Census shows Canfield, township grew significantly

Despite leading Mahoning County in housing starts for most of the past decade, Austintown's population grew by just 3 percent.
YOUNGSTOWN -- Population in Canfield and Canfield Township -- an area long considered one of the Mahoning Valley's elite addresses -- has increased dramatically over the past decade, while the population of older, inner suburbs has experienced more moderate growth.
According to data collected in the 2000 Census, the population of the city of Canfield grew 36 percent since 1990, and the population of the township has grown by 34 percent.
Growth in other traditionally up-scale areas has been less explosive.
Poland Township gained 844 people since 1990, a nearly 8 percent increase, but Poland village lost 4 percent of its population -- 126 people.
Small increases: While Austintown and Boardman have both been the site of sustained residential construction over the past decade, neither township has experienced a massive increase in population.
Since 1990, the population of Boardman has increased by less than 2 percent, to 42,518.
Despite leading Mahoning County in housing starts for most of the past decade, many years with more than 100 new homes, the population of Austintown has increased by only 3 percent.
Austintown officials said that smaller families may be part of the reason for the rate of growth. The township's population currently stands at 38,001, according to the 2000 census.
Incorrect population numbers for Austintown and Boardman were used in earlier reports relying on Associated Press figures.
Trumbull County: Small townships in northwestern and central Trumbull County, meanwhile, experienced significant growth.
At the top of the list of Trumbull communities with population increases since the 1990 census are: Farmington Township with a 35.4 percent increase; Mesopotamia Township with a 20.5 percent increase; the city of Cortland with a 20.5 percent increase; Bazetta Township with a 16.5 percent increase; and Mecca Township with an 8.7 percent increase.
Each has fewer than 6,500 residents.
Several other smaller communities in the county also increased in population. Warren Township's population increased by 13.8 percent; Lordstown added 6.7 percent more residents during the past decade; Southington increased its population by 5.7 percent; and Newton Falls' population increased by 2.8 percent to 5,002, making it a city once again.
Hubbard Township lost 9 percent, dropping to 6,020 residents, but the city of Hubbard increased by 0.4 percent to 8,284.
The census numbers show that nearly every smaller community in the county grew, while larger communities saw population decreases over the decade.
Except for Champion, which saw a 6.2-percent increase in population, every other Trumbull County community with a population of 8,500 or more saw a decline in their numbers, the census showed.