2008 Pres. Results of the fastest-growing county in each state

[nclib]

and others such as densest, wealthiest, etc...

Feel free to make these maps. It will be interesting to see the contrast from 2004. Here is 2004's thread: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=56798.0

This is for fastest-growing county in each state:

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Somewhat depressing, but a significant improvement over 2004.

[minionofmidas]

America's fastest-growing counties' growth rates make me go

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Once again the Republican wins handily, though it's funny to see random splotches of red among all the blue. It's also funny that the Northeast is mostly red just because McCain won hardly any counties out there (especially up in New England).

[Nhoj]

America's fastest-growing counties' growth rates make me go

except that the reason these counties are the fastest growing is because of people moving into them from the nearby large cities rather then high birthrates though suburban areas do tend to have higher birthrates then urban areas.

[minionofmidas]

America's fastest-growing counties' growth rates make me go

except that the reason these counties are the fastest growing is because of people moving into them from the nearby large cities rather then high birthrates though suburban areas do tend to have higher birthrates then urban areas.

I know. I was just looking for the best recent thread to post the image in.

[Verily]

     Once again the Republican wins handily, though it's funny to see random splotches of red among all the blue. It's also funny that the Northeast is mostly red just because McCain won hardly any counties out there (especially up in New England).

In fact, the only county in New England McCain won is losing population (Piscataquis).

And it would be much less depressing for the Democrats if they looked at how the fastest growing counties swung (or trended) in each state.

[GMantis]

Results of the county with highest population density in each state:

[Sbane]

and others such as densest, wealthiest, etc...

Feel free to make these maps. It will be interesting to see the contrast from 2004. Here is 2004's thread: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=56798.0

This is for fastest-growing county in each state:

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Somewhat depressing, but a significant improvement over 2004.

What's the fastest growing county in California? Is it one of those Sac burb counties?

[Verily]

and others such as densest, wealthiest, etc...

Feel free to make these maps. It will be interesting to see the contrast from 2004. Here is 2004's thread: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=56798.0

This is for fastest-growing county in each state:

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Somewhat depressing, but a significant improvement over 2004.

What's the fastest growing county in California? Is it one of those Sac burb counties?

Yes; Placer.

[phk]

and others such as densest, wealthiest, etc...

Feel free to make these maps. It will be interesting to see the contrast from 2004. Here is 2004's thread: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=56798.0

This is for fastest-growing county in each state:

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Somewhat depressing, but a significant improvement over 2004.

What's the fastest growing county in California? Is it one of those Sac burb counties?

Yes; Placer.

Placer feels like a lot like Utah.

[Sbane]

and others such as densest, wealthiest, etc...

Feel free to make these maps. It will be interesting to see the contrast from 2004. Here is 2004's thread: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=56798.0

This is for fastest-growing county in each state:

Image Link

Somewhat depressing, but a significant improvement over 2004.

What's the fastest growing county in California? Is it one of those Sac burb counties?

Yes; Placer.

Placer feels like a lot like Utah.

Well....its not really that mormon. It's more like nice suburbia for a decent price. Factor in that the surrounding area is the central valley, and you have an economic and socially conservative area. Places like these are moderate compared to what lies outside Fresno and especially Bakersfield. But I guess Bakersfield is just a special kind of torture isn't it?

[phk]

and others such as densest, wealthiest, etc...

Feel free to make these maps. It will be interesting to see the contrast from 2004. Here is 2004's thread: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=56798.0

This is for fastest-growing county in each state:

Image Link

Somewhat depressing, but a significant improvement over 2004.

What's the fastest growing county in California? Is it one of those Sac burb counties?

Yes; Placer.

Placer feels like a lot like Utah.

Well....its not really that mormon. It's more like nice suburbia for a decent price. Factor in that the surrounding area is the central valley, and you have an economic and socially conservative area. Places like these are moderate compared to what lies outside Fresno and especially Bakersfield. But I guess Bakersfield is just a special kind of torture isn't it?

