Pages

7/30/2013

Mayors who belong to "Mayors Against Illegal Guns," represent virtually none of the mayors in the US

Given that there are over 35,000 cities and towns in the US, having 950 belonging to MAIG seems pretty small.  That comes to about 2.7 percent.  The cities that they have lost include: Rockford, Ill at 150,843, Nashua, N.H. at 86,933, and Sioux City 82,719.

Many of the members of MAIG come from small population towns.  I haven't checked through, but my impression is that the new members are also from relatively small places.


There are seven mayors from Arizona.

Paradise Valley: 13,035
Tolleson: 6,655

There are four mayors from Arkansas

Forest City: 15,237
Helena: 12,106
Hughes: 1,422
Wrightsville: 2,114

Lots from California (I am not going to take the time to go through all the cities, but here are a few and not necessarily the smallest ones.)

Benicia, CA: 27,426
Blue Lake, CA: 1,253
Brisbane, CA: 4,282
Campbell, CA: 40,272
Claremont, CA: 35,457
Corte Madera, CA: 9,377
Emeryville, CA: 10,335
Fairfax, CA: 7,534
Gonzales, CA: 8,364

Gustine, CA: 5,625
Healdsburg, CA: 11,440
Malibu, CA: 12,832
Morgan Hill, CA: 39,420
Orange Cove, CA: 9,580
Patterson, CA: 20,659
Ridgecrest, CA: 28,325
San Anselmo, CA: 12,491
San Luis Obispo, CA: 45,878
Signal Hill, CA: 11,185
Tiburon, CA: 9,093
West Hollywood, CA: 34,781

There are thirteen mayors from Colorado

Boulder: 101,808
Englewood: 31,177
Golden: 18,867
Lafayette: 24,453
Lakewood: 145,516
Louisville: 19,074
Manitou Springs: 5,172
Nederland: 1,445
Northglenn: 36,891
Salida: 5,317
Superior: 12,782
Telluride: 2,325

There are four mayors in Delaware:

Blades, DE: 1,241
Dewey Beach, DE: 341
Middletown, DE: 19,483
Wilmington, DE: 71,292


6 comments:

  1. Mayors can join without the consent of elected local government or citizens, but it would be interesting to calculate what percentage of the population is represented by these mayors.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Do these mayors know that they are members? Do they have to pay dues, or are monies paid to them? Do any of them have staff moles who receive payment from MAIG?
    Does MAIG have a newsletter? Emails to members?
    Is it a non-profit? Does MAIG have an audit statement?
    Can a disillusioned member make public any emails, newsletters, mailings from MAIG?

    ReplyDelete
  3. the fact that they represent only 950 of 35,000 is less relevant that the proportion of national homicides and population.

    100 of 3100 counties in the US account for 68% of homicide while being only 54% of the population. 88% of those counties voted for Obama in 2012, providing him a net margin of 10 million votes (he only won by 3.4m).

    If there was a spreadsheet would counties, i'd bet lunch at mortons that if i cross referenced it with CDC data by county, those 950 mayors would account for 70-80% of homicide in the country (really, their policies).

    ReplyDelete
  4. Dear DWB:

    Sorry, but your numbers are not correct. 100 largest counties do not make up 54% of the population. I also think that they make up more than 68% of homicides. Where did you get these percentages?

    ReplyDelete
  5. top 200, not 100, sorry for the typo.

    i used the homicides from the CDC wonder database, (which lets you download them by county).

    http://wonder.cdc.gov

    top as in: ranked by largest # homicides deaths.

    I double checked my results using 2009/2010 average.

    the cdc query tool is pretty straightforward to use; for the 09/10 average, these counties listed below account for 11700 (avg annual) homicide deaths, about 70%, and 164 million people, about 53% of the population. Not all counties are reported so there is some missing ("supressed") data. I (implicitly) assumed these were zero by ranking them, but if you assigned some sort of "average" homicide rate to these I think that they would drop out anyway because the average homicide rate for these counties is above average at 7 per 100k.

    If you rank by homicide *rate* and pick 200, you DO get very different %. problem with that approach is that are a lot of small counties with 80k people and 6 homicides which could be 4 or 8 - and which push LA county CA far down in the list (LA has an average homicide rate of 7, but 700 homicides a year).

    as for election returns, i got those from a news site (guardian), spot checked the results, and cross referenced (VLOOKUP) the county codes in the CDC report.


    200 counties + county code, ranked by avg homicide, with population.

    the total based on these for this 09/10 time period is about 11650 homicides of 16550 total (70%)



