Census Facts Flashcards
What are the three fastest growing states?
Nevada
Arizona
Uta
Top 10 fastest growing Metros between 200-2010
Palm Coast, Florida
St. George, Utah
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida
Provo-Orem, Utah
Greeley, Colorado
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina
Bend, Oregon
What was the only state between 2000-2010 that lost population?
Michgian
What was the average HH size in 1970?
3.1
What was the average HH size in 2010
2.59
What percent of the US population do the 10 most populous states contain?
54%
What are the three most populous states?
California
Texas
New York
What is the ACS
takes a sample of the population and projects the findings to the population as a whole
It is estimated what percent of the US lives in urban areas?
83%
What does the census bureau consider an urbanized area?
a nucleus of 50,000 or more people. a core with 1,000 people per square mile.
what does the census bureau consider an urban cluster?
at least 2,500 put less than 50,000 pople.
What is a metropolitan statistical area
includes at least one city with 50K or more residents.
What is a micropolitan statistical area
has a population of more than 10K but less than 50K
What is a consolidated MSA
made up of several primary metropolitan statistial areas, i.e. Dallas-Fort Worth
Megalopolis
Jean Gottman, 1961. 300 mile long corridor between Boston and DC.
Many centered, multi-city, urban area of more than 10 million inhabitants.
