three seem a little strung along the interstate for too long a distance to be recombined, though. Raleigh and Durham, for instance, are much closer together, and maybe they'll be recombined, too.

I could have created a link to the Census Bureau's site. Thanks for that link. It's the MSA chart itself that I can't figure out how to link to.

I think Columbia should compare itself to southern cities more its size in terms of how many people were gained. For instance, Columbia gained more than Knoxville, Greensboro, Virginia Beach-Norfolk, Birmingham, and even Jacksonville, FL.

[krazeeboi]

I found this to be interesting.

The Brookings Institute has a new study out entitled "State of Metropolitan America" which includes a section that categorizes the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the country based on "the five new demographic and social realities that America confronts": growth and outward expansion, population diversification, aging, higher educational attainment, and income polarization. Charleston and Columbia are included in the "New Heartland" category which is characterized by high growth, low diversity, and high educational attainment:

New Heartland metro areas are also fast growing, highly educated locales, but have lower shares of Hispanic and Asian populations than the national average. These 19 metro areas include many in the “New South” where blacks are the dominant minority group, such as Atlanta, Charlotte, and Richmond, as well as largely white metro areas throughout the Midwest and West, such as Indianapolis, Kansas City, and Portland (OR ). The service-based economies of these metro areas attracted many middle-class migrants, both white and black, during the 2000s. That diverse in-migration has given the New Heartland areas a more racially equitable educational profile than other metropolitan types

New Heartland metro areas include: Atlanta, GA; Charleston, SC; Charlotte, NC -SC; Colorado Springs, CO CO ; Columbia, SC; Columbus, OH ; Des Moines, IA; Indianapolis, IN ; Kansas City, MO-KS; Knoxville, TN; Madison, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Nashville, TN; Omaha, NE -IA; Portland-Vancouver, OR -WA; Provo, UT; Raleigh-Cary, NC ; Richmond, VA; and Salt Lake City, UT.

Greenville is included in the "Mid-Sized Magnet" category which is categorized by high growth, low diversity, and low educational attainment:

Mid-Sized Magnet metro areas are similar in their recent growth and educational profile to Border Growth centers, but are distinguished by lower shares of Hispanic and Asian minorities. These 15 mostly mid-sized locations, largely in the Southeast but with a couple of Western representatives, lack some of the high-value industries that characterize the New Heartland. Similar to the Border Growth centers, some got caught in the growth spiral of the 2000s that ended abruptly with the housing crash—particularly Boise and the six Florida metro areas. Having attracted many boomers and seniors over time, Mid-Sized Magnets contain the oldest populations among the metropolitan types, but have grown in a distended fashion that has left them among the most car-dependent of the seven groups

Mid-Sized Magnet metro areas include: Allentown, PA-NJ; Baton Rouge, LA; Boise, ID; Bradenton, FL ; Cape Coral, FL ; Chattanooga, TN; Greensboro-High Point, NC ; Greenville, SC; Jacksonville, FL ; Lakeland, FL ; Little Rock, AR; Ogden, UT; Oklahoma City, OK ; Palm Bay, FL ; and Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.

[Spartan]

The low diversity thing is confusing to me. I think of South Carolina as a very diverse state. Any thoughts on that?

[Greenville]

The low diversity thing is confusing to me. I think of South Carolina as a very diverse state. Any thoughts on that?

I agree. This is especially true compared to many states that seem to be 95% or more Caucasian.

[calwinston]

The low diversity thing is confusing to me. I think of South Carolina as a very diverse state. Any thoughts on that?

South Carolina compared to many other states would be considered of low diversity.

The Census Bureau reports

South Carolina

68.7% white

28.5% black

0.4% american indian

1.2% asian

0.1% hawaiian/pacific islander

1.1% mixed race

4.1% hispanic/latino

65.7% white persons not hispanic

http://quickfacts.ce...ates/45000.html

Nevada

80.1% white

8.1% black

1.5% american indian

6.2% asian

0.5% hawaiian/pacific islander

2.8% mixed race

25.7% hispanic/latino

57.1% white persons not hispanic

http://quickfacts.ce...ates/32000.html

Oklahoma

78.1% white

8.0% black

8.0% american indian

1.7% asian

0.1% hawaiian/pacific islander

4.1% mixed race

7.6% hispanic/latino

71.4% white persons not hispanic

http://quickfacts.ce...ates/40000.html

These are just two examples I just picked out of the blue. Their are many more that resemble more diversity. Mainly in South Carolina you have two races dominating the landscape White and Black and little in between.

Edited May 14, 2010 by calwinston

[CorgiMatt]

I'm sure two or three percent "other," as in white, black and other, is considered low, but the other category is growing. The high educational achievement part is encouraging. I hope we can improve upon that stat.

[CorgiMatt]

See? Based on the figures calwinston posted, I was already behind on the percentage of "other." It is growing. And I'm lovin' the high growth rate in the heartland metros' cores.

Edited May 14, 2010 by CorgiMatt

[sonofaque86]

2009

South Carolina - 4,561,242 (+57,962)

Municipalities

2009 and growth from 2008

1. Columbia - 129,333 (+1484)

2. Charleston - 115,638 (+2127)

3. N. Charleston - 97,601 (+2512)

4. Rock Hill - 69,212 (+1319)

5. Mount Pleasant - 66,418 (+1092)

6. Greenville - 61,782 (+1461)

7. Summerville - 45,239 (+693)

8. Spartabnurg - 40,387 (+390)

9. Goose Creek - 39,064 (+1205)

10. Sumter - 38,412 (+11)

11. Hilton Head - 34,249 (+6)

12. Florence - 32,180 (+117)

13. Myrtle Beach - 31,968 (+936)

[Spartan]

Nice to see Spartanburg is back over 40k... but I bet next year we see Goose Creek move up the list.

