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San Diego Population Up 3.9% Over Past 5 Years by Real Estate Advisor

On August 15, 2006, the U.S. Census Bureau released population estimates for the Nation. The Bureau provides annual estimates of population trends via its American Community Survey (ACS) report. An evaluation of data over last five years (July 2000 through July 2005) provides some interesting statistics for population change within California counties.

Of the top 15 most populated counties within California, San Diego ranked #14 in terms of population growth. The population change for San Diego County was as follows:

Year 2000: 2,824,587
Year 2001: 2,862,808
Year 2002: 2,899,193
Year 2003: 2,921,104
Year 2004: 2,935,190
Year 2005: 2,933,462

While San Diego was #3 in terms of population size (2,933,462 residents) of Counties in California, it was #14 in terms of population growth when evaluating the 15 most populated counties in California. Specifically, San Diego County had a 3.9% increase in population from 2000 to 2005. In contrast, Riverside County had the largest increase from 2000 to 2005, with a whopping 24.8% jump.

The data below summarizes the growth or decline of the top 15 most populated Counties with California. As detailed below, only two of the top fifteen Counties (San Francisco and San Mateo) experienced population declines. San Francisco County had a 4.8% reduction in population from 2000 to 2005, and San Mateo had 1.2% decline in population during this same period.

1.Los Angeles, 2005 Population Estimate: 9,935, 475 (4.1% increase from 2000)
2.Orange County, 2005 Population Estimate: 2,988,072 (4.6% increase from 2000)
3.San Diego, 2005 Population Estimate: 2,933,462 (3.9% increase from 2000)
4.San Bernardino, Population Estimate: 1,963,535 (14.2% increase from 2000)
5.Riverside, 2005 Population Estimate: 1,946,419 (24.8% increase from 2000)
6.Santa Clara, 2005 Population Estimate: 1,699,052 (0.8% increase from 2000)
7.Alameda, 2005 Population Estimate: 1,448,905 (-.0.1% decrease from 2000)
8.Sacramento, 2005 Population Estimate: 1,363,482 (10.8% increase from 2000)
9.Contra Costa, 2005 Population Estimate: 1,017,787 (6.7% increase from 2000)
10.Fresno, 2005 Population Estimate: 877,584 (9.4% increase from 2000)
11.Ventura, 2005 Population Estimate: 796,106 (5.2% increase from 2000)
12.Kern, 2005 Population Estimate: 756,825 (14% increase from 2000)
13.San Francisco, 2005 Population Estimate: 739,426 (4.8% decline from 2000)
14.San Mateo, 2005 Population Estimate: 699,610 (1.2% decline from 2000)
15.San Joaquin, 2005 Population Estimate: 664,116 (16.9% increase from 2000)

If you are thinking about buying San Diego real estate, keep in mind that the population for this region continues to increase, which may impact demand for housing.

Visit the Census Bureau's web site for detailed information about population growth.

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How safe is San Diego when this big earthquake is supposed to come?

As you San Diegans know, we have a 99% chance of having a 6.7+ magnitude earthquake within the next 30 years. But that is just generally California. I heard it would reach all the way down to the Salton Sea and San Diego would still feel effects. So what would we feel? A 4.5 - 5? I know we aren't directly near the San Andreas fault which is the one that has the highest probability of having the 6.7. Let me know your thoughts.

Just because we are not directly against the San Andreas fault does not mean we are safe from a major earthquake. San Andreas is but one fault line. San Diego is situated along other fault lines and while they don't have as much activity as San Andreas, they do pose a danger as well.

A few years ago, while in college, we studied earthquakes briefly and I was told that when there are a lot of smaller earthquakes along a particular fault line, that is often a good sign because it is allowing the fault to release a little bit of pressure, a little bit at a time. San Andreas does produce big quakes from time to time, but frequently also produces little ones that most people don't even notice. This is good. Here in San Diego, we don't have that as much and that can be bad because it means that pressure is building up without a chance to be released now and then. We have had some minor earthquakes on occasion, but to what extent that will help us down the road is hard to say.

All I know is that during the Northridge earthquake of 1994, I was taking a bath in San Diego and the water sloshed around quite a bit. It was freaky. The quake measured 6.8 on the Richter scale and it wasn't along the San Andreas fault, but rather a fault near there. I remember that a double-decker bridge collapsed, killing people in their cars as their cars were smashed as if in a wrecking yard. Since that earthquake, California has done A LOT of retrofitting of buildings and bridges to make them more able to withstand a major earthquake. While in heavy traffic, I still will not remain stopped under a bridge (I won't even drive under a bridge in stop and go traffic until doing so will put me on the other side of the bridge before I have to stop again) simply because I remember all too well what happened to those people on the bottom level of the bridge years ago. Still, I feel fairly confident that California has made significant improvements to structures, including freeways and bridges, that we may feel a lot of shaking, but will withstand less damage than in years past. I do not forsee anything even close like what China has recently experienced.

For what it's worth, I am 46 and have lived in Southern California most of my life. I have been in many earthquakes and know what to do during one. Never run outside because flying debris from falling buildings could injure or kill you. Get under a table, desk or other large object that can shield you from a falling ceiling or stand in a doorway frame because the extra beams used for the doorway also provide more safety. They have been predicting "The Big One" ever since I was a little kid. We WILL have that earthquake one day, and it will likely be sooner than later. Still, if we arm ourselves with knowledge and common sense, we will come out okay. I would still rather take my chances on earthquakes in California than tornadoes, hurricanes, cyclones, snowstorms, ice storms etc in other parts of the country or world.