[Mpls] Interesting fact

[David Brauer]

I'm plowing through former state demographer Hazel Reinhardt's 
demographic analysis for the Mpls School District. If you're a policy 
wonk, there's lots of good stuff there.

Anyway, one interesting stat struck me. There's been lots of talk in 
recent years about Mpls's post-World War II de-population (and recent 
uptick, as noted in the 2000 Census).

But according to Reinhardt's report, the number of city households is 
amazingly constant. Check it out:

1950: 159,110 households
1960: 165,791 (peak)
1970: 161,141
1980: 161,858
1990: 160,682
2000: 162,352

In other words, in 50 years, the number of Mpls households has varied 
by no more than 4 percent, and in 30 years, has varied by less than 1 
percent.

Bottom line: city population is completely about household size.

No other big point, just the stats geek in me.

David Brauer
Kingfield