[goodbye]

The Lowcountry (Charleston area) is metaphorically taking the rest of the state to the woodshed in total population growth.

[goodbye]

Does anyone have the equivalent MSA and CSA population stats?

[CorgiMatt]

The latest estimates from the Census Bureau were released in late March. Columbia's MSA gained the most at over 12,000 from 7/1/08 to 7/1/09. Charleston was second. I don't know about the combined stats.

[erm1981]

I just moved down to North Charleston for a job so I guess next year I can be counted in those figures. Still good to see Greenville gaining over 60,000 again finally. Since Ive been in the Charleston area and have worked out at the Boeing site I believe that when the facility gets built you will see an even greater jump in population numbers. The sheer size of the project is pretty amazing, and if your down here you should check it out.

[erm1981]

These are figures from JULY 1ST 2000 to JULY 1ST 2009.......Greenville and Horry county had the largest number gain and a nice healthy percentage increase.

1 Greenville County 451,428 442,635 431,215 418,555 407,533 400,858 395,325 391,087 386,393 381,124 15.57% 70,304

2  Richland County 372,023 366,432 360,159 351,707 345,398 343,136 335,370 329,835 326,471 321,577 13.56% 50,446

3  Charleston County 355,276 349,778 344,506 341,425 337,584 333,122 325,336 320,050 314,506 311,047 12.45% 44,229

4  Spartanburg County 286,822 282,520 276,725 270,735 265,919 263,028 261,085 259,155 256,794 254,418 11.30% 32,404

5  Horry County 263,868 258,790 250,904 240,735 228,708 218,220 211,086 206,280 201,918 198,132 24.91% 65,736

6  Lexington County 255,607 249,744 243,973 239,011 233,406 229,522 225,953 222,218 219,820 216,832 15.17% 38,775

7  York County 227,003 220,032 210,624 199,590 189,505 182,992 178,008 173,729 169,534 165,723 27.00% 61,280

8  Anderson County 184,901 182,937 180,155 177,244 174,332 172,666 171,196 169,920 168,716 166,319 10.05% 18,582

9  Berkeley County 173,498 169,586 163,455 158,007 152,092 150,720 147,785 145,904 144,568 143,131 17.50% 30,367

Greenville+ Spartanburg 102,708

Richland + Lexington 89,221

Charleston + Berkley 74,596

Edited July 8, 2010 by erm1981

[krazeeboi]

Here's one of the most comprehensive maps you'll ever see that displays all sorts of indicators for metro areas, cities/suburbs, and states. The stats displayed are from 2008: http://www.brookings.edu/metro/StateOfMetroAmerica/Map.aspx

[sonofaque86]

Here's one of the most comprehensive maps you'll ever see that displays all sorts of indicators for metro areas, cities/suburbs, and states. The stats displayed are from 2008: http://www.brookings.edu/metro/StateOfMetroAmerica/Map.aspx

Very interesting info. Thanks!

[CorgiMatt]

South Carolina has slipped out of the top ten states in rate of population growth. It was number 15 in rate of growth and number 13 in the number of people gained, adding 53,866.

http://www.census.go...n/cb11-215.html

Edited December 21, 2011 by CorgiMatt

[Spartan]

No real surprises there. Our economy has been in the crapper for a while, and the rural counties continue to lose population...

[CorgiMatt]

Interestingly, however, Allied Van Lines just released their fourth annual move in-move out survey with South Carolina listed third behind Texas and Florida for net in-migration of families. Maybe the slide out of the top-ten population gainers will prove to be a blip.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/allied-van-lines-announces-44th-annual-magnet-states-report-136527153.html

[B&R]

The Census Bureau estimates for Metro and County population growth for 2011 came out a week ago.

(Charleston includes No. Charleston - Summerville, Greenville includes Mauldin-Simpsonville)

SC Metros 2010 Census 2011 (July 1) estimate

Columbia -------- 767,598 ----- 777,116

Charleston ------ 664,607 ----- 682,121

Greenville ------- 636,986 ----- 647,401

Spartanburg ---- 284,307 ----- 286,868

Myrtle Beach --- 269,291 ----- 276,340

Florence -------- 205,566 ----- 206,161

Anderson ------- 187,126 ----- 188,488

Sumter ---------- 107,456 ----- 107,460

Metros including parts of SC

Charlotte ----- 1,758,038 ----- 1,795,472

Augusta --------- 556,877 ------- 561,858

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County

Greenville ------ 451,225 ----- 461,299

Richland -------- 384,504 ----- 389,116

Charleston ----- 350,209 ----- 357,704

Spartanburg --- 284,307 ----- 286,868

Horry ------------ 269,291----- 276,340

Lexington ------- 262,391 ----- 267,129

York -------------- 226,073 ----- 230,528

Anderson ------ 187,126 ----- 188,488

Berkeley ------- 177,843 ----- 183,525

Aiken ----------- 160,099 ----- 160,682

Dorchester ---- 136,555 ----- 140,892

Florence ------- 136,885 ----- 137,862

Pickens -------- 119,224 ----- 119,574

Sumter --------- 107,456 ----- 107,460

Growth continues strong in Charleston, Columbia, Greenville, and Myrtle Beach, and York Co. and moderate in Anderson and Spartanburg but is slow or non-existent in the rest of the state. Growth in the top SC areas has outpaced many regional peers.

Greenville County has extended its advantage over the others because almost all the Greenville metro growth has been there. Columbia's growth is divided equally between Richland and Lexington. Charleston's growth has been split three ways.

I wonder how much of Charleston's recent growth comes from Boeing's new plant. Hopefully the new tire factories will be the same kind of boost for their communities. Is anything happening with the big distribution center that was supposed to go in Orangeburg?