Recession is causing a population shift in many cities and states

Recession is causing a population shift which in turn is helping in head count in Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami and New York. Fears about substantial decline in population figures for the 2010 census has now somewhat subsided.

Many minorities had migrated to the interior of USA looking for jobs they had lost, bigger spaces to live in and affordable housing prior to the recession. Now that the citizens are continuing to remain in the jumbo cities because of shortfall in housing, California, New York and Illinois are poised to add a seat or two to its delegates depending on the number of population now after having been erased by the foreclosures.

Kimball Brace of Election Data Services said, “From all that we have been seeing, there is a definite slowdown in the migration trends that had put these states at risk.” He felt that God had given these states a grace period. He remained alert to the fact that the flux is continuing and gave the warning that “a whole congressional seat can change at the drop of the hat.”

As per the findings of the Brookings Institution immigration is giving a boost to many of the jumbo cities. Since 2000 population numbers went up by 1.1 million in New York and 815 immigrants in Los Angeles accounting for a fourth of foreign-born entries. It somewhat cushioned the exodus from New York of 1.8 million and from Los Angeles 1.2 million.

Overbuilding had caused tremendous damage to Miami, Washington and Chicago leading to foreclosures. But in 2008 the trend reversed from the previous decade and increases in immigrants were noted. This has more than made up for the loss of native-born Americans.

In half of the 40 jumbo metro areas losses were huge in the metro areas from 2000 to 2008 in regions like San Francisco, Philadelphia and Boston as per the findings of Brookings Study. However in 15 of these 20 cities immigration comprised for nearly half of the connected loss in population. In contrast the rust belt areas like Detroit, Pittsburg and Milwaukee could not make any gains from increase in immigrants.

The projections on populations are made on the estimates made in 2008. The Census Bureau will soon disclose latest figures for 2009 that will focus on the decline of population mobility in the country.

Within one year from 2007 to 2008 changes took place in 23 states with residents either moving in or out.

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