From to the getting ready to welcome its largest kindergarten class ever, there's plenty of anecdotal evidence that Mill Valley is growing. And it's doing so at a rate higher than anywhere in Marin, according to data released this week.
According to a report in the Marin Independent Journal, Mill Valley grew more quickly than any other Marin city last year, up 1.5 percent, or 205 people, for a total population of 14,172.
Marin County grew by a total of 1,750 people, or 0.7 percent to 254,790, according to estimates from the state's Department of Finance. The growth mirrored the state as a whole, which grew by about 251,000 people, or 0.7 percent to 37.7 million, the newspaper reported.
Click here for more on the data form the state Department of Finance.
I remember an article back a few years ago that said the population of Marin was 11,000 higher than what the official US census reported. It seems to me that a few bankrupt bean counters sitting in offices in Sacramento at the DOF seem to embellish population figures to promote their agenda and keep their jobs. The DOF would never admit that the population of M.V. declined by 350 people during the period of 2000 to 2008 like the census reports said. Also, the recent DOF report could not hide that the population is declining Lake and Mendocino counties, there was no way for the DOF to fudge those numbers. Maybe those people at the DOF in Sacramento have access to information that the US census bureau does not have, but how are we to know the truth ? And why such a discrepancy in the numbers ?