Latest City of Austin Demographic Trends from Ryan Robinson City of Austin Demographer, March 31, 2014 Community journalist conference demographics presentation

1. Community Journalist Conference
March 31, 2014
Ryan Robinson
City Demographer
Planning & Development Review Department
Selected Demographic Trends in Austin

2. Demographic Trends
1. Long-term, sustained, rapid population growth.

4. Williamson
Travis
Bastrop
Caldwell
Hays

8. CharlottePhoenix
10 Fastest Growing Metro Areas, 2011 to 2012
DFW
Denver
HoustonAustin
Raleigh
Orlando
Nashville
San Antonio

9. CharlottePhoenix
10 Fastest Growing Metro Areas, 2012 to 2013
Oklahoma City
Denver
HoustonAustin
Raleigh
Orlando
Nashville
San Antonio

10. 5th
Source: American Community Survey,
2012 1-year estimates, Table B15003.

12. Unemployment Rates
as of November 2013,
BLS

13. Current and Projected Household Flows into Austin
Economic Migrants

15. 1. Long-term, sustained, rapid population growth.
2. An uneven landscape of growth and decline.
3. Profound Racial and Ethnic Diversification.
Demographic Trends

17. 1. Long-term, sustained, rapid population growth.
2. An uneven landscape of population growth and decline.
3. Profound racial and ethnic diversification.
4. Growth from Hispanics dominates overall
growth.
Demographic Trends

23. 1. Long-term, sustained, rapid population growth.
2. An uneven landscape of growth and decline.
3. Profound Racial and Ethnic diversification.
4. Growth from Hispanics dominates overall growth.
5. Significant suburbanization of African
American Households.
Demographic Trends

27. Jacksonville
Columbus
Indianapolis
Charlotte
El Paso
Nashville
Atlanta
Baltimore
Cities with High Levels of African American Household
Suburbanization: 2000 to 2010
San Antonio
Ft Worth
Dallas
Memphis
Detroit
Milwaukee
Denver
Phoenix
San Jose
San Francisco
San Diego
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
Washington DC
Philadelphia
Urban and Suburban Growth
Flight to the Suburbs
Houston
Austin

28. 1. Long-term, sustained, rapid population growth.
2. An uneven landscape of growth and decline.
3. Profound racial and ethnic diversification.
4. Growth from Hispanics dominates overall growth.
5. Significant suburbanization of African American Households.
6. New chunks of growth for Austin’s age structure: the very young,
baby boomers, and seniors.
7. The Asian Boom.
Demographic Trends

30. 82K

31. 10th
, at 6.3%

34. 1. Long-term, sustained, rapid population growth.
2. An uneven landscape of population growth and decline.
3. Profound racial and ethnic diversification.
4. Growth from Hispanics dominates overall growth.
5. Significant suburbanization of African American Households.
6. New chunks of growth for Austin’s age structure: the very young,
baby boomers, and seniors.
7. The Asian Boom.
8. Deepening Poverty Differentials.
Demographic Trends

37. 1. Long-term, sustained, rapid population growth.
2. An uneven landscape of population growth and decline.
3. Profound racial and ethnic diversification.
4. Growth from Hispanics dominates overall growth.
5. Significant suburbanization of African American Households.
6. New chunks of growth for Austin’s age structure: the very young,
baby boomers, and seniors.
7. The Asian Boom.
8. Deepening Poverty Differentials.
9. Stubborn socio-economic separations.
10. New political landscapes.
Top Ten Demographic Trends

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 Leaning Republican Leaning Democrat 
50%