Hickory Area Population Remains at a Standstill

The latest population figures for Catawba County and the surrounding region were released today by the St. Louis Federal Reserve for the year 2013 and these numbers show that  

Catawba County Population grew by 471 people from 2012 to 2013, which is an increase of an anemic 3/10's of 1% (.00304)

2013 - 154,810
2012 - 154,339
2011 - 153,958
2010 - 154,250
2009 - 158,953

Alexander County Population grew by 77 people from 2012 to 2013, which is an increase of  2/10's of 1% (0.00208)

2013 - 36,930
2012 - 36,853
2011 - 37,092
2010 - 37,234
2009 - 36,822


Burke County Population lost 663 people from 2012 to 2013, which is a decrease of 7/10's of 1% (.00732)

2013 - 89,842
2012 - 90,505
2011 - 90,861
2010 - 90,774
2009 - 89,540


Caldwell County Population grew by 60 people from 2012 to 2013, which is an increase of  7/1000's of 1% (0.00073)

2013 - 81,990
2012 - 81,930
2011 - 82,259
2010 - 82,950
2009 - 79,748

*** Unifour Population actually shrank by 55 people from 2012 to 2013 -- from 363,627 in 2012 to 363,572 in 2013.

In a time when population is at a standstill in our area, let's look at Charlotte (Mecklenburg County) population numbers and Raleigh (Wake County) population numbers.

Mecklenburg County Population grew by 2.3% (0.02264) last year and has grown by 8.5% (0.08503) over the 5 year span, while Catawba County has lost 2.6% of it's population over that 5 year span.

2013 - 990,977
2012 - 969,031
2011 - 945,251
2010 - 923,386
2009 - 913,311

Wake County Population grew by 2.3% (0.02325) last year and has grown by 8.7% (0.08740) over the 5 year span, while Catawba County has lost 2.6% of it's population over that 5 year span.

2013 - 974,289
2012 - 952,151
2011 - 928,693
2010 - 906,905
2009 - 895,975


North Carolina Population grew by 1% (0.01022) last year and has grown by 4.2% (0.04217) over the 5 year span.

2013 - 9,848,060
2012 - 9,748,364
2011 - 9,651,377
2010 - 9,559,533
2009 - 9,449,566

(Hound's Note: This area has been at a standstill for 5 years when it comes to population. We have actually shrunk. We also know that it is the younger people who have left the area and moved to the cities, which are continuing to grow. Thing is that anyone paying the slightest bit of attention has known this has been going on and you can actually feel it. This is where the misery index numbers come from and correlate to. Anything else is pure and simple propaganda.)