Topic
Census
144 published works
ImmigrationProf Blog
Census Bureau Highlights Young Noncitizen Population in the U.S. Noncitizens Under Age 35
More than three out of five noncitizens under age 35 have been in the U.S. for five years or more, with a majority coming before they were 18 years old,…
PropertyProf Blog
Map of the Day: Census Dot Map
By propertyprof
Brandon Martin-Anderson, a graduate student at MIT, thought that roads, state borders, and topographical features cluttered otherwise informative maps of population density in the USA.In response he took block data…
Land Use Prof Blog
New U.S. Census Data Visualizations
For some fun, check out the U.S. Census' latest series of data visualizations of current and historical census data. One is reproduced below. Check out more of them here.Stephen R. Miller
PropertyProf Blog
Map of the U.S. by Ancestry
By propertyprof
I ran across this fascinating map of the United States, which uses 2000 census data to depict the dominant group, by ancestry, in each American county. There are a lot…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Support the American Community Survey (ACS)
From the National Institute for Latino Policy: The federal government is looking for comments from the public on the need to continue collecting data through the American Community Survey ACS). It…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Census 2010 and the Hispanic Population
Earlier today, Bill Hing posted about new Census data on Asian Americans. The U.S. Census Bureau released today the second in a series of 2010 Census briefs, Overview of Race…
ImmigrationProf Blog
What The Census Tells Us About America’s Future By JOEL KOTKIN
In "What The Census Tells Us About America's Future" in Forbes (February 25, 2011), Joel Kotkin writes that, with the release of results for over 20 states, the 2010 Census…
PropertyProf Blog
Five Surprising Findings From the US Census
By propertyprof
From the Christian Science Monitor.Steve Clowney
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
2010 Census
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
Article I, Section 2, of the Constitution requires an "actual Enumeration" every ten years for the purpose of distributing seats in the House of Representatives among the states. Today the Census Bureau…
Elder Law Prof Blog
China’s census will reveal important information about changing demographics
China began tallying its population on Monday for the first time since 2000, an arduous task likely to be made even tougher by the need to count scores of millions…