In Week in Review 2, we find that the FBI has finally released the full crime numbers for 2017 for all cities. How did Columbus fare? Well, it was a decidedly mixed bag. Total murders were their highest ever, at 143, but the rate fell quite short of the record set back in 1991. So far for 2018, murder is behind 2017’s rate by about 22%, so it’s a good improvement, but still not even close to where it should be.
Other violent crime figures 2016 to 2017 -Rape continued its multi-year rise in the city, reaching 919 incidents. This was a 6% increase over 2016. -Assaults were up 4% over 2016, but in the context of still being one of the lowest totals in the past 30 years. -Robberies were down almost 8.5% over 2016. -Despite the rises in most types of violent crime, the drop in robberies meant overall violent crime dropped by about 0.5%. Property crime figures 2016 to 2017 -Burglaries were down more than 8%. -Larceny thefts were down about 2.9% -Motor vehicle thefts were up 17.6%, so not a good trend, but still less than half the rate it was 15-20 years ago. -Overall property crime was down about 2% versus 2016.
And if you think this year’s been particularly wet, you are right! Through October 1st, Columbus is having its 3rd wettest year on record. Only 1882 and 1890 are ahead of 2018 at this point, and by barely 1″. 2018 at this point is running almost 14″ above normal. Top 10 Wettest Years Through October 1st 1. 1882: 44.55″ 2. 1890: 43.56″ 3. 2018: 43.31″ 4. 1979: 42.17″ 5. 2003: 41.58″ 6. 2011: 41.12″ 7. 1990: 39.10″ 8. 1949: 38.54″ 9. 2004: 38.46″ 10. 1996: 37.46″ It is surprising how many recent years are on this list. Still with 3 months to go, the pattern could break, but it’s very unlikely that 2018 doesn’t end up in the top 10. Here are the top 10 wettest full years. 1. 2011: 54.96″ 2. 1990: 53.16″ 3. 1882: 51.30″ 4. 1890: 50.73″ 5. 2004: 49.27″ 6. 1979: 49.17″ 7. 2003: 49.03″ 8. 1883: 48.88″ 9. 1881: 46.99″ 10. 2017: 46.61″
In the 2nd post related to the recently-released Census demographic data, I’ll look at Columbus city diversity and peer comparison for how it’s been changing since 2005.
Rank by City of Total White, non-Hispanic Population by Year 2005————————————–2010————————————-2017 1. Chicago, IL: 819,215————1. Chicago: 853,910————1. Chicago: 879,334 2. Indianapolis, IN: 491,044—2. Indianapolis: 482,195—–2. Columbus: 490,149 3. Columbus: 442,958———-3. Columbus: 470,971—-3. Indianapolis: 468,665 4. Portland, OR: 382,033———-4. Portland: 417,876————4. Austin: 453,801 5. San Antonio, TX: 356,420—–5. Austin: 384,065————5. Portland: 452,132 6. Austin, TX: 347,013——-6. San Antonio: 351,420—6. San Antonio: 375,463 7. Nashville, TN: 314,518——–7. Nashville: 339,030——–7. Nashville: 368,195 8. Charlotte, NC: 302,789——-8. Charlotte: 331,357——8. Charlotte: 360,270 9. Virginia Beach, VA: 290,891–9. Virginia Beach: 282,812——9. Omaha: 311,349 10. San Jose, CA: 281,822—–10. Las Vegas: 280,604———–10. Las Vegas: 280,201 11. Las Vegas, NV: 281,679—-11. Omaha: 277,606———–11. Virginia Beach: 277,338 12. Omaha, NE: 267,685——–12. San Jose: 265,311————12. Kansas City: 272,548 13. Kansas City, MO: 249,123—13. Kansas City: 247,473——13. San Jose: 267,315 14. Wichita, KS: 245,527———-14. Wichita: 245,146————14. Minneapolis: 252,304 15. Milwaukee, WI: 219,891——15. Minneapolis: 242,848——15. Wichita: 243,143 16. Minneapolis, MN: 216,975—16. Milwaukee: 221,514——–16. Lincoln: 226,297 17. Lincoln, NE: 197,287———-17. Lincoln: 216,076————-17. Milwaukee: 207,043 18. Toledo: 183,746—————-18. Pittsburgh: 203,622———18. Pittsburgh: 196,687 19. Pittsburgh, PA: 180,725——19. Fort Wayne: 179,646——-19. Madison: 187,566 20. Madison, WI: 161,631——–20. Madison: 