2010 Census Data Released: LIVE Updates

Data from the 2010 Census is being released today, an unveiling that has major ramifications for states around the country as well as both political parties. More from the AP:

WASHINGTON -- Census director Robert Groves says the South and West continued their strong population growth over the last decade.

The total national count was 308,745,538, representing the slowest growth over the last decade since the Great Depression.

Groves spoke at a briefing announcing 2010 census results. He says the South had the fastest growth since 2000, at 14.3 percent. The West was close behind at 13.8 percent.

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Census Surprises

Today's Census report contained its share of surprises. Here are some of the biggest.

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[greysells2]

09:44 AM on 12/22/2010

Population growth is the Southern Tier should be made to match the availability of water resources to sustain that population without stealing water from others. The population growth can be curbed by the building permitting process using the fees and terms and conditions attached thereto. Short sighted developers and municipal officials we be opposed to this approach citing, "Freedom". Think for a minute who will be left with "freedom" to solve the problem when water supplies run out?

[viniciusb]

07:50 AM on 12/22/2010

testing comment

[McKeaton]

06:45 AM on 12/22/2010

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-connor/celebrating-ten-years-of_b_799981.html

[mbo2]

09:30 PM on 12/21/2010

Gee, people fleeing left-wing racial identity failing cities.


Who woulda thunk.


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[roveache]

09:50 PM on 12/21/2010

Just want to make sure you get your $.05 for your post here.

[CaptainVideo]

02:41 AM on 12/22/2010

A lot of the growth in the fast growing states is composed of Hispanics, who the Republicans have abandoned.

In Texas the minorities now are the majority. It is only a matter of time and better organization until Texas is a blue state.

[Turtleposer]

08:16 PM on 12/21/2010

Did Michele Bachmann whine about the census being a liberal conspiracy yet? Crickets.

Seriously, just because Blue Staters go to Red States doesn't mean that Red States will get more conservatives. I have friends from Chicago who moved to Georgia & they're still liberal. In the 90s I moved to Colorado which was a very Red State. I actually moved from a Red State, but I'm a proud liberal. Now, the Colorado leans on the blue side of purple. I can't claim responsibility for that, but it was certainly nice to see.

Some areas, Douglas County had few if any registered Democrats in the early 90s. At one district, a lone Dem was begged to become an election judge because they had no Democrats who had registered. Douglas county is still pretty red, but blues have been making gains. Needless to say, I voted Republican in my local election. Sure, they don't state party affiliation, but you can tell based on their endorsements. I had no choice - no Dems were running. Still, we're moving in the right direction.

[fiddler3]

09:59 PM on 12/21/2010

have you been to texas recently?

[Turtleposer]

10:09 PM on 12/21/2010

No.

[ZKMC]

07:40 PM on 12/21/2010

California still counts more than everyone else. So I'm cool with that. We get more votes. And all you Rednecks... Please quit taking California's federal dollars. Our population is larger than yours. We need it more. Darn welfare states! Maybe we'll just keep all the food to ourselves. No more strawberries in January!

[realitytrumpsbull]

04:50 AM on 12/22/2010

Is this the same state of California that's $30 billion in hock, has 20% sales tax, the world's 5th largest sunshine story, the northern extension of Mexico where they sell all the dope, all that jazz? I understand your concern about the federal dollars, because if the federal government stopped subsidizing California, it would drop dead. What an overpriced, overpopulated joke of a state. I've been there, and you can keep the place!

[Jay Guinne]

10:46 AM on 12/22/2010

California please stop using all the water from the red states you don’t need it just drink sea water you will be fine

[BobRobertsFeltRedundant]

07:03 PM on 12/21/2010

i wonder if the mc mansion way down yonder was worth it?

[ZachWayne]

06:31 PM on 12/21/2010

Where are the calls from conservative politicians, media figures and outlets that the 2010 census is "unconstitutional" and census workers "Obama's Army" and the results "a way to ensure a permanent [Dem] ruling majority" and Americans "concerned"? Oh, scratch that. It turns out, they were just making it up before.

[ConservativeCapitalist]

06:21 PM on 12/21/2010

Many are bolting the Lib states so fast that their is a giant sucking sound...

[Raccoon1]

06:58 PM on 12/21/2010

...........and the sucking is coming from the Con states. Nice. Mmmmmm. More. More. Oh, yeah! Do that. Do it some more.

[justplainfedup]

07:37 PM on 12/21/2010

"Their"?

Or "there"?

You illiterate b uffoon.

