David Jarman
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David Jarman
@davidljarman.bsky.social
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Additionally, Springfield’s housing vacancy rate remains unchanged (and high) at 13.1%.

For our original Sept. post attempting to debunk this swath of misinformation, see:
www.the-downballot.com/p/all-the-es...
All the estimates of Springfield's Haitian population are wrong
Forget the sensationalized reports. The real figure is much smaller.
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December 12, 2024 at 5:22 PM
The actual number is presumably higher (the ACS reflects a rolling sample over 5 years and this is a ’hard-to-reach’ population), but also consider that the allegedly explosive growth of Springfield is in fact negative, now 58,410 total (down from 58,645 last year) data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5...
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December 12, 2024 at 5:13 PM