During 2011, Tracy added 658 residents, bringing the city’s population at the first of this year to 83,900, compared to 83,242 a year earlier, according to population estimates released recently by the state Department of Finance.
Tracy’s growth rate of 0.8 percent was just below San Joaquin County’s 2011 growth rate of 1 percent. The county’s population increased in 2011 from 689,160 at the beginning of 2011 to 695,750 this January.
Tracy’s 2011 almost-flat growth trend followed the 2010 U.S. Census count for Tracy of 82,922 residents. In estimating populations of California cities, the state Department of Finance uses numbers of residential units of various types, along with other demographic information.
San Joaquin County’s fastest-growing city in 2011 was Manteca, which posted a 2.3 percent population increase, from 68,265 in January 2011 to 69,815 in January 2012.
Tracy’s current slow growth in population has been expected. Measure A, a slower-growth measure approved by Tracy voters in 2000, forecast a major slowdown for several years, and the bursting housing bubble made that a reality.
That dry spell is continuing. In 2011, only seven single-family homes were completed in Tracy, and there were no multifamily units constructed, according to city of Tracy building officials.
Officials suggest that the 658 estimated new residents found housing either by sharing a residence with other individuals and families, or by occupying previously foreclosed properties.
So far this year, six building permits have been issued for single-family homes, and none for multi-family complexes. The only subdivision currently under development is Bright Development’s subdivision on MacArthur Drive just north of Hidden Lake.
The libs have imposed affordable housing. Tracy needs executive homes, Sam.
"We control the propagation of many species, and this hedonistic control is blighting our environment, but your agenda is about parasitic profit..."
Okay, you missed the proletariate shout out in your tirade.
Mr. Eugenics, as a progressive, you think you out do God and nature... as typical of a man of your stature, fooling yourself remains your prerogative.
your sense of humor could stand a little tuneup
A few officers who are my age, who all grew up together, now tells their parents to lock all their doors and windows. Tells them "Mom, Tracy isn't what it is used to be so lock everything up". SO SAD! Why!? Because more and more lame people started to come here, more and more houses were being built! As kids, we could play until the lights came on outside, we didn't have to worry about being jumped or robbed at gunpoint! This town has really become pathetic.....
We control the propagation of many species, and this hedonistic control is blighting our environment, but your agenda is about parasitic profit. Continue with your delusional conversations with the woodchuck--our any other species. I am sure there is cognitive affinity there.
"Do you suppose our species or any other species ought to irresponsibly propagate?"
One can enjoy a good argument or, enjoy disagreeing with intelligent people... in fact just the other day I was conversing with a woodchuck about "other" species propagation and his comment was... we woodchucks need to procreate as we can but those E.T.s and the avian flue virus, no way.
No reason (pun) to put yourself in either of the "good argument" or "intelligent" categories
Something well-said and something sensible, pragmatic and well-said are two different things. Dcose’s attitude is short-sighted, but few people think about the ecological consequences of over-propagation of our species or other species because their lives are hedonistic. Dcose is disingenuous, and he knows it.
Mindfulness of the ramifications of over-propagation when sociopolitical reality is precarious and the fate of tens of millions of people is materially degraded and spiritually benighted isn’t a reason to support further growth of any city in this country. Our social context is wrong in so many places, but let’s continue to propagate, so guys like dcose can malignantly benefit.
My position is... people made room to accommodate me, you, and mommyofthree, or her family... encourage the new people.
But it's not just tracy. Almost every valley town has the crime problem. I do think that it is due to outside influences and policies the state and the feds have without getting into details.
You are clueless, and likely philosophically unimaginative. Is this issue really about ancestors? What are you talking about? What is your position? Do you suppose our species or any other species ought to irresponsibly propagate? Is your answer to economic woes more people? Is there something noble about propagation? What is your self-interest? Contextualize for us!