The reason they are leaving the "lib" states is because they want to live in the welfare freeloading states of the Confederate South that get more Fed dollars in than they pay in taxes.

Deadbeats.

[JonB2057]

04:03 PM on 12/22/2010

I thought I was being petty when I read that sentence! Fanned

[justplainfedup]

06:06 PM on 12/21/2010

Finally the toothless reactionary haters of education and reason have clued in to the fact that they are not wanted in NY or NY, and have fled to the Confederate South, where they find like minded soul mates.

[foregoneconclusion]

06:03 PM on 12/21/2010

Hey libs, enjoy the view from the back of the line for a change...

[Raccoon1]

07:00 PM on 12/21/2010

.........we have to keep an eye on the Cons. We don't look back.

[LI2US]

05:17 PM on 12/21/2010

Some nerd has figured out the optimal population for this country, and you can bet your bottom dollar it will be standardized some day.

Growth is nothing more than a euphemism for "more money". Planet earth cannot sustain more "growth", but corporations and governments sure can!

[Kitten of D00M]

05:41 PM on 12/21/2010

Yep- in 2035, a young couple will want to have a baby and the family will have to take a vote to decide which grumpy old uncle gets euthanized to make room for the new offspring.

[LI2US]

06:06 PM on 12/21/2010

So, realizing that, the goal in life is not to become measurably grumpy? :-)

[Kitten of D00M]

05:41 PM on 12/21/2010

SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!!

[BillyRaySartre]

08:57 PM on 12/21/2010

Logan's run is a fav movie.

[BasketWeaver]

05:07 PM on 12/21/2010

I see a direct relationship between locally powerful unions and job loss. The more powerful a union becomes politically in an area (Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, St. Louis, Toledo, etc.) the more damage is done to that area in the form of job loss through their coercive demands of unsustainable pensions and salaries. They fight for the wages they think they deserve, and become awestruck when companies decide their work is no better than the work of foreigners who can do the same job for 50% less.

"Wait? You firing me? I'm the backbone of the American economy! Nevermind the fact that my unreasonable wage demands make consumer prices less affordable for the other 90% of the country and my employer uncompetitive on the global stage. Who cares if I cripple my city into an industrial ghost town!! I drink beer and drive a truck and wear blue collar shirts! Noooooo!!!!"

Pink slip.

[ehorth]

05:15 PM on 12/21/2010

The areas you mention have been losing jobs for years, well before 2000. People deserve the best wages they can get. If we're so all fired ready to praise business and the pursuit of the almighty Profit Dollar, then we shouldn't be surprised that people will negotiate for the best deal they can get. The only issue here is that the real power still remains in the hands of the corporation as unions have been whittled away to almost nothing. In the 60's it was said that the triumvirate of power was Big Business, Big Labor and Big Government.

[BasketWeaver]

05:21 PM on 12/21/2010

I don't have a problem with unions existing. I simply have no remorse when they lose the jobs that they were responsible for losing. If I were in a union, I'd try to get the best possible deal, but I would be careful that my demands were still competitive, which unions have clearly not done.

[Kitten of D00M]

05:43 PM on 12/21/2010

If it weren't for unions, the rest of us would be making sweatshop wages. Corporations outsource jobs to boost profits and get rich, not for survival.

[BasketWeaver]

06:09 PM on 12/21/2010

LOL. Find me an economist that agrees. That is laughably stupid.

[georgeny]

05:03 PM on 12/21/2010

The real question is why is this important? Only one state lost population. There is no constitutional requirement that house members be capped at 435, and there is actually probably a couple of decent arguments why the number should be larger.

[esseff44]

05:43 PM on 12/21/2010

A case was just turned for review by the Supreme Court which was trying to get Congress more representative by increasing the number of districts.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2009/1027/p09s04-coop.html

It's up to Congress and the state legislatures to change how the representation is fixed.

[luckyfoxy7]

04:36 PM on 12/21/2010

The gop has foolishly alienated our Hispanic brothers and sisters, the fasting growing segment nationwide. Look for gop electoral wipeouts. I think history will repeat itself with many of these newly elected tea baggers reps as well, many newly elected reps in the gop 1994 congress lost reelection two years later due to newt shutting down the government, thinking they had a voter proof mandate. Many of these tea bagger reps will be one termers as well. boehner's ineptness will guarantee that.

[Kitten of D00M]

05:48 PM on 12/21/2010

The Teabaggers campaigned on soundbites, misinformation and voter impatience. They are all celebricons, vying for the cover of People Magazine, and their lack of governing skills will be their undoing. So many promises, all undeliverable.