Monday, January 4, 2010

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Population of the 20 Largest U.S. Cities, 1900–2005

The table below lists the largest 20 cities in the United States based on population for select years between 1900 to 2005.

  1900 1920 1940
Rank Place Population Place Population Place Population
1. New York, N.Y. 3,437,202 New York, N.Y. 5,620,048 New York, N.Y. 7,454,995
2. Chicago, Ill. 1,698,575 Chicago, Ill. 2,701,705 Chicago, Ill. 3,396,808
3. Philadelphia, Pa. 1,293,697 Philadelphia, Pa. 1,823,779 Philadelphia, Pa. 1,931,334
4. St. Louis, Mo. 575,238 Detroit, Mich. 993,078 Detroit, Mich. 1,623,452
5. Boston, Mass. 560,892 Cleveland, Ohio 796,841 Los Angeles, Calif. 1,504,277
6. Baltimore, Md. 508,957 St. Louis, Mo. 772,897 Cleveland, Ohio 878,336
7. Cleveland, Ohio 381,768 Boston, Mass. 748,060 Baltimore, Md. 859,100
8. Buffalo, N.Y. 352,387 Baltimore, Md. 733,826 St. Louis, Mo. 816,048
9. San Francisco, Calif. 342,782 Pittsburgh, Pa. 588,343 Boston, Mass. 770,816
10. Cincinnati, Ohio 325,902 Los Angeles, Calif. 576,673 Pittsburgh, Pa. 671,659
11. Pittsburgh, Pa. 321,616 Buffalo, N.Y. 506,775 Washington, DC 663,091
12. New Orleans, La. 287,104 San Francisco, Calif. 506,676 San Francisco, Calif. 634,536
13. Detroit, Mich. 285,704 Milwaukee, Wis. 457,147 Milwaukee, Wis. 587,472
14. Milwaukee, Wis. 285,315 Washington, DC 437,571 Buffalo, N.Y. 575,901
15. Washington, DC 278,718 Newark, N.J. 414,524 New Orleans, La. 494,537
16. Newark, N.J. 246,070 Cincinnati, Ohio 401,247 Minneapolis, Minn. 492,370
17. Jersey City, N.J. 206,433 New Orleans, La. 387,219 Cincinnati, Ohio 455,610
18. Louisville, Ky. 204,731 Minneapolis, Minn. 380,582 Newark, N.J. 429,760
19. Minneapolis, Minn. 202,718 Kansas City, Mo. 324,410 Kansas City, Mo. 399,178
20. Providence, R.I. 175,597 Seattle, Wash. 315,312 Indianapolis, Ind. 386,972
  1960 1980 20051
Rank Place Population Place Population Place Population
1. New York, N.Y. 7,781,984 New York, N.Y. 7,071,639 New York, N.Y. 8,143,197
2. Chicago, Ill. 3,550,404 Chicago, Ill. 3,005,072 Los Angeles, Calif. 3,844,829
3. Los Angeles, Calif. 2,479,015 Los Angeles, Calif. 2,966,850 Chicago, Ill. 2,842,518
4. Philadelphia, Pa. 2,002,512 Philadelphia, Pa. 1,688,210 Houston, Tex. 2,016,582
5. Detroit, Mich. 1,670,144 Houston, Tex, 1,595,138 Philadelphia, Pa. 1,463,281
6. Baltimore, Md. 939,024 Detroit, Mich. 1,203,339 Phoenix, Ariz. 1,461,575
7. Houston, Tex. 938,219 Dallas, Tex. 904,078 San Antonio, Tex. 1,256,509
8. Cleveland, Ohio 876,050 San Diego, Calif. 875,538 San Diego, Calif. 1,255,540
9. Washington, DC 763,956 Phoenix, Ariz. 789,704 Dallas, Tex. 1,213,825
10. St. Louis, Mo. 750,026 Baltimore, Md. 786,775 San Jose, Calif. 912,332
11. Milwaukee, Wis. 741,324 San Antonio, Tex. 785,880 Detroit, Mich. 886,671
12. San Francisco, Calif. 740,316 Indianapolis, Ind. 700,807 Indianapolis, Ind. 784,118
13. Boston, Mass. 697,197 San Francisco, Calif. 678,974 Jacksonville, Fla. 782,623
14. Dallas, Tex. 679,684 Memphis, Tenn. 646,356 San Francisco, Calif. 739,426
15. New Orleans, La. 627,525 Washington, DC 638,333 Columbus, Ohio 730,657
16. Pittsburgh, Pa. 604,332 Milwaukee, Wis. 636,212 Austin, Tex. 690,252
17. San Antonio, Tex. 587,718 San Jose, Calif. 629,442 Memphis, Tenn. 672,277
18. San Diego, Calif. 573,224 Cleveland, Ohio 573,822 Baltimore, Md. 635,815
19. Seattle, Wash. 557,087 Columbus, Ohio 564,871 Fort Worth, Tex. 624,067
20. Buffalo, N.Y. 532,759 Boston, Mass. 562,994 Charlotte, N.C. 610,949
1. Populations for 1900–1980 are Census figures. 2005 figures are population estimates.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. For 2000 Census figures, see Top 50 Cities in the U.S. by Population and Rank, 1990, 2000, and 2005.

