December 23, 2008 10:34 AM
More of us than ever - Colorado ranks third in population growth
Is it getting crowded in here?
Colorado ranks third - tied with Texas and North Carolina - among states with a two percent population growth between July 2007 and July 2008.
Utah outstripped Colorado for the No. 1 spot nationwide, growing at 2.5 percent, while Arizona came in second, with growth of 2.3 percent between July 2007 and July 2008.Still, Colorado gained 96,686 people, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, with total population reaching 4.9 million, up from 4.8 million in July 2007.
Unlike Utah, where much of the growth comes from natural births, Colorado's surge in head count is due largely to an influx of 52,398 migrants from other states and countries, according to Robert Bernstein, a spokesman for the U.S. Census in Washington, D.C.
Just 44,258 newcomers to the state were born here, Bernstein said.
In all, Colorado lured 36,878 people from other states, and 15,520 from other countries. Of international migrants, roughly half come from Central and South America.
The West, once again, showed up as the fastest-growing region, with Utah knocking Nevada out of the top spot. Nevada this year ranks eighth after being in the top four for more than 20 years, according to the Census Bureau.
Like other parts of the nation, though, the West isn't luring people at the rate it did during the 1990s.
Only two states - Michigan and Rhode Island - lost population from 2007 to 2008, according to the new estimates. But growth rates fell in many states, even for those that had been adding residents at a rapid clip.
Foreign immigration has slowed since the start of the decade and fewer people are moving around within the nation's borders. A study by the Pew Research Center found that only 13 percent of U.S.residents moved from 2006 to 2007 - the smallest percentage since the government began tracking movers in the late 1940s.
Is growth good? Is Colorado getting too populous?
December 23, 2008
1:43 PM
SASQUATCH writes:
IT MUST BE RITTER'S "NEW ENERGY ECONOMY." All those unemployed windmill and solar techies from Kansas can't wait until they get here!
December 23, 2008
6:20 PM
Ben--Border Native writes:
How many are fleeing southern California aka northern Mexico and Texas because of illegal immigration? Mexico is coming to you people, but you all ready knew that.
December 23, 2008
7:25 PM
incognitoboy writes:
absolutely too many.
start booting the dead weight.....begin with shaggy, sasquatch, and ben.
actually, that should be enough right there.
December 24, 2008
11:35 AM
Truth writes:
Incognito - Don't forget Dopus.
December 24, 2008
8:09 PM
Markey-Mark writes:
We don't need illegal alien growth.
E-verify. The best kept secret in the Democrat Congress.
(No wonder they beat Bush into the ratings basement.)
M.
January 28, 2009
10:22 AM
jari writes:
finland is were i am form i dont like this country