178,307————20. Fort Wayne: 166,912 21. St. Paul, MN: 161,329——–21. Toledo: 177,341————–21. Toledo: 164,104 22. Sacramento, CA: 160,599—22. Sacramento: 165,610——22. Sacramento: 159,291 23. Fort Wayne, IN: 157,672—–23. St. Paul: 159,704———–23. St. Paul: 152,558 24. Des Moines, IA: 149,786—–24. Des Moines: 145,937——24. Cincinnati: 143,028 25. Cleveland: 147,359———–25. Cincinnati: 143,120———25. Des Moines: 137,235 26. St. Louis, MO: 143,590——26. Cleveland: 137,977———26. St. Louis: 134,471 27. Cincinnati: 138,486———–27. St. Louis: 134,146———–27. Cleveland: 126,714 28. Akron: 128,976—————-28. Akron: 120,800————–28. Grand Rapids: 114,349 29. Grand Rapids, MI: 113,791—29. Grand Rapids: 104,636—29. Akron: 113,951 30. Orlando, FL: 92,326———–30. Orlando: 96,867————-30. Orlando: 95,876 31. Detroit, MI: 77,163————-31. Dayton: 72,663————–31. Dayton: 71,094 32. Dayton: 67,581—————–32. Providence: 64,284——–32. Detroit: 70,931 33. Providence, RI: 64,223——-33. Detroit: 55,298————–33. Providence: 59,321
Columbus moved from 3rd to 2nd over the period.
Rank by City of Total Black, non-Hispanic Population by Year 2005—————————————–2010———————————2017 1. Chicago: 938,097—————–1. Chicago: 895,294———–1. Chicago: 797,253 2. Detroit: 683,999——————–2. Detroit: 587,707————-2. Detroit: 529,593 3. Milwaukee: 222,040————–3. Charlotte: 251,274———-3. Charlotte: 292,104 4. Cleveland: 221,797—————4. Milwaukee: 230,473——–4. Columbus: 248,476 5. Charlotte: 205,216—————-5. Indianapolis: 226,314——-5. Indianapolis: 236,606 6. Indianapolis: 193,948————6. Columbus: 216,486———6. Milwaukee: 228,720 7. Columbus: 179,197—————7. Cleveland: 208,528———7. Cleveland: 186,073 8. St. Louis: 168,768—————-8. Nashville: 171,104———–8. Nashville: 180,830 9. Nashville: 148,051—————-9. St. Louis: 157,382———–9. St. Louis: 143,761 10. Kansas City: 131,694———-10. Kansas City: 138,461—–10. Kansas City: 138,346 11. Cincinnati: 131,010————-11. Cincinnati: 131,909——–11. Cincinnati: 127,589 12. Pittsburgh: 81,758————–12. Virginia Beach: 79,583—-12. San Antonio: 97,925 13. Virginia Beach: 80,004——–13. San Antonio: 79,307——13. Virginia Beach: 82,181 14. Orlando: 73,736—————–14. Toledo: 75,033————-14. Minneapolis: 75,006 15. Toledo: 72,190——————-15. Pittsburgh: 71,539——–15. Toledo: 74,906 16. Sacramento: 71,452————16. Orlando: 70,988————16. Orlando: 72,796 17. San Antonio: 70,723————17. Minneapolis: 63,749——17. Austin: 69,860 18. Dayton: 60,196——————-18. Sacramento: 61,976——18. Sacramento: 67,305 19. Akron: 59,810——————–19. Austin: 61,833————–19. Las Vegas: 65,663 20. Las Vegas: 59,780————–20. Dayton: 61,402————-20. Pittsburgh: 65,268 21. Austin: 59,583——————-21. Akron: 60,653—————-21. Akron: 61,461 22. Minneapolis: 57,499————22. Las Vegas: 60,187———22. Dayton: 57,043 23. Omaha: 50,333——————23. Omaha: 55,086————-23. Omaha: 56,098 24. Grand Rapids: 40,408———24. Wichita: 42,662————-24. St. Paul: 51,737 25. Wichita: 39,165—————–25. Grand Rapids: 41,848—–25. Wichita: 40,756 26. Fort Wayne: 35,221———–26. St. Paul: 41,923————-26. Grand Rapids: 38,130 27. St. Paul: 34,903—————-27. Fort Wayne: 39,016——–27. Fort Wayne: 37,941 28. Portland: 30,828—————28. Portland: 37,355————28. Portland: 34,624 29. San Jose: 27,446————–29. San Jose: 29,831———-29. San Jose: 28,126 30. Providence: 18,794———–30. Des Moines: 19,962——-30. Providence: 27,274 31. Des Moines: 16,709———-31. Providence: 19,265——–31. Des Moines: 22,170 32. Madison: 12,660————–32. Madison: 17,560————32. Madison: 14,185 33. Lincoln: 7,082——————33. Lincoln: 9,023—————33. Lincoln: 11,487
Columbus moved up from 7th to 4th in total Black, non-Hispanic during the period. Surprisingly, quite a few cities have actually been losing this demographic since 2010 at least.
