Census

Question 1

2010 Census mail response rate

Answer 1

74%

Question 2

Urbanized Area

Answer 2

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 3

Urban Cluster

Answer 3

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 4

Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

Answer 4

includes at least one city with 50,000 or more inhabitants, or an urbanized area (of at least 50,000 inhabitants), and a total metropolitan population of at least 100,000.

Question 5

Micropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

Answer 5

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 6

Census Designated Places (CDP)

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Consolidated MSA (CMSA)

Answer 7

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 8

Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA)

Answer 8

is defined by the US Office and Budget to provide data description for areas where there is a core area with at least 10,000 people that when combined with other adjacent communities is socially and economically integrated.

Question 9

Megalopolis

Answer 9

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 10

Census Tract

Answer 10

It is the smallest area where all information is released.

typically has a population between 2,000 and 8,000 people

Question 11

Census Block

Answer 11

is the smallest level at which the Census data is collected. There are typically 400 housing units per block.

Question 12

Census Block Group

Answer 12

is a group of Census Blocks. They generally contain 600-3,000 people, and are used to present data and control block numbering.

Question 13

Minor Civil Division (MCD)

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Census County Divisions

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Tribal Designated Statistical Area

Answer 15

is a unit drawn by tribes that do not have a recognized land area. These are defined independently of the standard county-based census delineations.

Question 16

Threshold Population

Answer 16

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 17

Fastest growing states

Answer 17

Nevada, Arizona, Utah

Question 18

What percent of the population does the ACS reach?

Answer 18

2.5 percent each year.

asks for income received in the last 12 months,

Replaced the long form in decennial Census.