Central Ohio Census

Columbus is still the 15th largest US city according to recent estimates by the US Census Bureau.    

The Columbus Dispatch article about new population information was more locally focused than articles I read about the new information in most large newspapers and even newspapers in Ohio outside Central Ohio (Dayton Daily, Akron Beacon Journal) or maybe I just found the wrong articles.     

Central Ohio population to three leaders are Powell (+ 83.2%), New Albany (+73.0%) and Pickerington (+ 66.1%) according to a table in the Columbus Dispatch article.    The Columbus Dispatch rticle written by Lisa Halverstadt and Jim Woods has great tables and graphics:

A map in the Columbus Dispatch showing local growth. 

The key to the Columbus Dispatch map showing growth in Central Ohio

Growing Central Ohio communities:

The Columbus Dispatch article focuses on growth outside 270 ("beyond 270" as the headline refers to the Central Ohio communities that are growing the most.)

The focus in the Columbus Dispatch article is communities that are growing because of development, many outside Franklin County. Growing population's in communities including Galena, Thorneville, Lithopolis, South Bloomfield, Ostrander, Canal Winchester, Grove City, Delaware (city of), Shawnee Hills, Pataskala, Sunbury, Dublin  and Johnstown cover a lot of Central Ohio ground. 

Housing starts are down nationally and locally concedes the Columbus Dispatch article. 

The focus of the article is people wanting to move out and population catching up to them. In the article Central Ohioans interviewed repeat the story over and over that they moved to "the sticks" and everyone else followed them.  They moved to an area in Powell, Pickerington or elsewhere and neighborhoods, shopping and restaurants followed them.   

Central Ohio Communities with declining populations: 

The Columbus Dispatch article also focuses on population declines in the older suburbs inside 270, including Bexley, Worthington, Upper Arlington, Grandview Heights and Minerva Park.  Or maybe the Dispatch does not mention Upper Arlington or Minerva Park population declines other than in the table. 

Westerville's decline in population disputed:  

The one market Central Ohio market outside 270 with a decline in population is Westerville according to the newspaper article but it says the population drop is being disputed by Westerville.  Dublin with a mere 15.8% rise in population sort of surprised me in comparison to Powell's growth. 

I dreamed Columbus was climbing the charts.

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