    ReplyDelete
  6. Camden County, NJ ; 34007 ; 42 ; 513,663
    Monroe County, NY ; 36055 ; 41 ; 743,865
    Santa Clara County, CA ; 6085 ; 41 ; 1,773,390
    Denver County, CO ; 8031 ; 41 ; 594,585
    Travis County, TX ; 48453 ; 40 ; 1,015,385
    Pinellas County, FL ; 12103 ; 40 ; 915,936
    New Haven County, CT ; 9009 ; 39 ; 861,251
    Lee County, FL ; 12071 ; 38 ; 615,526
    Nassau County, NY ; 36059 ; 37 ; 1,335,810
    Douglas County, NE ; 31055 ; 37 ; 514,506
    Macomb County, MI ; 26099 ; 36 ; 840,207
    Hennepin County, MN ; 27053 ; 36 ; 1,149,573
    Delaware County, PA ; 42045 ; 35 ; 558,537
    Charleston County, SC ; 45019 ; 34 ; 348,502
    Richmond city, VA ; 51760 ; 34 ; 203,946
    Norfolk city, VA ; 51710 ; 34 ; 242,264
    Caddo Parish, LA ; 22017 ; 34 ; 254,107
    Hudson County, NJ ; 34017 ; 34 ; 631,419
    Hidalgo County, TX ; 48215 ; 34 ; 766,119
    Tulare County, CA ; 6107 ; 34 ; 439,583
    Gwinnett County, GA ; 13135 ; 34 ; 800,799
    Stanislaus County, CA ; 6099 ; 33 ; 512,995
    Richland County, SC ; 45079 ; 32 ; 382,375
    Brevard County, FL ; 12009 ; 32 ; 542,743
    Polk County, FL ; 12105 ; 32 ; 600,389
    Solano County, CA ; 6095 ; 31 ; 411,817
    Wyandotte County, KS ; 20209 ; 31 ; 156,961
    Lucas County, OH ; 39095 ; 31 ; 442,209
    Richmond County, GA ; 13245 ; 30 ; 199,519
    Montgomery County, AL ; 1101 ; 30 ; 228,485
    Cumberland County, NC ; 37051 ; 30 ; 318,342
    Fairfield County, CT ; 9001 ; 30 ; 913,625
    Salt Lake County, UT ; 49035 ; 29 ; 1,023,225
    Escambia County, FL ; 12033 ; 28 ; 297,317
    Robeson County, NC ; 37155 ; 28 ; 133,576
    Durham County, NC ; 37063 ; 28 ; 266,472
    Fort Bend County, TX ; 48157 ; 28 ; 577,253
    El Paso County, CO ; 8041 ; 28 ; 615,162
    Chatham County, GA ; 13051 ; 27 ; 263,625
    Multnomah County, OR ; 41051 ; 27 ; 731,528
    Union County, NJ ; 34039 ; 26 ; 534,467
    Summit County, OH ; 39153 ; 26 ; 541,958
    Will County, IL ; 17197 ; 26 ; 676,265
    Providence County, RI ; 44007 ; 26 ; 626,486
    Pierce County, WA ; 53053 ; 26 ; 795,854
    Cobb County, GA ; 13067 ; 26 ; 686,427
    Guilford County, NC ; 37081 ; 25 ; 486,293
    Middlesex County, MA ; 25017 ; 25 ; 1,498,925
    Newport News city, VA ; 51700 ; 25 ; 180,860
    Yakima County, WA ; 53077 ; 25 ; 241,418
    Allen County, IN ; 18003 ; 25 ; 354,511
    Onondaga County, NY ; 36067 ; 25 ; 466,330
    Sedgwick County, KS ; 20173 ; 25 ; 496,686
    Merced County, CA ; 6047 ; 24 ; 254,048
    Wake County, NC ; 37183 ; 24 ; 892,309
    Knox County, TN ; 47093 ; 24 ; 430,851
    Arapahoe County, CO ; 8005 ; 24 ; 567,582
    Ventura County, CA ; 6111 ; 23 ; 819,224
    Galveston County, TX ; 48167 ; 23 ; 289,369
    Fairfax County, VA ; 51059 ; 23 ; 1,073,434
    Volusia County, FL ; 12127 ; 23 ; 494,641
    Manatee County, FL ; 12081 ; 22 ; 321,772
    Hampden County, MA ; 25013 ; 22 ; 463,134
    Passaic County, NJ ; 34031 ; 22 ; 499,934
    Westchester County, NY ; 36119 ; 22 ; 946,657
    Mahoning County, OH ; 39099 ; 22 ; 239,437
    Pinal County, AZ ; 4021 ; 22 ; 362,800
    Greenville County, SC ; 45045 ; 22 ; 448,940
    Bibb County, GA ; 13021 ; 21 ; 155,351
    Clayton County, GA ; 13063 ; 21 ; 259,746
    Peoria County, IL ; 17143 ; 21 ; 186,712
    Richmond County, NY ; 36085 ; 21 ; 467,848
    Washoe County, NV ; 32031 ; 21 ; 419,565
    San Mateo County, CA ; 6081 ; 21 ; 716,034
    Hamilton County, TN ; 47065 ; 20 ; 334,561
    Calcasieu Parish, LA ; 22019 ; 20 ; 191,924
    Jefferson County, TX ; 48245 ; 20 ; 251,803
    Bell County, TX ; 48027 ; 20 ; 305,643
    Spartanburg County, SC ; 45083 ; 19 ; 283,821
    Winnebago County, IL ; 17201 ; 19 ; 295,439
    Madison County, AL ; 1089 ; 19 ; 332,834
    Ramsey County, MN ; 27123 ; 19 ; 507,615
    Bristol County, MA ; 25005 ; 19 ; 547,805
    El Paso County, TX ; 48141 ; 19 ; 793,703
    Montgomery County, PA ; 42091 ; 19 ; 797,684
    Montgomery County, MD ; 24031 ; 19 ; 965,395

    ReplyDelete