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By: Kurt Metzger, Director The Census Bureau has released its latest population estimates for 2012 today. The estimates cover metropolitan statistical areas, micropolitan statistical areas and counties. The numbers show that the Great Plains and West Texas contained many of the fastest growing areas in the country, including Casper, Wyoming and Bismarck, North Dakota. Why you may ask? The [Read on...]    By Kurt Metzger, Executive Director Data Driven Detroit (D3) has the opportunity to review many Census releases during their initial embargo period. This allows us to develop analyses prior to release, which we can use to further our mission of providing communities with better data for better decisions. It also prepares us for questions [Read on...]
Check out Slate’s interactive map showing the 2010 Census’ response rate for every county in the contiguous United States. The map also displays whether each county voted Republican or Democrat in the 2008 elections. As Slate points out, the map highlights a gap in partisan politics around the census: Washington legislators are divided along [Read on...] by Louis Bach, Communications Last week we reacted to the House of Representatives’ vote to eliminate the American Community Survey, the Census Bureau’s means for gathering important socioeconomic data. On Friday, the Census Bureau itself weighed in, describing the impact of the legislation. Excerpt: The Appropriations Bill eliminates the Economic Census, which measures [Read on...] Rep. Daniel Webster, author of the measure to eliminate the census American Community Survey. Photo: AP via Huffington Post The U.S. House of Representatives voted (232 – 190) on Wednesday to eliminate funding for the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, which collects socioeconomic data that is used to determine how more than $400 billion [Read on...] |
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