MSA Designations Remain Unchanged As Feds Declines to Raise Population Thresholds
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) designations, and the funding that comes with them, will not change, according to the OMB. The OMB was considering raising the population threshold required for MSA designation from 50,000 to 100,000. In the end, the threshold was...The Census’ New Privacy Algorithm Shows Cracks
In an effort to protect the privacy of respondents to the 2020 Census, the Census Bureau has implemented an algorithm that adds noise to microdata. The aim is to make it harder to identify voters and their races. But Harvard researchers were able to easily reconstruct...The Census Is Having Trouble Counting LGBTQ People, Researchers Say
The Census is chronically undercounting the population of LGBTQ people, according to a group of UCLA researchers. Given elevated rates of unemployment and poverty in these populations, it’s critical that they are included in official Census counts so they can...
New Census Data Shows Winners, Losers in House Seat Apportionment
Seven states lost a House seat this week while six states saw gains, according to newly released Census data. Here’s the full breakdown of which states won and lost seats:
All 50 States Ranked by Population Change: New Census Data
New Census data reveals which states and losing residents, and which states have grown most since 2010. The analysis and data was published in a paper released this week accompanying the new Census. Here is the full list of population changes by...Test Drive Our New Data Dashboard!
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