Official US 2010 Census Results

[danny]

Well, I think now it should be high time to get the apportionment figures.

not long now, but they still have until the end of the month.

[danny]

Where can I find a document with the official population numbers ? I didn't find it on the census website.

On this page:

 http://2010.census.gov/news/press-kits/apportionment/apport.html

[danny]

The numbers for the first 4 states are out, but, of course they released the data in some horrible format I couldn't figure out how to use, so I'm looking here: http://twitter.com/Redistrict for important news. Some interesting stuff so far.

[danny]

The numbers for the first 4 states are out, but, of course they released the data in some horrible format I couldn't figure out how to use, so I'm looking here: http://twitter.com/Redistrict for important news. Some interesting stuff so far.

2010 Census News

If you click on a news release for a state, it includes links to thematic maps for population and population change per county, and an Excel file with some highlight data, including top 20 counties and cities.

Thanks, I was stuck with those FTP's.

Lakewood really sticks out, all the other 20 biggest cities and townships grow between -8% to +8% while Lakewood grew 53.8%.

[danny]

Speaking of Lakewood, the census Bureau did a horrible job of estimating it. It had its population growth from 60k in 2000 to 71k in 2009, and now the the census numbers a year later show 92k.

[danny]

Maps of New Jersey:
 http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/02/04/nyregion/20100204-jersey.html?ref=nyregion

[danny]

Did Oklahoma gain or lose population?

It gained, but at a slower rate than the country as a whole.

[danny]

Walpack township, New Jersey...

1970   384      54.8%
1980   150      −60.9%
1990   67      −55.3%
2000   41      −38.8%
Est. 2006   40      −2.4%
2010         16

Okay, this requires an explanation. The wiki article doesn't even begin to give one. It grew until 1970. Mining?
Meanwhile, some magazine named it the 18th best place to live in NJ in 2008. Seems the residents don't agree.

Not mining, It looks like It's the Army Corps of Engineers fault. They wanted to turn the place into a lake so they forced a bunch of people out and afterwards abandoned the project was critical of how they kicked people out of their homes.

[danny]

Well I don't know about that site but the dam story is legit.

[danny]

Data for Maryland is out, Baltimore city shrank while all the counties grew.

[danny]

You can see how in Chicago the population changed in this map.
Basically central Chicago grew while most of the rest lost population.

[danny]

Non Hispanic whites went from 52.4% to 45.3% while Hispanics went from 32% to 37.6%, if these trends continue then by the next census Texas will be Hispanic plurality.

[danny]

Why are they taking so effing long to ship South Carolina?  I can understand why they didn't give us the earliest priority, but I would have thought that they would have wanted to give a leg up to the States that have a change in the number of U.S. Representatives.

It doesn't matter if you change the number of representatives because all the states have to change the boundaries anyway (even single district states have local elections).

[danny]

And both Minneapolis and St. Paul were almost flat, Minneapolis actually lost a total of just 40 people.

[danny]

Interesting.  Harlem is getting less and less black.  Charlie Rangel will be representing a majority Hispanic district before long - if he isn't already.

Rangel's district actually became less Hispanic in the last 10 years it was 48% Hispanic in 2000 and 46% in 2010, while blacks went from 30% to 26%. It's whites that gained going from 16% to 21%.

[danny]

City and town estimates for July 1, 2012 were just released by the Census. The press release highlights the growth in TX.

I don't think of San Marcos as a large city.