Where I can find updated populations for US cities?

siobhan · 07-15-2026, 01:47 AM

In OOTP 27, I've been trying to update Dogzilla's world_default.xml file with 2020 Census data, but have had little success finding an update that works. This 2022 post...
https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=342729
...has what I want, but the copying/pasting I'm supposed to do for it never seems to work for me due to an apparent XML mismatch error.
I can't seem to find anything else on these forums, but I don't know if I've looked hard enough. So:
1. Where could I find a world_default.xml with updated populations for US cities?
2. If there is none, how can I do it myself? If it involves eriqjaffe's utilities, keep in mind that I've had difficulties making them work with the Dogzilla XMLs for some reason.
Thanks in advance.

siobhan · 07-19-2026, 01:24 AM

As it turns out, the link in the first post has a missing XML tag; the state of Vermont does not have a </STATE> tag in it. Adding it makes it work in OOTP 27.
I'm still curious about a quick way to update these myself (in case I want to update these with later estimates than the 2020 census). It's probably blatantly obvious how to do it, but I find it challenging to update existing cities in an XML file en masse easily, whereas adding new ones together includes a pattern I've gotten a hang of. That's just me, at least...

07-15-2026, 01:47 AM	#1
siobhan Minors (Single A) Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 88	Where I can find updated populations for US cities? In OOTP 27, I've been trying to update Dogzilla's world_default.xml file with 2020 Census data, but have had little success finding an update that works. This 2022 post... https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=342729 ...has what I want, but the copying/pasting I'm supposed to do for it never seems to work for me due to an apparent XML mismatch error. I can't seem to find anything else on these forums, but I don't know if I've looked hard enough. So: 1. Where could I find a world_default.xml with updated populations for US cities? 2. If there is none, how can I do it myself? If it involves eriqjaffe's utilities, keep in mind that I've had difficulties making them work with the Dogzilla XMLs for some reason. Thanks in advance. __________________ Proud to be autistic and abnormal...

07-19-2026, 01:24 AM	#2
siobhan Minors (Single A) Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 88	As it turns out, the link in the first post has a missing XML tag; the state of Vermont does not have a </STATE> tag in it. Adding it makes it work in OOTP 27. I'm still curious about a quick way to update these myself (in case I want to update these with later estimates than the 2020 census). It's probably blatantly obvious how to do it, but I find it challenging to update existing cities in an XML file en masse easily, whereas adding new ones together includes a pattern I've gotten a hang of. That's just me, at least... __________________ Proud to be autistic and abnormal...