Census & Demographics

Question 1

What will happen with the nation’s older population from 2005 through 2050?

Answer 1

It will more than double in size

Question 2

Who will become a minority (47%) by 2050, increasing more slowly than other racial and ethnic groups?

Answer 2

The non-Hispanic white population

Question 3

What was the biggest change about the 2010 decennial census?

Answer 3

The long-form was eliminated, just the short-form (ten questions) was used

Question 4

What percentage of the population now lives in urban areas?

Answer 4

83%

Question 5

Urbanized area

Answer 5

Area with 50,000 or more people. Doesn’t have to be an individual city with 50,000

Question 6

Urban cluster

Answer 6

2,500-50,000 people

Question 7

Micropolitan statistical area (MSA)

Answer 7

10-50,000 residents

Question 8

Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

Answer 8

At least one city with 50,000+ residents, total metro of 100,000

Question 9

Census Designated Places

Answer 9

(CDP) is the equivalent of an incorporated place for data purposes. This is for settled concentrations of population that are not incorporated

Question 10

Consolidated MSA

Answer 10

An example is the Dallas-Fort Worth Consolidated Metropolitan Area. Made up of several primary MSAs

Question 11

Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA)

Answer 11

A core area with at least 10,000 people that when combined with other adjacent communities, is socially and economically integrated

Question 12

Megalopolis

Answer 12

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; Jean Gottman

Question 13

Census Tract

Answer 13

2-8,000 people

Question 14

Census Block

Answer 14

400 housing units/block; smallest level at which census data is collected

Question 15

Census Block Group

Answer 15

A group of census blocks; 600-3,000 people

Question 16

Tribal Designated Statistical Area

Answer 16

Unit drawn by tribes that do not have a recognized land area. Defined independently of the standard county-based census delineations.

Question 17

Threshold Population

Answer 17

determines program eligibility

Question 18

Boomer generation

Answer 18

Born 1946-64

Question 19

Gen X

Answer 19

Born 1965-76

Question 20

Gen Y (millenial)

Answer 20

Born 1980s-90s

Question 21

Gen Z

Answer 21

Born 2000s

Question 22

Census tiers from smallest to largest

Answer 22

block
block group
tract
county
state
division
region
nation

Question 23

ZIP code meaning

Answer 23

Zone Improvement Plan

Question 24

Measure of unemployment rate

Answer 24

Individuals unemployed divided by individuals 16 years of age and older in the labor force