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But, is this really a shocker? Time for us Idahoans to realize that we're a rare gem.<BR> <BR>> From: kmmos1@verizon.net<BR>> To: kcraine@verizon.net<BR>> Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:01:09 -0700<BR>> CC: vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Selected regional population growth estimates<BR>> <BR>> On Friday 20 March 2009 20:31:43 Craine Kit wrote:<BR>> > re: 25. Coeur d'Alene, ID -- population increase 3,264 from 134,211<BR>> > to 137,475, a 2.4 percent increase<BR>> ><BR>> > Last time I passed the CDA city line (summer 2007), the population<BR>> > was about 35,000. Where did the extra 100k come from?<BR>> <BR>> The items on the list to which I referred are what the U.S. Census Bureau <BR>> calls Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas, which include more population <BR>> than what is contained in just the city limits proper. In the case of Coeur <BR>> d'Alene, Idaho, the borders of its SMSA coincide with the Kootenai County <BR>> boundary, so what you're seeing is the Kootenai county population estimate.<BR>> <BR>> So, the extra 96,000 or so people are those who live in Kootenai County, but <BR>> not in the City of Coeur d'Alene.<BR>> <BR>> >From the Google article on Coeur d'Alene (which was faster to look up than the <BR>> Census spreadsheets), as of the 2000 census the population of Coeur d'Alene <BR>> was 34,514, and the Census Bureau's 2006 estimate is 41,328.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Ken<BR>> <BR>> =======================================================<BR>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR>> http://www.fsr.net <BR>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> =======================================================<BR><br /><hr />Express your personality in color! Preview and select themes for HotmailŪ. <a href='http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/LearnMore/personalize.aspx?ocid=TXT_MSGTX_WL_HM_express_032009#colortheme' target='_new'>See how.</a></body>
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