U.S. Population Growth Trends

Analysis of population growth trends in the U.S. by examining cities and counties that have been gaining and losing population.

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[iammrbeat]

Rural America continues to decline, and it's sad to see.

[brendanchurch]

Most underrated channel on YouTube. Thanks for the consistently intriguing and informative content. 🐐

[eriklakeland]

I fear working from home is gonna be the new frontier for corporate outsourcing. If you are only a zoom screen away, why couldn’t they just replace you with an educated worker from overseas for cheaper?

[raetschmyers]

The south Texas coastal counties that are declining are the “Wild Horse Desert”, mostly because of a geological feature called the south Texas sand sheet. It’s a massive area of almost nothing but very deep wind blown sand, hardly any surface water besides salty lakes. It’s a vast unpopulated, almost undevelopable area between Corpus and the Valley. Also the location of the King Ranch.

[noahkrocks]

Pittsburgh and western PA have a very high elderly population. The city of Pittsburgh itself rebounded well, but a lot of the old steel towns in surrounding counties didn’t benefit as much from the rebound of Pittsburgh. The surrounding counties have a lot of older towns. Butler county is seeing a lot of increase because people around pittsburgh are moving there for newer homes and better school districts, Butler county was mainly farmland 20 years ago but new development really is saturated there.

[MikeV]

The thing going on in the coastal area of far south Texas is that the land belongs to large ranches, like the King Ranch.

[nathanielthrush]

It's really fascinating to see how high prices are having material effects in places like LA, the bay area, and Honolulu.
Very weird to see that Philly is growing but Silicon Valley is shrinking. Completely goes against the conventional wisdom of the past 50 years.

Also unrelated, but this channel is quickly becoming one of my favorites.

[tomiday]

I learned a lot about our country on a cross country bicycle ride. A woman in Kansas and I were talking about the shrinking small towns. She said, "When they close the school, that's it for the town." Lots of people have the fantasy of moving back to their roots or taking advantage of working from home in the country, but the reality is something different.

[davidtardio]

I really appreciate you telling us where you got the information. So may other sites just spew out information and you have no idea if they just made everything up or if they really got it from a reputable source. Another reason I enjoy your site so much.

[Jesse__H]

Holy cow your sub count! I haven't checked it in a few months but yeah, back when I subbed you had just a few thousand subscribers. Congratulations Kyle!

[yj]

As someone from Champaign, yes we are happy to be mentioned and practically the only part of Illinois to be growing!

[georgefrench]

Really enjoyed this video Kyle. Would love a whole in depth series, taking 1 state or region and really digging into the census data!
Keep up the good work

[holygooff]

Good video, man! It's simple, like a lecture, but I like it.

Only remark: It's hard to take an American seriously when he claims that there's no space left.

[Dhi_Bee]

Kyle talking about NY: “IDK where they’re going”
Floridians: “Here!!”

[Charlemagne]

Man this was just an intriguing video, it's nice to see population trends all over the country. I've been debating where I'm going to live. Love this channel.

[JXY]

Fort Wayne is actually pretty nice. The city is seeing a steady stream of investment and has improved its downtown area. The surrounding area is somewhat like western Michigan where it’s fairly rural but has maintained a decent manufacturing base

[Joey-rsuq]

We need to make America more friendly to small business and farms. Large all consuming industries just sell us the product, outsource the work to third countries, without any of us benefiting financially. It would be so cool if having and running a small piece of land could be seen as a good way to live again, because most people don't even want office jobs or a 9-5 but just want peace of mind and a sense of fulfillment and place of being. City life is fine, totally acceptable, but it shouldn't be the ONLY way to make a living while small towns continue to die.

[elliottheredd]

Glad to see Wisconsin is going a bit against the trend of rural counties losing population, however I’m sad to see my home Milwaukee County losing population, however I think that will change in the coming years

[Rthomp]

LOVE THIS!! I’m a huge geography data nerd as I studied G.I.S in college! Thanks for the state by state facts!

[robthetraveler]

Texan here. Love your videos, but gotta disagree with what you say at 11:18 about how in 10 years there won't be any space between the major Texas metro areas. Dallas and Houston will never connect. It's over 100 very, very rural miles on I-45 between Corsicana and Huntsville, and even those aren't exactly integral parts of the metro areas. San Antonio to DFW is a little more plausible (it's practically constant between San Antonio & Waco now), but Waco to Alvarado or Waxahachie is still quite rural and will remain so for the foreseeable future. Hill County (Hillsboro, where I-35E & W split) is actually the only county on I-35 between south of San Antonio and the Red River that is NOT part of any Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area.