THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, December 28, 1994 TAG: 9412280439
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A1 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: FROM WIRE REPORTS
DATELINE: WASHINGTON LENGTH: Short : 39 lines
Texas added 356,000 people in one year to surpass New York as the nation's second most populous state, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday.
``New York is a study in contrasts,'' said Edwin Byerly, a Census Bureau statistician. ``On the one hand, New York has the second highest rate of international migration, but it's last in terms of the rate of domestic migration - people moving there from other states.''
Texas's growth in the period covered by the report, July 1993 to July 1994, was due in part to the state having the second highest excess of births over deaths (California was first) and the second highest net migration with other states (Florida was first).
The last time Texas changed population rank was in 1973, when it passed Pennsylvania to become the third largest state.
Nationally, immigration continued to play a significant role in raising population, the Census Bureau said. About 30 percent, or 762,000, of the national population growth was attributed to immigration. MEMO: Where we rank:
10. North Carolina 7,070,000 Change: +117,000
12. Virginia 6,552,000 Change: +79,000
ILLUSTRATION: Color graphics
Chart on page A9.
For complete information on states' population see microfilm
KEYWORDS: POPULATION by CNB