Obama Citizenship

Georgia Ranked 4th for New Residents; Will GOP Benefit in 2012?

By Phil

The Savannah Morning News (via peachpundit.com) reported yesterday that the great State of Georgia ranked 4th in attracting new residents:

The state gained 162,447 residents between July 1, 2007, and July 1, 2008, marking a 2 percent population increase. Georgia was also the ninth fastest growing state during the period …

Texas gained more people (484,000) than any other state between 2007 and 2008, followed by California (379,000), North Carolina (181,000), Georgia and Arizona (147,000). …

Three of the ten fastest-growing states from 2007 to 2008 lined the South Atlantic coast: Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.

RedState.com reported the following (via National Journal):

Under Brace?s ?short-term? model, 12 districts would shift among 19 states.The winners would be: four to Texas, two to Arizona, and one each to Florida, Georgia, Nevada, Oregon, South Carolina and Utah. Those districts would come from the following states: two from Ohio, and one each from Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.

Brace?s more robust ?mid-term? model would add one district to North Carolina and remove it from California ? which has gained at least one district in every decennial reapportionment since it joined the Union in 1850. [emphasis theirs]

-Phil

Full post as published by The Right Side of Life on December 23, 2008 (boomark / email).