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The Census Bureau today published the estimates of county populations for 2006.

Harris County is up to 3,886,207.

By my calculations, the Houston metro area is now estimated at 5,539,949 !!

The CSA population (Houston Baytown Huntsville) is estimated at 5,641,077.

Wonder how many of those citizens are here legally.

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I read somewhere that illegals add another 150,000 to the pop. of Houston and 300,000 to the metro area....They are not counted on the census report...

I've heard numbers up to 400,000 for the metro area, but I think that 300k is probably a little more reasonable.

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I don't know if this has been posted but top 10 counties for growth:

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/real_e...ties/index.html

Harris, Tarrant, Bexar, Collin and Dallas counties made the list. Texas has half the list.

Jason

Okay, so if those numbers are right, does mean the Houston area is now the sixth largest metro in the country? Anybody with good math skills know?

I haven't crunched the numbers but this article says yes!

http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/sto...19/daily45.html

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I don't know if this has been posted but top 10 counties for growth:

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/real_e...ties/index.html

Harris, Tarrant, Bexar, Collin and Dallas counties made the list. Texas has half the list.

Jason

Of course Texas is half the list, we do everything bigger and better in Texas :D

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I don't know if this has been posted but top 10 counties for growth:

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/real_e...ties/index.html

Harris, Tarrant, Bexar, Collin and Dallas counties made the list. Texas has half the list.

Jason

That's odd. CNN's list does not agree with the Census Bureau's list; Census Bureau says these are the top 10 numeric growth counties:

1. Maricopa, AZ

2. Harris, TX

3. Riverside, CA

4. Los Angeles, CA

5. Clark, NV

6. San Bernadino, CA

7. Tarrant, TX

8. Collin, TX

9. Gwinnet, GA

10. Will, IL

Fastest growing by percentage:

1. Flagler, FL

2. Kendall, IL

3. Rockwall, TX

4. Loudon, VA

5. Forsyth, GA

6. Pinal, AZ

7. Douglas, CO

8. Henry, GA

9. Paulding, GA

10. Lyon, NV

Edit: I just figured it out. CNN was showing the fastest-growing counties for the year 2005-2006. The Census Bureau's list is the fastest-growing for the 6 years 2000-2006

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I've heard numbers up to 400,000 for the metro area, but I think that 300k is probably a little more reasonable.

Thank you for a very intelligent and mature reply.

To clarify, I mean't to ask how many unaccounted individuals would be added to make our population number more realistic. I see that those questions have been answered already.

So glad all of us haif members work as a team. :D

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I read somewhere that illegals add another 150,000 to the pop. of Houston and 300,000 to the metro area....They are not counted on the census report...

All residents are counted, including undocumented ones.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washingt...s_census_count/

However, this latest number is merely an estimate, so no one was actually "counted" at all. It is based on several indicators that the Census Bureau uses to estimate a population, such as number of utility hookups, etc. Based on the number of occupied households, they multiply by an average household factor to arrive at their estimate. For comparison, the City of Houston estimates Houston's population at 2,231,000 as of Jan.1.

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All residents are counted, including undocumented ones.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washingt...s_census_count/

However, this latest number is merely an estimate, so no one was actually "counted" at all. It is based on several indicators that the Census Bureau uses to estimate a population, such as number of utility hookups, etc. Based on the number of occupied households, they multiply by an average household factor to arrive at their estimate. For comparison, the City of Houston estimates Houston's population at 2,231,000 as of Jan.1.

Interesting, Thanks Red

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