Population Reference Bureau’s exclusive preview of the upcoming decennial census reveals population shifts with major implications for the nation’s political, social, and economic future.
Population Bulletin 74, No. 1 This Bulletin provides a preview of 2020 Census results—identified through data from surveys, population estimates, and projections—and an overview of key population and housing trends.
Data suggest that Appalachia faces a digital divide—not just between the Region’s households and the rest of the nation but also between the Region’s rural and more urban areas, say the authors of a Population Reference Bureau (PRB) report for the Appalachian Regional Commission.
The Census counts every person who usually lives in the United States. They don’t have to be a U.
(2019) Our analysis focuses on the factors that are most closely associated with the net undercount of children in the census.
(2019) Our analysis focuses on the factors that are most closely associated with the net undercount of children in the census.
By law, the U.S. government is required to count the number of people living in the United States every 10 years.
The 2020 Census count began in January, kicking off a once-a-decade operation in which every household in the United States will be asked to answer a short series of questions that will influence policymaking and planning for the next decade.
Each year, a representative sample of 3.5 million addresses nationwide is randomly selected to participate in the American Community Survey (ACS), which provides information on the economic, social, housing, and demographic characteristics of communities on a continuous basis.
With the 2020 Census set to begin in less than 18 months, the Trump administration has proposed adding an untested question on citizenship status to the decennial survey.