Rank by City of Total Asian, non-Hispanic Population by Year 2005————————————-2010——————————————2017 1. San Jose: 269,186————–1. San Jose: 303,227—————–1. San Jose: 366,134 2. Chicago: 127,686—————-2. Chicago: 148,280——————2. Chicago: 179,176 3. Sacramento: 80,307————3. Sacramento: 84,556————-3. Sacramento: 93,476 4. Portland: 36,278—————–4. Austin: 46,575———————-4. Austin: 71,539 5. Austin: 35,239——————–5. Portland: 43,185——————-5. St. Paul: 61,082 6. St. Paul: 35,184——————6. St. Paul: 41,989——————-6. Charlotte: 55,142 7. Columbus: 27,125—————7. Las Vegas: 37,406—————7. Columbus: 53,027 8. Las Vegas: 25,077————–8. Charlotte: 37,181—————–8. Portland: 52,219 9. Charlotte: 23,356—————-9. Columbus: 35,468—————-9. Las Vegas: 44,735 10. Virginia Beach: 22,501——10. San Antonio: 29,200———–10. San Antonio: 38,119 11. San Antonio: 20,492———11. Virginia Beach: 27,303—–11. Virginia Beach: 29,735 12. Minneapolis: 20,189———12. Milwaukee: 22,670————–12. Minneapolis: 26,833 13. Milwaukee: 19,596———–13. Minneapolis: 21,426————13. Indianapolis: 26,548 14. Nashville: 16,943————-14. Wichita: 19,420——————14. Milwaukee: 25,624 15. Wichita: 15,417—————15. Indianapolis: 17,137————15. Madison: 24,455 16. Madison: 12,708————–16. Nashville: 17,045—————16. Nashville: 24,034 17. Indianapolis: 12,312———17. Madison: 16,671—————-17. Wichita: 19,548 18. Providence: 10,751———-18. Pittsburgh: 12,036————–18. Pittsburgh: 19,357 19. Pittsburgh: 10,727————19. Providence: 11,497————19. Omaha: 17,412 20. Kansas City: 10,674———20. Lincoln: 10,452——————20. Des Moines: 17,143 21. Detroit: 9,577——————21. Kansas City: 10,263———–21. Kansas City: 15,213 22. Des Moines: 8,796———–22. Des Moines: 8,867————-22. Fort Wayne: 14,039 23. Lincoln: 7,513—————–23. St. Louis: 8,717—————–23. Lincoln: 13,992 24. St. Louis: 7,046—————24. Omaha: 8,397——————-24. Orlando: 11,852 25. Omaha: 6,971—————–25. Orlando: 7,870——————25. Detroit: 11,790 26. Cincinnati: 6,874————-26. Fort Wayne: 6,945————–26. St. Louis: 10,404 27. Cleveland: 6,289————27. Detroit: 6,549———————27. Providence: 9,361 28. Orlando: 5,528—————28. Cincinnati: 5,938—————-28. Cleveland: 9,217 29. Fort Wayne: 4,241———-29. Cleveland: 5,392—————-29. Akron: 8,007 30. Toledo: 4,150—————-30. Akron: 4,567———————30. Cincinnati: 7,906 31. Akron: 3,497—————–31. Grand Rapids: 3,695———–31. Grand Rapids: 7,056 32. Grand Rapids: 2,847——32. Toledo: 3,125——————–32. Toledo: 3,679 33. Dayton: 1,827—————33. Dayton: 1,231——————–33. Dayton: 848
Columbus maintained its rank since 2005.