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Notice how STL drops out of the top 20 btwn 1960 and 1980. The trend is reversing, but how far can we get?

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Saint Louis was #4 largest city in 1910 #52 in 2000 Thanks @tlwriter

Table 14.  Population of the 100 Largest Urban Places:  1910

Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census

Internet Release date:  June 15, 1998

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Rank | Place                   |Population| miles)|sq. mile)

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   1   New York city, NY *...... 4,766,883   286.8    16,621

   2   Chicago city, IL......... 2,185,283   185.1    11,806

   3   Philadelphia city, PA.... 1,549,008   130.2    11,897

   4   St. Louis city, MO.......   687,029    61.4    11,189

   5   Boston city, MA..........   670,585    41.1    16,316

   6   Cleveland city, OH.......   560,663    45.6    12,295

   7   Baltimore city, MD.......   558,485    30.1    18,554

   8   Pittsburgh city, PA *....   533,905    41.4    12,896

   9   Detroit city, MI.........   465,766    40.8    11,416

  10   Buffalo city, NY.........   423,715    38.7    10,949

  11   San Francisco city, CA...   416,912    46.5     8,966

  12   Milwaukee city, WI.......   373,857    22.8    16,397

  13   Cincinnati city, OH......   363,591    49.8     7,301

  14   Newark city, NJ..........   347,469    23.2    14,977

  15   New Orleans city, LA.....   339,075   196.0     1,730

  16   Washington city, DC......   331,069    60.0     5,518

  17   Los Angeles city, CA.....   319,198    99.2     3,218

  18   Minneapolis city, MN.....   301,408    50.1     6,016

  19   Jersey City city, NJ.....   267,779    13.0    20,598

  20   Kansas City city, MO.....   248,381    58.5     4,246

Note to my Kansas City fans: Kansas City was 20 in 1910 and is #42 in 2000.

Peace,

Mike Baldwin

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Saturday, January 2, 2010

Link to Invitation from Evite

Event: Little Christmas at Little House
All Tweeps and FB friends invited.

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[Causes] Remembering Vic Chesnutt by Hammering Health Insurers

Vic Chesnutt

As we start 2010, let’s take a moment to remember the latest victim of the US profits-before-healthcare mantra. This time we lost someone fairly high profile, who died on Christmas day while $70,000 in debt to an Athens, Georgia hospital that had placed a lien on his house. He was supposed to be insured. Then we’ll add a bit of needed levity courtesy of a former self-described insurance industry ‘spokesjerk’ – you can actually tell him where to go.

Vic Chesnutt, a folk-rocker with low-level quadriplegia due to a car accident at age 18 (his arms were partially functional, allowing him to play the guitar), died of an apparently deliberate overdose. He was 45. Chesnutt got his big break when Michael Stipe of R.E.M. discovered him and produced his first two albums. In 1996 the tribute album Sweet Relief II featured covers of his songs performed by none other than Madonna, Smashing Pumpkins, Garbage, Indigo Girls, and more. Ironically, it was precisely because Chesnutt chose to be a productive member of society, cutting 16 albums and inspiring thousands, that he was prevented from acquiring comprehensive health insurance.

