Dec 21, 2011

.4 % growth in Alabama Population

     The Census Bureau out with data showing the population gains and losses by the states between 2010 and 2011.

     Texas is proclaimed the population winner (I guess these would be people who live to inhale smoke 24/7?) while Alabama showed minimal growth...4/10 of a per cent. Perhaps those fleeing "illegal" immigrants hurt our numbers?
     Michigan and a chunk of other Upper Mid-West states lost population...that might be all of those unemployed folks fleeing the Rust Belt? Despite Alabama's new status as a car-manufacturing magnet, the former Detroit residents aren't coming to Bama. That may be because of the difference in their (former) union jobs and the new (very-much non-union) jobs here.
     Look at the map..the light-green-shaded states had the least increase, while the dark-green-shaded states attracted the most new folks.


     (More maps here.)

   It's interesting that, except for Mississippi (TGFM), Alabama is surrounded by States that had better population growth in 2010-2011.
   And those folks going to Washington State can't have seen that new TV series The Killing, in which it rains rain and blood 24/7.

   Coincidentally, United Van Lines is out today with their own annual migration study, based on the number of people moving to and from various states. Their study agrees Alabama is...flat, but North Dakota is losing folks. So go (or come) figure.

1 comment:

  1. Seems lots of folks want to move to Palin-land.

    That, or they like to make babies during the long cold winters.

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