Comments on: Census Bureau Stats Out Today: 537,081 Portlanders

By: dssofaer

dssofaer — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:25:22 +0000

I prefer these stats when accompanied by a people per square mile figure. Without that, one doesn’t really know how crowded it is.

By: extramsg

extramsg — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:39:02 +0000

Yes, this is within the city limits. Portland metro is a bit over 2 million people and the 20th or so largest metro area in the US. Metro areas are more telling, I think. We have a lot of landforms that have kept cities technically separate. But cities like Denver or Houston can just expand their city limits forever. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_metropolitan_areas

By: Dr Normal

Dr Normal — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:39:15 +0000

Something is weird with this data… Is it a “city limits” issue? Where is Cleveland, Orlando, Miami, Atlanta, etc. in this list? Doesn’t seem correct. San Jose is pushing 1 million people but San Francisco is 744k?

Humm… Russ, can you give us more info!

By: DR

DR — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:16:32 +0000

Is it weird that Springfield, MO and Springfield, MA are less than 1,000 people apart?

By: Bob R.

Bob R. — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:33:41 +0000

What is amazing is how fast the populations ramp upward in the top 10. For example, there isn’t much population difference among the middle slots, but New York City alone outnumbers positions 11-21 (almost 11-22).

Another example: #2 Los Angeles has over a million more than #3 Chicago, but #23 Seattle has only 45K more than #31 Portland.

- Bob R.

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:29:58 +0000

I thought that 65% of all statistics were made up?