He chose to fight his disability, and found a way to play guitar with only two working fingers. Because he could now earn some income, the government did not consider him to be disabled, meaning he was not eligible for Medicare. No other options were available to him either, because Vic was uninsurable in the individual market. Darn quadriplegic. His only group insurance came during his stint with Capitol Records. After that he opted for $500-a-month COBRA. When that ran out, the only coverage he could get was hospitalization insurance. Sometimes this coverage includes all hospital costs but not physician services and medications, other times it only covers room and board.

Unsurprisingly, Chesnutt was an outspoken critic of US healthcare.  Still, he had no idea what to expect after two needed surgeries. Despite his insurance paying $100,000, he was sent bills for $35,000, then $50,000, then $70,000. For what, he wasn’t sure. He was a musician, not a healthcare expert. Still, he made payments until he couldn’t afford to anymore, at which point the hospital demanded payment in full. Then it filed suit against him, putting a lien on his house. The sheriff came by and tacked the notice on his door.

His Canadian bandmates couldn’t comprehend how his situation was possible in a civilized country. As he said in November, "They do feel for me, but it's something that blows their minds; there's nowhere else in the world that I'd be facing the situation I'm in right now. They cannot understand what kind of society would inflict that on their population. It's terrifying." Worse, he knew he needed more surgeries. “It seems absurd they can charge this much,” he said. “I could die tomorrow because of other operations I need that I can't afford. I could die any day now, but I don't want to pay them another nickel."

Chesnutt was admittedly a tortured genius – he attempted suicide 3-4 times through his 20’s. But depressed though he was, he soldiered on for his love of music, until US healthcare put him over the edge. Friend and filmmaker Jem Cohen put it in perspective: “Vic's death, just so you all know, did not come at the end of some cliché downward spiral. He was battling deep depression but also at the peak of his powers, and with the help of friends and family he was in the middle of a desperate search for help. The system failed to provide it." RIP, Vic, I’m sorry US healthcare failed you.

At least one of the industry’s ‘spokesjerks’ admits it. This fun video features Andy Cobb, former Blue Cross Blue Shield pitchman, telling you the truth about the US health insurance industry. Because of that, he’s obviously fired. So tell him where he should work his spokesjerk powers next. Thanks to Change.org Martin for reminding me of this enduring skewerfest.

 

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[Causes] Scrooge Award Goes to Goldman Sachs Subsidiary

'Tis the season for lambasting companies that choose profit over relieving this country's housing crisis. This time around, the Scrooge Award goes to Goldman Sachs, whose loan collection subsidiary Litton Loan Servicing blocks attempts to modify loans while its parent company doles out massive bonuses to company executives.

According to ABC News, "With the exception of maybe AIG, no firm has come to symbolize Main Street's disgust with Wall Street practices more than Goldman. In a move that caused a global backlash, Goldman has said it expects to set aside more than $20 billion for bonuses and other forms of employee compensation and benefits at the end of the year."

Looks like a visit from the Ghost of Christmas Past is in order. Goldman Sachs was a major beneficiary of the taxpayer bailout TARP. While they've paid back the $10 billion we loaned them in this agreement, they've apparently turned a blind eye to the importance of social capital, choosing growth at the narrow bottom line and top-level incentive over the creation of sustainable communities.

Meanwhile, Litton makes it harder for families to keep their homes. "Loan servicers [like Litton] make their money on late fees, so there is a perverse incentive for them not to work out solutions," said Julia Gordon, senior policy counsel at the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Responsible Lending. "Meanwhile, there is zero incentive for them to help a family stay in their home." To date, Litton has assisted in the modification of only 12 percent of qualified client home loans. This is the worst variety of stinginess.

This holiday season, let's send a message to Goldman Sachs and other Scrooges who profit from an unhealthy and broken housing system: no more.

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