Census

Question 1

Define Census Tract

Answer 1

Small, relatively permanent statistical subdivisions of a county or equivalent entity that generally have a population size between 1,200 and 8,000 people, with an optimum size of 4,000 people.

Question 2

core based statistical area (CBSA)

Answer 2

Concept of a core area containing a substantial population nucleaus (>10,000) together with adjacent communities having a high degree of social and economic integration.

Question 3

Metropolitan statistical area (MSA)

Answer 3

A CBSA with at least one urbanized area (county) that has a population of at least 50,000.

Question 4

Micropolitan statistical area

Answer 4

has a population of more than 10,000 people and less than 50,000 people. This includes a central county and adjacent counties that have a high degree of social and economic integration as measured by commuting.

Question 5

Combined statistical areas (CSA)

Answer 5

two or more adjacent CBSAs that have substantial employment interchange

Question 6

Census designated placed (CDP)

Answer 6

The statistical counterpart of incorporated places. Delineated to provide data for settled concentrations of population that are not legally incorporated.

Question 7

Block group

Answer 7

statistical divisions of census tracts that are generally defined to contain between 600 and 3,000 people.

Question 8

Census block

Answer 8

generally are small in area but may encompass hundreds of miles in remote areas. Census blocks nest within all other tabulated census geographic entities and are the basis for all tabulated data. They generally contain 600-3,000 people, and are used to present data and control block numbering.

Question 9

Census hierarchy

Answer 9

State
County
County subdivision
Place
Census tract
Block group
Block

Question 10

What percentage of the US population was living in urban areas in 2010?

Answer 10

81%

Question 11

What was the median age of the US population in 2010?

Answer 11

37.2

Question 12

What were the five largest cities in 2010?

Answer 12

New York
LA
Chicago
Houston
Philadelphia

Question 13

Where did regional growth occur much faster over the 2000-2010 span?

Answer 13

South and west grew much faster than northeast and midwest

Question 14

What were the fastest growing states over 2000-2010?

Answer 14

Nevada
Arizona
Utah
Idaho
Texas

Question 15

Which state declined in population over 2000-2010?

Answer 15

Michigan

Question 16

Define Urban Cluster.

Answer 16

Urban clusters have at least 2,500 but less than 50,000 persons and a population density of 1,000 persons per square mile. This delineation of built-up territory around small towns and cities is new for the 2000 Census. In 2000, 11% of the U.S. population lived in 3,158 urban clusters.

Question 17

2010 Census mail response rate

Answer 17

74%

Question 18

Urbanized Area

Answer 18

The Census Bureau defines an urbanized area wherever it finds an urban nucleus of 50,000 or more people.

In general, they must have a core with a population density of 1,000 persons per square mile and may contain adjoining territory with at least 500 persons per square mile.

Question 19

Consolidated MSA (CMSA)

Answer 19

is made up of several PMSA’s. An example is the Dallas-Fort Worth Consolidated Metropolitan Area. Dallas and Fort Worth are each primary metropolitan statistical areas.

Question 20

Megalopolis

Answer 20

1961, Jean Gottman published Megalopolis, a book about the 300-mile-long urban area between Boston and Washington D.C.

The Oxford Dictionary of Geography defines the term as “any many-centered, multi-city, urban area of more than 10 million inhabitants, generally dominated by low-density settlement and complex networks of economic specialization.” The term megacity refers specifically to the megalopolis areas with more than 10 million people.

Question 21

Minor Civil Division (MCD)

Answer 21

a unit only used in 29 states and usually corresponds to a municipality

Question 22

Census County Divisions

Answer 22

are used in the 21 states that do not have MCDs.

Question 23

Tribal Designated Statistical Area

Answer 23

TDSAs are statistical geographic entities identified and delineated for the Census Bureau by federally recognized American Indian tribes that do not currently have an American Indian reservation and/or off-reservation trust land.

A TDSA is intended to encompass a compact and contiguous area that contains a concentration of individuals who identify with the delineating federally recognized American Indian tribe. TDSAs are also intended to be comparable to American Indian reservations within the same state or region and provide a means for reporting statistical data for the area.

Question 24

Threshold Population

Answer 24

is a term that is under a number of government programs to determine program eligibility. For example, the Phase II Stormwater requirements automatically apply if a city meets the minimum threshold population. Another example is the Threshold Population to qualify to receive Community Development Block Grant Funds.

Question 25

What percent of the population does the ACS reach?

Answer 25

2.5 percent each year.

asks for income received in the last 12 months,

Replaced the long form in decennial Census.

Question 26

American Community Survey

Answer 26

This survey, which replaces the long form in the decennial Census, takes a sample of the population and projects the findings to the population as a whole.