2007 Metro & Micro estimates

[Candleshoe]

Area 2007 estimate 2000 census
Omaha-Council Bluffs 829,890 767,041
Lincoln, NE 292,219 266,787
Grand Island, NE 69,944 68,305
Kearney, NE 51,578 49,141
Norfolk, NE 47,813 49,538
Hastings, NE 39,320 38,190
Scottsbluff, NE 37,104 37,770
North Platte, NE 36,747 35,939
Fremont, NE 36,004 36,160
Columbus, NE 31,849 31,662
Lexington, NE 26,715 26,508
Beatrice, NE 23,219 22,993

[icejammer]

All metro-micro areas for Iowa, ranked by % change:

Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 546,599 481,394 13.5%
Iowa City, IA 147,038 131,676 11.7%
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 829,890 767,041 8.2%
Cedar Rapids, IA 252,784 237,230 6.6%
Ames, IA 84,752 79,981 6.0%
Dubuque, IA 92,359 89,143 3.6%
Pella, IA 32,775 32,052 2.3%
Spirit Lake, IA 16,696 16,424 1.7%
Boone, IA 26,391 26,224 0.6%
Muscatine, IA 54,218 53,905 0.6%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 376,160 376,019 0.0%
Marshalltown, IA 39,316 39,311 0.0%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 142,794 143,053 -0.2%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 163,329 163,706 -0.2%
Oskaloosa, IA 22,280 22,335 -0.2%
Newton, IA 36,748 37,213 -1.2%
Ottumwa, IA 35,551 36,051 -1.4%
Clinton, IA 49,051 50,149 -2.2%
Storm Lake, IA 19,776 20,411 -3.1%
Spencer, IA 16,689 17,372 -3.9%
Fort Dodge, IA 38,587 40,235 -4.1%
Burlington, IA-IL 48,288 50,564 -4.5%
Mason City, IA 51,701 54,356 -4.9%
Fort Madison-Keokuk, IA-MO 42,839 45,468 -5.8%

[nativeomahan]

Further evidence of the continued consolidation of the region's population into a handful of cities, while everyone else either loses population, or "grows" at less than the national average.

Des Moines is kicking a$$.

Other regional cities (mind you , these are city pops, not metro pops):

Rank City 7-1-2007 4-1-2000

39. Kansas City, MO..450,375 441,545
51. Wichita...............361,420 344,284
52. St. Louis.............350,759 348,189
110. Des Moines.........196,998 198,682

Note that while metro DSM is growing like a sunbelt city, the city of Des Moines continues to lose population. All the more proof that city populations are pretty much irrelevant. It's the metro that matters.

[Erik]

All metro-micro areas for Iowa, ranked by % change:

Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 546,599 481,394 13.5%
Iowa City, IA 147,038 131,676 11.7%
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 829,890 767,041 8.2%
Cedar Rapids, IA 252,784 237,230 6.6%
Ames, IA 84,752 79,981 6.0%
Dubuque, IA 92,359 89,143 3.6%
Pella, IA 32,775 32,052 2.3%
Spirit Lake, IA 16,696 16,424 1.7%
Boone, IA 26,391 26,224 0.6%
Muscatine, IA 54,218 53,905 0.6%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 376,160 376,019 0.0%
Marshalltown, IA 39,316 39,311 0.0%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 142,794 143,053 -0.2%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 163,329 163,706 -0.2%
Oskaloosa, IA 22,280 22,335 -0.2%
Newton, IA 36,748 37,213 -1.2%
Ottumwa, IA 35,551 36,051 -1.4%
Clinton, IA 49,051 50,149 -2.2%
Storm Lake, IA 19,776 20,411 -3.1%
Spencer, IA 16,689 17,372 -3.9%
Fort Dodge, IA 38,587 40,235 -4.1%
Burlington, IA-IL 48,288 50,564 -4.5%
Mason City, IA 51,701 54,356 -4.9%
Fort Madison-Keokuk, IA-MO 42,839 45,468 -5.8%

That's awesome, Des Moines has all the good things going for it, and I forsee this city being the next regional big city along with KC and Minneapolis..
Go Des Moines!! Good for Omaha as it will have another destination city nearby! :music:

[CapitalGuy]

That's awesome, Des Moines has all the good things going for it, and I forsee this city being the next regional big city along with KC and Minneapolis..
Go Des Moines!! Good for Omaha as it will have another destination city nearby!

