Green is good: new Census post

Here's the PG's census coverage, led by Rich Lord. Let's face it, the population numbers for Pgh are a drag after all the good press the city has received lately.

Click the above image to go the interactive map of county municipalities by the PG's Tim Dunham.

We noted yesteday how 4/5 of the US Congressional Districts with the biggest population losses were in Western Pa. Chris Briem also notes that all 10 of the biggest drops in state legislative districts are in the greater Pittsburgh area too, 8 of them in Allegheny County alone:

District Incumbent 2000 2010 Change
24 Preston, Joseph , Jr. (D) 61,765 51,004 -10,761 -17.4%
35 Gergely, Marc J. (D) 61,893 53,932 -7,961 -12.9%
19 Wheatley, Jake (D) 61,884 55,312 -6,572 -10.6%
34 Costa, Paul (D) 62,206 55,844 -6,362 -10.2%
27 Deasy, Daniel J (D) 61,096 55,311 -5,785 -9.5%
51 Mahoney, Tim (D) 62,001 56,731 -5,270 -8.5%
52 Kula, Deberah (D) 62,071 56,814 -5,257 -8.5%
20 Ravenstahl, Adam (D) 61,007 55,871 -5,136 -8.4%
21 Costa, Dom (D) 62,615 57,711 -4,904 -7.8%
22 Wagner, Chelsa (D) 60,997 56,304 -4,693 -7.7%

Chris also points to the map below of city neighborhood growth/loss from the Pittsburgh Urban Blog. Green is good, purple bad: