Silver Springer
February 1st, 2007, 04:50 PM
Census adds 4,249 to city's population estimate
Metro Digest
Originally published February 1, 2007
The U.S. Census Bureau has added 4,249 people to its most recent estimate of Baltimore's population. According to a posting on the bureau's Web site, the city's population estimate as of July 2005 was revised upward to 640,064 from 635,815.
The city had challenged the latter figure -- which was based on births, deaths, foreign immigration and income tax returns -- as being too low. The bureau allows jurisdictions to challenge its estimates by providing housing data.
Based on the bureau's revised estimate, the city's population dropped by about 1,000 from 2004 to 2005. Since the 2000 census, the city has lost 11,090 people -- or just under 2 percent of its population.
In the 1990s, Baltimore's population dropped by 84,860, or 11.5 percent
Metro Digest
Originally published February 1, 2007
The U.S. Census Bureau has added 4,249 people to its most recent estimate of Baltimore's population. According to a posting on the bureau's Web site, the city's population estimate as of July 2005 was revised upward to 640,064 from 635,815.
The city had challenged the latter figure -- which was based on births, deaths, foreign immigration and income tax returns -- as being too low. The bureau allows jurisdictions to challenge its estimates by providing housing data.
Based on the bureau's revised estimate, the city's population dropped by about 1,000 from 2004 to 2005. Since the 2000 census, the city has lost 11,090 people -- or just under 2 percent of its population.
In the 1990s, Baltimore's population dropped by 84,860, or 11.5 percent