ALBANY - The Big Apple is getting bigger as most cities in upstate New York - including Auburn - continue to lose more people, according census estimates released Thursday.
Yearly census estimates put Auburn's July 2007 population at 27,317, down from 27,458 a year ago.
In Cayuga County, population dropped from 80,352 to 80,066.
New York City grew by 23,960 people in the 12 months ending July 2007 for a population of 8.27 million, according to the yearly estimates from the U.S. Census. The city has been steadily growing for years and remains a magnet for immigrants and young people.
Population growth in New York has been centered for years in the metropolitan area. Some suburban villages north of the city in the Hudson Valley were among the fastest growing in the state over the 12 months, including Wurtsboro (7.9 percent), the Hasidic enclave of Kiryas Joel (5.2 percent) and Wappingers Falls (4.8 percent).
The story was different around much of upstate New York, where the largest cities showed slight losses in the annual estimate. Buffalo's population of 272,632 was down 0.93 percent over the year; Rochester, at 206,759, was down 0.49 percent; Syracuse, 139,079, down 0.78 percent; Albany, 94,172, down 0.46 percent, according to the estimates.
The numbers reflect a long-term trend of population losses in upstate areas as manufacturing jobs dry up and people settle in the South and the West. California and Texas each had five cities among the 25 fastest-growing cities in the census estimates released Thursday. Politicians in New York are particularly concerned about the exodus of young people just out of college, the so-called brain drain.
Among the upstate cities that grew over the year were Saratoga Springs (up 0.68 percent), Plattsburgh (0.16 percent) and Ithaca (0.14 percent).
Census estimates released earlier this year showed the state's population nudged up over the period by 15,741 to 19.3 million people.
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Cayuga County population chart
The July population estimates for Cayuga County municipalities. Figures for towns do not include the portion of the population that resides in a village within the town:
Municipality 2006 2007
Cayuga County 80,352 80,066
Auburn 27,458 27,317
Cayuga village 490 491
Aurelius 2,433 2,421
Weedsport 1,936 1,924
Brutus 2,770 2,770
Cato village 582 578
Meridian 339 337
Cato town 2.181 2,170
Conquest 1,880 1,870
Fleming 2,684 2,694
Genoa 1,874 1,869
Ira 2,148 2,137
Aurora 745 743
Ledyard 1,121 1,132
Locke 1,866 1,856
Port Byron 1,248 1,241
Mentz 1,114 1,107
Montezuma 1,383 1,373
Moravia village 1,299 1,295
Moravia town 2,255 2,249
Niles 1,212 1,214
Owasco 3,793 3,798
Scipio 1,512 1,505
Sempronius 877 872
Sennett 3,492 3,474
Union Springs 1,050 1,048
Springport 1,204 1,200
Fair Haven 857 852
Sterling 2,496 2,482
Summerhill 1,085 1,080
Throop 1,862 1,877
Venice 1,242 1,236
Victory 1,864 1,854
In Cayuga County, population dropped from 80,352 to 80,066.
New York City grew by 23,960 people in the 12 months ending July 2007 for a population of 8.27 million, according to the yearly estimates from the U.S. Census. The city has been steadily growing for years and remains a magnet for immigrants and young people.
Population growth in New York has been centered for years in the metropolitan area. Some suburban villages north of the city in the Hudson Valley were among the fastest growing in the state over the 12 months, including Wurtsboro (7.9 percent), the Hasidic enclave of Kiryas Joel (5.2 percent) and Wappingers Falls (4.8 percent).
The story was different around much of upstate New York, where the largest cities showed slight losses in the annual estimate. Buffalo's population of 272,632 was down 0.93 percent over the year; Rochester, at 206,759, was down 0.49 percent; Syracuse, 139,079, down 0.78 percent; Albany, 94,172, down 0.46 percent, according to the estimates.
The numbers reflect a long-term trend of population losses in upstate areas as manufacturing jobs dry up and people settle in the South and the West. California and Texas each had five cities among the 25 fastest-growing cities in the census estimates released Thursday. Politicians in New York are particularly concerned about the exodus of young people just out of college, the so-called brain drain.
Among the upstate cities that grew over the year were Saratoga Springs (up 0.68 percent), Plattsburgh (0.16 percent) and Ithaca (0.14 percent).
Census estimates released earlier this year showed the state's population nudged up over the period by 15,741 to 19.3 million people.
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On the Net
http://www.census.gov/
AP-ES-07-09-08 1421EDT
Cayuga County population chart
The July population estimates for Cayuga County municipalities. Figures for towns do not include the portion of the population that resides in a village within the town:
Municipality 2006 2007
Cayuga County 80,352 80,066
Auburn 27,458 27,317
Cayuga village 490 491
Aurelius 2,433 2,421
Weedsport 1,936 1,924
Brutus 2,770 2,770
Cato village 582 578
Meridian 339 337
Cato town 2.181 2,170
Conquest 1,880 1,870
Fleming 2,684 2,694
Genoa 1,874 1,869
Ira 2,148 2,137
Aurora 745 743
Ledyard 1,121 1,132
Locke 1,866 1,856
Port Byron 1,248 1,241
Mentz 1,114 1,107
Montezuma 1,383 1,373
Moravia village 1,299 1,295
Moravia town 2,255 2,249
Niles 1,212 1,214
Owasco 3,793 3,798
Scipio 1,512 1,505
Sempronius 877 872
Sennett 3,492 3,474
Union Springs 1,050 1,048
Springport 1,204 1,200
Fair Haven 857 852
Sterling 2,496 2,482
Summerhill 1,085 1,080
Throop 1,862 1,877
Venice 1,242 1,236
Victory 1,864 1,854
