Originally Posted by
mwilbert
It isn't legitimate statistically to compare the estimated numbers with the enumerated ones, and by a stroke of luck the exact numbers you provided indicate why.
Look at these numbers;
Oakland County had 1,194,156 people in 2000 according to the enumeration.
It had 1,180,000 in 2005 according to your report of the estimate.
It had 1,202.362 in 2010 according to the enumeration.
If you believe these numbers are comparable, you have to believe that Oakland county lost population between 2000-2005, but gained it between 2005 and 2010. I find that impossible to believe. Even if you believe that Oakland county was gaining population in the latter period, there is no way it was gaining it faster than at the beginning of the decade.