Sunday, December 03, 2006

Demographic Profile for Dayton, OH

Since 2000, a medium-low amount of people migrated into the Dayton metro area, with 3,862 people migrating in internationally. The migration from outside the US into Dayton makes up 5.1 percent of all immigration into Ohio. This percent of international migration is medium-low when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other metro areas across the US.

The Dayton metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population that is made up of 80.6 percent White, 14.7 percent African American, 1.5 percent Asian, and 1.5 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a high level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 17.7 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is greater than the State of Ohio percent of 15.5. Since 2000, Dayton has increased the level of diversity when 17.0 percent of the total population were minorities.

When measuring the total land area, the Dayton metro area spans a total area of 1708 total square miles. The area has a medium-high population density of 494 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar metro areas, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Vallejo-Fairfield (496 per sq. mile ), Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice (513 per sq. mile ), Lancaster (517 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord (491 per sq. mile ), Atlantic City (483 per sq. mile ), Ann Arbor (482 per sq. mile ).

The Dayton metro area had a population of 843,577 in the year 2005. The population has decreased, from the population in the year 2000 of 848,019. The decline signifies a decrease of -0.5 percent. Dayton ranks 10 of 12 MSAs in terms of population growth in Ohio and the metro area ranks 352 of 361 metro areas in terms of population growth in the United States.



Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

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