Rank by City of Total Hispanic Population by Year 2005——————————————–2010————————————2017 1. Chicago: 778,234—————1. San Antonio: 853,654———-1. San Antonio: 969,065 2. San Antonio: 735,458———–2. Chicago: 763,968—————2. Chicago: 787,978 3. San Jose: 279,420————–3. San Jose: 318,389————–3. San Jose: 332,603 4. Austin: 223,361——————4. Austin: 288,130——————4. Austin: 324,973 5. Las Vegas: 153,813————5. Las Vegas: 181,923————-5. Las Vegas: 219,220 6. Sacramento: 111,559———6. Sacramento: 124,461———–6. Sacramento: 141,752 7. Milwaukee: 80,945————-7. Milwaukee: 104,619————-7. Milwaukee: 133,812 8. Providence: 60,008————-8. Charlotte: 96,246—————-8. Charlotte: 122,904 9. Charlotte: 58,466—————9. Indianapolis: 78,467————-9. Indianapolis: 93,042 10. Wichita: 49,928—————10. Providence: 76,645————10. Orlando: 86,305 11. Indianapolis: 47,764———11. Nashville: 61,212—————11. Providence: 77,893 12. Detroit: 46,993—————-12. Wichita: 59,823——————12. Nashville: 69,574 13. Orlando: 43,978————–13. Portland: 58,986—————–13. Wichita: 68,389 14. Portland: 43,324————–14. Orlando: 56,061—————–14. Portland: 67,551 15. Omaha: 39,674—————15. Omaha: 53,661——————15. Omaha: 66,056 16. Nashville: 37,463————-16. Kansas City: 49,800————16. Columbus: 55,782 17. Minneapolis: 37,017———17. Detroit: 45,580——————-17. Detroit: 48,328 18. Kansas City: 35,995———18. Columbus: 43,276————–18. Cleveland: 47,962 19. Grand Rapids: 32,368——19. Cleveland: 36,067————–19. Minneapolis: 46,375 20. Cleveland: 32,085———–20. Minneapolis: 34,504———–20. Kansas City: 45,975 21. Columbus: 24,607———–21. Grand Rapids: 30,659——21. Virginia Beach: 36,723 22. St. Paul: 22,402————–22. Virginia Beach: 29,206—–22. Grand Rapids: 32,016 23. Virginia Beach: 20,803—–23. St. Paul: 28,725————–23. Des Moines: 31,333 24. Des Moines: 18,952——–24. Des Moines: 23,832———-24. St. Paul: 30,007 25. Toledo: 18,404————–25. Toledo: 21,346——————25. Fort Wayne: 24,724 26. Fort Wayne: 16,438——-26. Fort Wayne: 19,576————26. Toledo: 22,796 27. Madison: 11,997———–27. Lincoln: 16,007——————27. Lincoln: 21,921 28. Lincoln: 9,672—————28. Madison: 14,062—————28. Madison: 20,741 29. St. Louis: 8,268————-29. St. Louis: 11,207————–29. St. Louis: 12,447 30. Pittsburgh: 5,018———-30. Cincinnati: 8,710—————30. Cincinnati: 11,787 31. Cincinnati: 3,855———–31. Pittsburgh: 7,282————–31. Pittsburgh: 9,212 32. Akron: 3,485—————-32. Akron: 3,990——————–32. Dayton: 5,765 33. Dayton: 1,693————–33. Dayton: 3,180——————-33. Akron: 5,536
Columbus moved up from 21st to 16th in the total Hispanic population.
