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Century, Jay, Atmore, Escambia Grow; Pensacola, Flomaton Lose Residents
June 25, 2010
The U.S. Census Bureau has released its latest population estimates, which show growth in communities including Century, Jay, Atmore, Escambia County (Fla.) and Santa Rosa County; and population declines in Pensacola, Flomaton, Escambia County (Ala.)
Escambia County, Florida
Overall, Escambia County grew 3 percent, from 294,410 persons counted in the 2000 census to an estimated 2009 population of 303,343.
Pensacola saw a population decline of 2,502 people from 2000-2009. After a population of 56,255 in the 2000 census, Pensacola’s population declined 4.4 percent to 53,752.
Century, which had a population of 1,714 in 2000, experienced a 8.6 percent growth rate from 2000-2009. As of the 2009 estimate, Century had grown to 1,862 residents.
Outside of Pensacola and Century, Escambia County grew about 3 percent, from 294,410 people outside of Century and Pensacola in 2000 to 303,343 as of the 2009 estimate.
Santa Rosa County, Florida
Santa Rosa County’s population increased 28.9 percent from 117,743 in 2000 to 151,759 in 2009, according to the Census Bureau — an increase of 34,016 people. Outside of Santa Rosa County’s cities and towns, the population grew 30 percent from 104,454 in 2000 to 135,769 by the 2009 estimate.
Santa Rosa’s smallest town, Jay, had an estimated increase of 19.7 percent, from 579 residents in 2000 to 693 in 2009.
Gulf Breeze grew 16.7 percent from the 2000 census of 5,665 to 6,609 estimated in 2009. Milton had a 23.3 percent growth rate from 7,045 to 8,688 in 2009.
Escambia County, Alabama
Atmore grew 31.8 percent from 7,676 in the 2000 census to 10,119 estimated residents in 2009. However, it’s worth noting that while the 2000 census officially counted 7,676 in 2000, the Census Bureau actually estimated Atmore’s population to actually be 10,298 in 2000, which would actual population decline of 179 residents.
Flomaton’s population decreased a slight 3.1 percent from 1,588 in 2000 to an estimated 1,540 in 2009.
Brewton declined 4.8 percent from 5,498 in 2000 to 5246 in 2009. And East Brewton had a 0.8 percent decrease from 2,496 in 200 to 2,475 in 2009.
Riverview, a tiny town south of Brewton, had huge growth by percentage, increasing 56.6 percent from 99 residents in 2000 to 155 in 2009. Escambia County’s other small town, Pollard, had 120 residents in 2000 and 118 estimated in 2009.
Outside of the five cities and towns in Escambia County, Ala., there was a large population decline in the county. The 2000 census showed 20,963 non-city residents, which declined 17.9 percent to 17,781 as of the 2009 estimate. However, due to the Census Bureau’s population estimate discrepancies with Atmore’s numbers, Escambia County showed only a slight decrease in population from an estimated 18,283 in 2000 t0 17,781 in 2009.
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8 Responses to “Century, Jay, Atmore, Escambia Grow; Pensacola, Flomaton Lose Residents”
David, the points you made were right on the target.
Once upon a time I was a hiring mgr.for a fast food chain.Their references and accomplishments made my first impression. Second, I didn’t take notice of their skin color to form my assessments of them, I took notice of their attitude, eagerness to learn and work , their personal appearance was extremely important, and how they responded back when answering my questions .
I believe that all students should be required to take the DCT class and/or a business class in high school their 10th/11th grade year to learn what is required of a person that wants to do well in the work force and present themselves as a hirable and potential employee. It’s more than just about skin color these days, it’s about motivation and investing in yourself and your future.
Mikebee, college is a excellent suggestion, but I truly believe that young people these days should start investing in themselves long before College! Young people, don’t wait on your parents to make the decision or do it for you, take control of your life and your future and make it your own.
If you snooze, you looze, so don’t blame others.
