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Lesson 6 Census And Demographics

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2010 Decennial Census   74% of households responded by mail  
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2000 Decennial Census   17% received long form 83% received short form; shortest since 1820 65% of households responded by mail Long form was replaced by American Community Survey  
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Urbanized Area   Urban nucleus of 50,000 or more people Must have a core with a population density of 1,000 per square mile and may contain adjoining territory with at least 500 persons per square mile  
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Urban Cluster   Have at least 2,500 but less than 50,000 persons and a population density of 1,000 person per square mile 11% of US population lived in 3,158 urban clusters  
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Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)   Includes at least one city with 50,000 or more inhabitants, or a total metropolitan population of at least 100,000 Collection of counties with core county  
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Micropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)   Has a population of more than 10,000 people and less than 50,000 people  
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Census Designated Places (CDP)   Equivalent of an incorporated place for data purposed Settled concentrations of population that are not incorporated  
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Consolidated MSA (CMSA)   Make up of several primary metropolitan statistical area (PMSA's)  
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Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA)   Core area with at least 10,000 people that when combined with other adjacent communities is socially and economically integrated  
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Megapolis   Any many-centered, multi-city, urban area of more than 10 million inhabitants, generally dominated by low-density settlement and complex networks  
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Census Tract   Has a population between 2,000 and 8,000 people  
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Census Block   The smallest level of which the census data is collected Typically 400 housing units per block  
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Minor Civil Division (MCD)   Is a unit only used in 29 state and usually corresponds to a municipality  
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Census County Divisions   Area used in 21 sates that do not have MCD's  
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Tribal Designated Statistical Area   A unit drawn by tribes that do not have a recognized land area  
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Threshold Population   Is a term that is under a number of government programs to determine program eligibility  
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What is the population change from 1990 to 2010?   76 million to 308 million people  
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What percent or people live in urban area?   81%  
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What are the fasted growing states?   Nevada 35% Arizona 25% Utah 24%  
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What state lost population between 2000 and 2010?   Michigan  
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What is the change in average household size form 1970 to 2010?   3.1 (1970) to 2.59 (2010)  
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American Community Survey (ACS)   This survey takes a sample of the population and projects the findings to the population as a whole ACS began in 2005 Survey reaches 2.5% of the population  
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Baby Boomers   Born between 1946 to 1964 High birth rate  
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Generate X   Born between 1965 to 1974 Low birth rate  
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Generation Y (Echo Boom or Millennial)   Born between 1980 and 2000 (years vary)  
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Generation Z   Born after 2000 (years vary)  
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What is the expected growth in 65 and older population from 2012 to 2060?   43.1 million to 92 million  
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What is the expected growth in 85 and older population from 2012 to 2060?   5.9 million to 18.2 million  
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What is the expected change in baby boomer population from 2012 to 2060?   76.4 million to 2.4 million  
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What kind of nation (in terms of majority/minority) is predicted?   Majority-minority No one group will be the majority  
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When will the US total population hit 400 million?   2051 Will hit 420.3 million in 2060  
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What is the expected change between male and female ration between 2012 and 2060?   No change, 104.7 males per 100 females  
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Principal City   Largest incorporated area in a CBSA Can have many principal cities (e.g. Phoenix metropolitan area)  
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