by Sean Coté | Apr 20, 2022 | Census Data Series, Census Series, Cenus Background, Stephanie Quesnelle
As we’ve covered previously, data collection in a pandemic can be challenging. Similar to the Current Population Survey (CPS), the Census Bureau faced multiple challenges collecting data for the American Community Survey (ACS). This resulted in the Census Bureau not...
by Sean Coté | Dec 16, 2021 | Census, Census Data Series, Stephanie Quesnelle
The Census Bureau has started releasing data from the 2020 Decennial Census. The Census data is comprehensive, attempting to count every single person living in the United States, which means that the data collected isn’t as detailed as other data sources. However, we...
by d3wpadmin | Sep 30, 2021 | Census, Census Data Series, Rosie Liu
In our previous blog, we have discussed how census tract boundaries can be changed after the release of the 2020 Census, and why it matters, and in this blog, we continue the discussion by looking at the census tract boundaries changes in Michigan and specifically, in...
by d3wpadmin | Sep 16, 2021 | Census, Census Data Series, Rosie Liu
One of the main reasons an accurate Decennial Census count is so important is because of its impact on redistricting and funding, which are determined and impacted by geographic boundaries called Census tracts. In this blog, we will look at how Census boundaries are...
by d3wpadmin | Sep 9, 2021 | Census, Census Data Series, Stephanie Quesnelle
Every decennial census changes how data are collected, measured, or defined. This isn’t surprising given the technological and social advancements that can occur in a decade. For example, the 2010 Census occurred the same year as Apple introduced the iPad! The Census...
by d3wpadmin | Aug 19, 2021 | Cassie Kinsora, Census, Census Data Series, Cenus Background, Jordan Graves
As we’ve discussed in our Census blog series, the decennial Census is a count of the number of people in the United States that’s taken every 10 years. And that count impacts state representation and local and state budgets for various federal assistance programs. ...