Bakersfield is basically Oklahoma West, Fresno is basically Indiana with Hispanics.

Tulare is a rough mixture of Fresno and Bakersfield with a far higher poverty rate.

I imagine Placer to be something like Provo-lite.

[Sbane]

Why Provo-lite? I don't really see the similarities.

[phk]

Why Provo-lite? I don't really see the similarities.

Its Mormon-majority (only one of two CA counties to be so, the other is either Alpine or Mono), its relatively nice suburbia for a decent place and is socially, economically conservative.

[Alcon]

Placer may be Mormon plurality, but I highly doubt any Cali county is majority.  Calling Placer "Provo-lite" because it's plurality Mormon is kind of like calling San Francisco "Soddom-lite."

[Verily]

My second cousins and their families live in Roseville, so I've been to Placer before, at least the inner parts. It's very, very much suburban sprawl of the worst sort around there, but it's not really ugly or unpleasant. Just inefficient and difficult to get around.

Anyway, according to ARDA, Placer has a substantial Catholic plurality with Mormonism a distant second: http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/reports/counties/06061_2000.asp

I could see Auburn and the eastern areas of the county being plurality Mormon, but the growth is all in the Sacramento suburbs and exurbs (although Auburn is now exurban Sacramento), where the new residents are mostly Catholics, evangelical Protestants or non-religious.

[Sbane]

I would guess evangelicals are what cause the place to be conservative rather than mormonism. It is similar to most of the central valley really, but it gave a nice swing to Obama. That wasn't surprising considering how well Obama did in urban areas.

[Хahar 🤔]

Placer's boring suburbia. Been there quite a few times.

[Sbane]

Gotta say its worthless. It also causes horrible traffic problems on the 80 thus slowing down my trips to the mountains. Damn you suburbia!!!

[Nhoj]

i assume you got your fastest growing counties from quickfacts thing at the census bureau website? those are the 2006 numbers the 2007 numbers have riverside beating placer out by 0.2% allthough the quickfacts numbers don't match up with the estimates for 2006 in the estimates section that I'm looking at so maybe one of them are more revised numbers.
and for reference to where I'm talking about http://www.census.gov/popest/counties/

[nclib]

i assume you got your fastest growing counties from quickfacts thing at the census bureau website? those are the 2006 numbers the 2007 numbers have riverside beating placer out by 0.2% allthough the quickfacts numbers don't match up with the estimates for 2006 in the estimates section that I'm looking at so maybe one of them are more revised numbers.
and for reference to where I'm talking about http://www.census.gov/popest/counties/

I used that link for states whose fastest growing county was in the top national 100 (which is all they had), but for the rest, I used quickfacts, though unless two counties have very similar growth rates, the 2006 numbers should be accurate for 2007. The only state I am unsure of is RI, where it would either be D >60% or D >50%.

[Хahar 🤔]

Gotta say its worthless. It also causes horrible traffic problems on the 80 thus slowing down my trips to the mountains. Damn you suburbia!!!

It looks nice coming down from the mountains in the evening, though.

[nclib]

Wealthiest (using old data, but prob. hasn't changed much--if someone can post more recent data, I'll update the map)

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red = more Dem than state avg.
blue = more Rep than state avg.

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[Lunar]

and others such as densest, wealthiest, etc...

Feel free to make these maps. It will be interesting to see the contrast from 2004. Here is 2004's thread: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=56798.0

This is for fastest-growing county in each state:

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Somewhat depressing, but a significant improvement over 2004.

It's only depressing if they're all trending Republican.

Also, low-population and geographically large counties find it easier to grow rapidly percentage-wide.  The Democrats could be racking up millions in the big cities, but if some of those counties are growing from 18 people to 25 people...

[nclib]

Also, low-population and geographically large counties find it easier to grow rapidly percentage-wide.  The Democrats could be racking up millions in the big cities, but if some of those counties are growing from 18 people to 25 people...

Yeah, it might be good to map the county in each state with the highest numerical growth, if anyone has access to that data.