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[-] ieightpi@lemmy.world 56 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Idk how accurate this is anymore. LA county is 9.7 million while Michigan, North Carolina and Georgia all have a population over 10 million.

[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 43 points 3 days ago

based on 2023 estimates: ca, tx, fl, ny, pa, il, oh, ga, nc, and mi all have populations over la county's 9.66 million.

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Looks like you're right, but frankly LA County having more people than 40 states instead of 43 doesn't drastically change the picture.

[-] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

That's only if the 2020 US census is accurate (it's not)

[-] spongebue@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

So what perfectly accurate data source do you propose this map be based on?

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I work in municipal government. We pretty much ignore the 2020 census where we legally can. It was a shitshow that was intentionally sabotaged. With the while country on lockdown for several months, it should have been the most precise census ever, but Trump had to fuck it up like everything else he touches.

We do our local estimates based on number of housing units and the demographics of the type of housing (e.g. houses that cost 5 million dollars have fewer occupants per bedroom than $200,000 homes).

[-] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I'm talking about the above claims that certain states are ESTIMATED to have more people than LA county.

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Shouldn't you ask OP?

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