I received a form in the mail and they also had them available at the post office.
But big or small, white or black (or Mexican, Korean, Indian, Vietnamese, Cuban), ask yourself if you would hire a person like yourself. Lots of folks have faced skepticism and convinced folks they will do the job. Lots of them had to go out and create their own jobs by finding a need and filling it.
If you wouldn’t hire a person like yourself, ask why not and change the things you would reject.
For example, people want people who will show up and do the work. If you dropped out of school, that’s an indication you won’t work out. Maybe you would, but if they have two applicants and one stuck it out, why should they start with the least likely prospect?
A cousin was charged with hiring discrimination. He didn’t hire her because she was black. He said, “Nope, couldn’t be that because the one I hired was black.”
Well, he didn’t hire her because she was a woman. “Nope, couldn’t be that because the one I hired was a woman.”
Well, he didn’t hire her because she was older at 45. “Nope, couldn’t be that because the one I hired was 48.”
Don’t find an excuse, find a job–if you really want one.
If you come in looking for work dressed as a slob, that’s an indication you don’t really want a job.
If you won’t or can’t speak clearly, correctly and civilly, that’s an indication you might run off customers or screw up your job.
If you didn’t show up on time for the interview, you will probably have a good excuse for showing up late for work, time after time after time.
And sometimes he’s right, even assuming you’ve learned a good trade, the job you can do well isn’t available where you are. Go where it is, create it where you are or change what you want to do.
David trying to be helpful
I would like to encourage all of the young people to get out and go to college and travel. It’s more to life than these small towns that have nothing to offer but drugs and teenage pregnancies. In small towns like these you see the white people with the best jobs and best connections and the blacks on the lower end of the spectrum. Most good paying jobs in these country towns usually don’t hire blacks anyway and most of you know it because blacks talk about it all the time! Think about if your white and you make good money in Flomaton, Brewton, Century or Atmore how many blacks are currently working there and how many have they hired within the last year, come on let’s be honest! Young black teenagers should focus on finishing high school and going to college and making something of themselves! There are so many black people in Montgomery, Birmingham and Atlanta who are wealthy and those are the cities where blacks can thrive. Small towns are not the place for blacks who want to be succesful!
“. . . its latest population estimates . . . ”
I love estimates. The word is a synonym of guess but sounds more official. It implies they gave it their best guess and I imagine they did.
Those who worry about not being contacted by the census folks need not worry because these estimates are for last year, not this one.
I’m sure they’ll get to you or if they don’t, there is bound to be some way to contact them and let them know you exist and weren’t counted yet. I got mine, filled it out and mailed it the next day. They say they’re going to come by and verify the information I put down, good for them, they need things to do.
There’s all kinds of ways to estimate population.
If you know on average how much power is used per person, you can estimate based on power consumption in residential areas,
If you know how much people average generating trash, you can estimate based on tons of garbage brought in each week. If you know the average size of a home, you can estimate population based on services (this is where the 3.8 people per household–or whatever number it might be–comes in handy, senseless for a single home but gives a good idea for ten thousand homes).
In big cities they can even estimate the number of illegal aliens who won’t show up on the count because they are afraid they will be sent back home and will have to risk dying returning.
Note: the US Constitution requires apportionment of districts be based on actual count. This makes the cities with lots of criminals and illegals mad because they want more voting power and federal bucks.
We even get credit for inmates at Century Correctional. I hope they have an accurate count on them.
We never received a form either. No census taker came to our house. Guess there are a few more people than just the ones who were counted.
I never received a form nor did anyone come to my house. It really makes me wonder how accurate these numbers are.
In most cases the numbers are so small that without knowing the specifics they are meaningless. If there were a bumper crop of children during the last census and they left town after finishing school it would account for the losses. The gains could be coming from new children and a few new families; certainly there are housing developments in Escambia County FL that were started and never completed because of the job situation.