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Area Population: Local Florida Cities Growing; Alabama Cities Decline
May 22, 2015
New estimated population numbers released Thursday show the population on the upswing in Florida cities in the North Escambia area, while Alabama city populations in the area are on the decline.
The data from the U.S. Census Bureau indicates that between 2013 and 2014:
- Century’s population increased by 0.9 percent to 1,752, up from 1,736.
- Pensacola’s population increased by 0.5 percent to 53,068, up from 52,778.
- Jay’s population increased by 1.4 percent to 566, up from 558.
- Milton’s population increased by 1.7 percent to 9,445, up from 9,289.
- Atmore’s population decreased by 0.3 percent to 10,006, down from 10,036.
- Flomaton’s population decreased by 0.5 percent to 1,417, down from 1,424.
- Brewton’s population decreased by 0.4 percent to 5,391, down from 5,408.
The four-year trend from the last complete census in 2010 to the 2014 estimate showed the same trend of decline in the Alabama cities and increases in the Florida cities.
Over the four-year period, Milton’s population was up 7 percent; Jay was up 6 percent, Century increased by 3 percent and Pensacola grew by 2 percent. The population in Atmore and Flomaton fell by about two percent over the four years, while Brewton saw a 0.3 percent decrease.
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About two years ago the Atmore City Council removed the prison from the City’s jurisdiction. ( http://www.atmorenews.com/2013/02/13/council-removes-prisons-from-city-limits/ ) I don’t know if the census followed that or not, but if so, the numbers are correct. I do believe that MAYBE the census includes people in “surrounding areas.” That would, indeed, skew the numbers.
Obviously, if the numbers (2013/2014) are based on the 2010 census, and the census did include the inmate population, the “current numbers” still include the inmate population. If that is the case, then I suspect that we may see the REAL population of Atmore in about five years.
I wish they would stop including the prison inmates as part of Atmore’s population, it really messes up the numbers. I suspect Atmore’s population is really about 7k people.