Census Bureau Issues Revised State Population Estimates
By Caitlin Jones & A. J. Johnson
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Tax Credit Advisor, February 2009: The U.S. Census Bureau on 12/22/08 issued revised population estimates, as of 7/1/08, for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. These new estimates, once officially transmitted by the IRS in a notice, will be used to compute the official 2009 volume caps for each state for low-income housing tax credits and tax-exempt private activity bonds.
Forty eight states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico had population increases between 7/1/07 and 7/01/08; the only states with losses were Rhode Island (-0.2%) and Michigan (-0.5%). In absolute numbers, Texas had the largest population increase of any state. By percentage increase, the fastest growing state was Utah.
(http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/013049.html)