Rank by City of Total Other, non-Hispanic Population by Year 2005——————————————-2010—————————————–2017 1. Chicago: 38,694—————1. Chicago: 37,379——————–1. Chicago: 58,721 2. San Jose: 29,456————2. San Jose: 32,439——————–2. Portland: 41,595 3. Sacramento: 21,370———-3. Sacramento: 30,900—————3. San Jose: 41,175 4. Portland: 21,164————–4. Portland: 28,027———————4. Sacramento: 40,066 5. Indianapolis: 20,242———-5. Las Vegas: 24,521—————–5. Columbus: 34,467 6. Columbus: 20,096————-6. Columbus: 23,738—————–6. Indianapolis: 32,525 7. San Antonio: 19,130———-7. San Antonio: 20,778————–7. Las Vegas: 31,889 8. Minneapolis: 18,580———-8. Minneapolis: 20,753————–8. San Antonio: 31,341 9. Detroit: 18,324—————–9. Virginia Beach: 20,268———-9. Austin: 30,541 10. Las Vegas: 18,304———-10. Indianapolis: 20,086———-10. Charlotte: 28,632 11. Virginia Beach: 16,685—-11. Charlotte: 18,360————–11. Virginia Beach: 24,458 12. Milwaukee: 14,476———-12. Detroit: 16,776—————–12. Nashville: 23,334 13. Kansas City: 13,399——–13. Milwaukee: 16,311———–13. Minneapolis: 21,808 14. Austin: 13,261—————-14. Wichita: 16,091—————14. Milwaukee: 20,166 15. Charlotte: 11,771————-15. Omaha: 15,519————–15. Wichita: 18,763 16. Wichita: 11,545—————16. Austin: 14,915—————-16. Kansas City: 16,743 17. Omaha: 8,552—————–17. Kansas City: 14,668——–17. Omaha: 15,988 18. St. Paul: 7,741—————-18. Nashville: 14,227————18. Cleveland: 15,586 19. Toledo: 7,447—————–19. St. Paul: 13,098————–19. Orlando: 13,429 20. Cincinnati: 7,315————-20. Pittsburgh: 11,280———–20. Detroit: 12,461 21. Cleveland: 7,004————-21. Toledo: 10,134—————21. Pittsburgh: 11,890 22. Providence: 6,488———–22. Akron: 9,020——————22. St. Paul: 11,220 23. Pittsburgh: 6,138————23. Fort Wayne: 8,513———–23. Fort Wayne: 11,180 24. St. Louis: 6,058————–24. Cleveland: 8,276————-24. Lincoln: 11,037 25. Fort Wayne: 5,774———-25. St. Louis: 7,704————–25. Toledo: 11,009 26. Orlando: 5,731—————26. Lincoln: 7,483—————-26. Cincinnati: 10,995 27. Nashville: 5,687————-27. Grand Rapids: 7,376——–27. Des Moines: 9,627 28. Madison: 4,708————–28. Orlando: 7,251—————28. Akron: 8,894 29. Lincoln: 4,508—————-29. Cincinnati: 7,230————29. Madison: 8,292 30. Akron: 4,431—————–30. Madison: 7,177————–30. St. Louis: 7,543 31. Grand Rapids: 4,154——31. Providence: 6,471———–31. Grand Rapids: 7,260 32. Des Moines: 2,674———32. Des Moines: 5,598———-32. Providence: 6,539 33. Dayton: 1,382—————33. Dayton: 3,025—————-33. Dayton: 5,629
Finally, Columbus moved up from 6th to 5th in the total of Other, non-Hispanic population. Overall, Columbus ranks fairly well in totals vs. its peers, as one might expect given that it is one of the largest cities in the grouping. However, to truly find out how it compares with these other cities, you have to look at percentages, which tells how much of the city’s population is made up of each group. Columbus ranks in the middle of the pack for its % of Non-Hispanic White population. Like in most cities, even while this demographic is growing in total numbers in Columbus, the % of total population continues to fall. Columbus ranked in the top 3rd of peer cities for its % of Non-Hispanic Black population. Columbus also ranked in the top 3rd for its Non-Hispanic Asian population. Columbus ranks poorly with Hispanics in the group, ranking near the bottom. Finally, Columbus ranks in the middle for its Non-Hispanic Other population.
So what’s the final ranking for where Columbus is with diversity compared to its peers in 2017? To find out, I assigned points based on ranked position in each 5 racial categories and took the average of the positions in each 5. The result is that the higher the average number, the lower the overall diversity. So based on this, Columbus ranks in the top half of national and Midwest peers for diversity.
*Note: Normally, Youngstown would be included, but the data was not available.
