David Brauer's number-crunching shows how much more quickly the Census
numbers can be analyzed now, compared to 10 years ago. Because I'm on
vacation next week to scrape paint (and hopefully do some cycling), I
can't get to a story about neighborhood-level numbers for a while.
But David's calculations beg some interpretation, which I've
interspersed below:
Biggest gainers, percentage-wise, 1990 to 2000:
1. Camden Industrial Area - Infinity (0 to 47)
Hardly any people means any gain is a big increase.
2. Downtown East - +134% (647 to 1,515)
3. Prospect Park East River Road +24.6% (5,074 to 6,326)
Some large private student housing projects
4. Nicollet Island East Bank +24.3% (666 to 828)
Several moderate-sized townhouse developments added
5. Folwell +23.8% (5,115 to 6,331)
Any guesses other than increased household sizes?
Biggest losers, percentage-wise, '90 to '00:
1. Sumner-Glenwood -95.7% (3,336 to 144)
700 housing units razes under Hollman consent decree
2. Mid City Industrial Area -69.4% (49 to 15)
Another tiny population
3. Kenwood -17.4% (1,817 to 1,500)
Empty nesting?
4. Stevens Square Loring Heights -11.0% (4,433 to 3,948)
5. Waite Park -8.8% (5,707 to 5,205)
Empty nesting
Biggest gainers, total numbers, '90 to '00
1. Phillips +2,558 (17,247 to 19,805)
Landlords report doubling and tripling up of tenants here and
Whittier
2. Whittier +2,196 (13,051 to 15,247)
3. Jordon +1,412 (7,737 to 9,149)
Quite an accomplishment given all the school and NRP
demolitions
4. Prospect Park East River Road +1,252 (5,074 to 6,326)
5. Folwell +1,216 (5,115 to 6,331)
Biggest losers, total numbers, '90 to '00
1. Sumner-Glenwood -3,192 (3,336 to 144)
2. Waite Park -502 (5,707 to 5,205)
3. Stevens Square Loring Heights -485 (4,433 to 3,948)
4. Hiawatha -455 (5,759 to 5,304)
5. Fulton -422 (5,988 to 5,566)
David also observed the following about our mutual neighborhood:
King Field - Ward 10 - Population decline '90 to '00: 68 people, down
0.9% (I never would have guessed, thinking Year 2000 families have
replaced Year 1990 seniors)
My guess is that that because substantial numbers of gays and
lesbians find King Field to be a hospitable area, that may be slightly
reducing the number of kids in households and the overall population.
But it's really too nice a day to open up our census database and
check that.
Steve Brandt
Star Tribune
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