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Decennial Census of Population & Housing |
Proper name of the Census. |
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Census long form |
Sent to a small sample of people. Requires inferential statistics to extrapolate to nation's population. As of 2010, no longer used, replaced by ACS. |
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Census short form |
Everyone gets this. 7 subjects in 2000 - names, ages, genders, races, hispanic or not, relationships, renter or owner. |
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2000 Census |
First to allow selection of more than one race. First to not include legal status and cooking facilities in the definition of a housing unit. First not to use a post-Census review in estimating undercounting. |
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ACS |
American Community Survey. Ongoing, every year 1 in 38 households receive the ACS. Asks basic demographic, social, financial, housing, and economic questions. Replaces decennial long form. Small-area statistics now produced annually. 3-yr and 1-yr estimates for larger areas. |
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2010 Census |
First Census since 1940 to be short-form only. Long form replaced by ACS. First Census to count over 300M people. |
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2010 Total Population |
308,745,538 |
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2010 Population Density |
87.4 people/sq mi |
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2000-2010 Increase in Population |
9.7% |
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10 Largest Urban Places 2010 Census |
New York City - 8.2M LA - 3.8M Chicago - 2.7M Houston - 2.1M Philadelphia - 1.5M Phoenix - 1.4M San Antonio - 1.3M San Diego - 1.2M San Jose - 0.9M
Trends - more sunbelt growth, lower density. These are city-only populations. |
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10 Largest Metropolitan Areas 2010 Census |
NYC-Newark - 19.6M LA-Long Beach - 12.8M Chicago - 9.5M Dallas-Ft. Worth - 6.4M Philadelphia - 6.0M Houston - 5.9M Washinton DC - 5.6M Miami - 5.6M Atlanta - 5.3M Boston - 4.6M |
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MSA |
Metropolitan Statistical Area. One or more counties with an urban core over 50K in population. |
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CMSA |
Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area. A regional grouping of two or more MSAs. Term retired in 2003 and replaced with new definition scheme.
An area becomes a CMSA if it meets the requirements to qualify as an MSA, has a population of 1,000,000 or more, if component parts are recognized as primary metropolitan statistical areas, and local opinion favors the designation |
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Metropolitan Division |
A metropolitan statistical area containing an urbanized area of at least 2.5M people can be subdivided into two or more "metropolitan divisions," provided specified criteria are met. Metropolitan divisions are conceptually similar to the primary metropolitan statistical areas (PMSAs) defined under previous standards. |
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PMSA |
Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area. An MSA that lies within a larger CMSA. Retired in 2003.
All of these terms are defined by OMB for use by federal agencies. |
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Micropolitan Statistical Area and Metropolitan Statistical Areas |
Micropolitan Statistical Areas: Urban areas in the United States based around an urban cluster (urban area) with a population of 10,000 to 49,999.
Metropolitan Statistical Areas: Contains an urban core urban area of 50,000 or more population.
Each metro or micro area consists of one or more counties and includes the counties containing the core urban area, as well as any adjacent counties that have a high degree of social and economic integration (as measured by commuting to work) with the urban core. |
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CBSA |
Core Based Statistical Area. Newly defined by OMB in 2003. Includes Micropolitan and Metropolitan Statistical Areas. |
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Minor Civil Divisions |
Used in 29 States, including PA. Usually correspond to municipal boundaries.
Divisions used in other 21 states. |
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Census Tract |
An area with about 4K residents, ideally. Only used within MSAs and some other counties.
Block Numbering Areas are used where tracts are not. |
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Block Groups |
Sets of Census blocks, generally with 600 to 3,000 residents. Usually but not always contiguous. They do not cross state, county, or tract boundaries. |
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Census blocks |
Smallest Census geography. Often bounded by visible things - streets, etc. They nest into all larger geographies. |
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Undercounting |
1990 missed:
1.6% of total population, 4.4% of african-american population, 5% of Hispanic population |
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1920 |
First Census where urban population was greater than rural population.
Congress refused to approve it because of this! |
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1940
1950 |
1940 - Shows cities losing population to suburban areas.
1950. More suburban population than urban. |
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U.S. Urban Population |
Year Percentage 1900 40% 1920 50% 1960 70% 1980 74% 2000 81% 2010 81% |
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PUMS |
Public Use Microdata Sample. The ACS PUMS files are a set of untabulated records about individual people or housing units. The Census Bureau produces the PUMS files so that data users can create custom tables that are not available through pretabulated (or summary) ACS data products. Smallest unit available is PUMA, which is a sub-state non-overlapping division of about 100,000 people. |
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ZCTA |
Zip Code Tabulation Area. Approximations of USPS ZIP Code service areas created by using whole blocks to present statistical data from censuses and surveys.
Defined by allocating each block that contains |
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TIGER files |
Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing. Geodatabase files from the Census Bureau's MAF/TIGER database, containing features such as roads, railroads, rivers, as well as legal and statistical geographic areas. |
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Census Regions
Census Divisions |
Four regions: Northeast, Midwest, South, West
Nine divisions: multi-state divisions of each region. |
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Census Designated Places |
Non-incorporated settled areas identifiable by name |
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Urbanized Area |
An urbanized area consists of densely developed territory that contains 50,000
The Census Bureau delineates UAs to provide a better separation of urban and rural territory, population, and housing in the vicinity of large places. |
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Urban Cluster |
An urban cluster consists of densely developed territory that has at least 2,500 people but fewer than 50,000 people.
First introduced the UC concept for Census 2000 to provide a more consistent and accurate measure of urban population, housing, and territory. |