Intervention by the Omaha Spirit Squad in 3......2........1

[ModestMouse]

All metro-micro areas for Iowa, ranked by % change:

Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 546,599 481,394 13.5%
Iowa City, IA 147,038 131,676 11.7%
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 829,890 767,041 8.2%
Cedar Rapids, IA 252,784 237,230 6.6%
Ames, IA 84,752 79,981 6.0%
Dubuque, IA 92,359 89,143 3.6%
Pella, IA 32,775 32,052 2.3%
Spirit Lake, IA 16,696 16,424 1.7%
Boone, IA 26,391 26,224 0.6%
Muscatine, IA 54,218 53,905 0.6%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 376,160 376,019 0.0%
Marshalltown, IA 39,316 39,311 0.0%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 142,794 143,053 -0.2%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 163,329 163,706 -0.2%
Oskaloosa, IA 22,280 22,335 -0.2%
Newton, IA 36,748 37,213 -1.2%
Ottumwa, IA 35,551 36,051 -1.4%
Clinton, IA 49,051 50,149 -2.2%
Storm Lake, IA 19,776 20,411 -3.1%
Spencer, IA 16,689 17,372 -3.9%
Fort Dodge, IA 38,587 40,235 -4.1%
Burlington, IA-IL 48,288 50,564 -4.5%
Mason City, IA 51,701 54,356 -4.9%
Fort Madison-Keokuk, IA-MO 42,839 45,468 -5.8%

That's awesome, Des Moines has all the good things going for it, and I forsee this city being the next regional big city along with KC and Minneapolis..
Go Des Moines!! Good for Omaha as it will have another destination city nearby! :music:

I don't know if you've been trolling or if you just honestly have been fed up by omaha, but honestly, what is your problem?

[thenewguy]

...that, or are you being just really sarcastic, Erik? I mean, i live in Iowa, but when people ask where I'm from, i just tell them "right near Omaha" and they go, "oooh ok." I give Des Moines kudos, because they have made progress and do offer a decent amount, but seriously they aren't going to be the next big urban center, at least not over Omaha. And i don't mean to take anything from them...just that there's far too much going on here for people to say "oh yeah Omaha's good and has a lot to offer, but let's pass it up because over there is Des Moines"

I know that all sounds just like I'm bashing DSM, but in reality it's not that i'm anti-Des Moines, i'm just pro-Omaha.

[TitosBuritoBarn]

I bet the absolutedsm.com-ers sent him...

[Stargazer]

I just realized where I had seen Erik before... I think it's his time of the month.

http://eomahaforums.com/phpBB/viewtopic ... =apologize

[Erik]

I just realized where I had seen Erik before... I think it's his time of the month.

http://eomahaforums.com/phpBB/viewtopic ... =apologize

Hey! That wasn't very nice :lol:


And you know who I am lol.. I just got on a roll and couldn't stop..

[ShawJ]

All metro-micro areas for Iowa, ranked by % change:

Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 546,599 481,394 13.5%
Iowa City, IA 147,038 131,676 11.7%
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 829,890 767,041 8.2%
Cedar Rapids, IA 252,784 237,230 6.6%
Ames, IA 84,752 79,981 6.0%
Dubuque, IA 92,359 89,143 3.6%
Pella, IA 32,775 32,052 2.3%
Spirit Lake, IA 16,696 16,424 1.7%
Boone, IA 26,391 26,224 0.6%
Muscatine, IA 54,218 53,905 0.6%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 376,160 376,019 0.0%
Marshalltown, IA 39,316 39,311 0.0%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 142,794 143,053 -0.2%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 163,329 163,706 -0.2%
Oskaloosa, IA 22,280 22,335 -0.2%
Newton, IA 36,748 37,213 -1.2%
Ottumwa, IA 35,551 36,051 -1.4%
Clinton, IA 49,051 50,149 -2.2%
Storm Lake, IA 19,776 20,411 -3.1%
Spencer, IA 16,689 17,372 -3.9%
Fort Dodge, IA 38,587 40,235 -4.1%
Burlington, IA-IL 48,288 50,564 -4.5%
Mason City, IA 51,701 54,356 -4.9%
Fort Madison-Keokuk, IA-MO 42,839 45,468 -5.8%

That's awesome, Des Moines has all the good things going for it, and I forsee this city being the next regional big city along with KC and Minneapolis..
Go Des Moines!! Good for Omaha as it will have another destination city nearby! :music:

I don't know if you've been trolling or if you just honestly have been fed up by omaha, but honestly, what is your problem?

I don't really understand what was so wrong about his comment?

[Asten]

I love reading about the Omaha metro area and seeing iowa statistics. Hasn't anyone over there started their own forum yet? :lol

(and before you get your panties in a bunch - i'm just joking around. I have nothing against DSM.)