Transcript Overview of the 2010 Census Two Hundred Twenty Years and Counting …

Overview of the 2010 Census
Two Hundred Twenty Years and Counting …
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U.S. Constitution and the Census
The actual Enumeration shall be made
within three Years after the first Meeting
of the Congress of the United States, and
within every subsequent Term of ten
Years, in such Manner as they shall by
Law direct.
- Article I, Section 2
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From 1790 to 2010
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1940 Census
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Processing Census Data
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Census 2000
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Short Form
Long Form
6 pages, 8 questions (6 P, 2 H)
40 pages, 53 questions (32 P, 21 H)
Census 2000 and the 2010 Census
What’s different?
2000 Census:
82% of households received
the short form
2010 Census:
100% of households receive
the short form
18% of households received
the long form
No long form
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Questionnaire Delivery
Questionnaires delivered or mailed to
all housing units in March 2010
• March 8-10
• March 15-17
• March 22-24
Advance Letter
Questionnaire
Reminder Postcard
• APRIL 1
CENSUS DAY
• April 1-10
Replacement Questionnaire
Bilingual Spanish/English Questionnaires
(15 million housing units in 44 states)
delivered or mailed in tracts with >40%
Spanish-speaking households.
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2010 Census Data Products
Definitions
• Summary File 1
• Counts and information [age, sex, race, Hispanic/Latino origin,
household relationship, whether residence is owned or rented]
collected from all people and housing units
• Summary File 2
• Population and housing characteristics iterated for many detailed
race and Hispanic or Latino categories, and American Indian and
Alaska Native tribes
• P.L. 94-171
• Redistricting Data Summary File contains summary statistics on
counts of the total population, for the population 18 years and
over, for 63 racial categories, and for Hispanic or Latino origin
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2010 Census Data Products
Release Schedule
Planned Release
Date
Data Product
12/31/10
Apportionment Population Counts
2/11 – 3/11
Census Redistricting Summary File (P.L. 94-171 ) for
States
5/11
Demographic Profile
6/11 – 8/11
Summary File 1 for States
12/11 – 4/12
Summary File 2 for States
12/12
American Indian and Alaska Native Summary File
1/13
Congressional District Summary File (113th Congress)
6/13
State Legislative District Summary File
TBD
PUMS (10%)
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Apportionment
• Delivered to the President by December 31, 2010
• Included:
• Total Population of United States
• Total Population for each state
• Resident population
• Overseas population
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P.L. 94-171
• Deliver DVD to redistricting officials in each state on a
flow basis (2/11-3/11)
• Included:
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First race and Hispanic origin counts
Counts for 63 race combinations
Total population and age 18+
Housing unit counts (occupied and vacant)
• Geography:
• States to blocks
• Voting districts, state legislative districts, 111th Congressional
Districts, school districts
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Demographic Profile
• Released via American FactFinder and FTP site (5/11)
• Included:
• Race and Hispanic origin • Population in Group Quarters
• Households
• Housing Tenure (owner/renter)
• Families
• Housing Occupancy Rates
• Age and sex
• Housing Vacancy Rates
• Geography:
• Nation, states, counties, functioning minor civil divisions, places,
American Indian and Alaska Native Areas, core-based statistical
areas
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Summary File 1
• Released via American FactFinder and FTP site (6/11-8/11)
• Included:
Table subjects:
By Major Race Categories:
• White alone (A)
• Race and Hispanic Origin
• Black or African American alone (B)
• Households
• American Indian and Alaska Native alone (C)
• Families
• Asian alone (D)
• Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone (E)
• Age and Sex
• Some Other Race alone (F)
• Population in Group Quarters by Type
• Two or more races alone (G)
• Housing Units
• Hispanic or Latino (H)
• White alone, not Hispanic or Latino (I)
• Geography:
• States to blocks
• Will include unmarried partner households
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Summary File 2
• Released via American FactFinder and FTP site (12/11-4/12)
Repeated for more than 250 population groups:
• Included:
Table subjects:
• Aleut alone
• Households
• Pauite alone or in combination
• Families
• Mexican alone
• Age and Sex
• Colombian alone
• Guatemalan alone or in combination
• Population in Group Quarters by Type
• Apache alone or in combination
• Housing Units
• White; American Indian and Alaska Native
• Geography:
• States to census tracts
• No Block Groups or Blocks
• Urban/rural available Jan. 2013
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• Filipino alone
• Black or African American alone, not Hispanic or Latino
American Indian and Alaska Native
Summary File
• Released via American FactFinder and FTP site (12/12)
Repeated for more than 1,000 population groups:
• Included:
Table subjects:
• Colorado River alone
• Navajo alone or in any combination
• Households
• Havasupai alone or in any combination
• Families
• Hopi alone
• Age and Sex
• Salt River Pima-Maricopa alone
• Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona alone
• Population in Group Quarters by Type
• Cocopah Tribe of Arizona alone or in any combination
• Housing Units
• American Indian alone
• Geography:
• American Indian alone or in any combination
• American Indian and Alaska Native Areas
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Congressional District
Summary File
• Released via American FactFinder and FTP site (1/13)
• Includes:
• Summary File 1 content
• Geography:
• 113th Congressional Districts
• Census Tracts
• Additional releases as redistricting occurs throughout the
decade
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State Legislative District
Summary File
• Released via American FactFinder and FTP site (6/13)
• Includes:
• Summary File 1 content
• Geography:
• State Legislative Districts drawn following the 2010 Census
• Places
• Separate file containing geographic attributes for blocks within
SLDs
• Additional releases as redistricting occurs throughout the
decade
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PUMS Files
Public Use Microdata Sample
• Release via FTP site and DVD (date TBD)
• Includes:
• 100-percent data
• 10% sample size
• Census 2000 PUMS files were 1% (100% data) and 5% (sample data)
• Geography:
• PUMAs (100,000 or more population)
• Delineated in 2012
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