Random Facts and Stats

Question 1

Is there a larger portion of women or men over the age of 65?

Answer 1

Women

Question 2

According to a 2016 study, what was the wage gap between full-time women and men?

Answer 2

20%

Question 3

Do women and men have different safety needs and uses of transportation?

Answer 3

yes

Question 4

Do femenist planners tend to reject or align with the rational planning model?

Answer 4

reject

Question 5

What populations are more likely to be killed by a car while walking?

Answer 5

• elderly and minority populations
• native american men are 4x more likely than white men
• black and hispanic men are 2x more likely than white men

Minority households are more likely to be without a vehicle and therefore walk more

Question 6

The non-hispanic white population will become a minority by what year?

Answer 6

2050

Question 7

How with the nation’s older population change between 2005 and 2050?

Answer 7

it will more than double

Question 8

fill in the blank…

The 2020 Decennial Census of Population was the ____census in US history

Answer 8

24th

Question 9

Which census was the first time that all households were invited to respond online?

Answer 9

2020

Question 10

What was the most significant change in the 2010 Decennial Census of Population and Housing?

Answer 10

the long form was discontinued and all households only received the short form with 10 questions

Question 11

What did the Census Bureau do in 2010 to try to avoid undercounting in the census?

Answer 11

they enlisted thousands of groups, such as churches, charities, and other organizations to promote the importance of participating in the count

Question 12

What percentage of households received the long form of the 2000 Decennial Census? (the sample population)

Answer 12

approximately 17% of households

Question 13

What percentage of households received the short form of the 2000 Decennial Census?

Answer 13

83%

Question 14

What did the 2000 Decennial Census short form cover?

Answer 14

7 subjects: name, age, gender, race, Hispanic ethnicity, relationships between household members, and whether the home was rented or owned by the householder.

Question 15

When was the first time the census allowed the respondents to select more than one race that they identify as?

Answer 15

2000

Question 16

What percent of US households responded to the 1990 and 2000 census? How did they respond?

Answer 16

• 65%
• by mail

Question 17

What percent of US households responded to the 2010 census? How did they respond?

Answer 17

• 74%
• by mail
• this was followed up with phone calls and in-person census workers

Question 18

What percent of US households responded to the 2020 census? How did they respond?

Answer 18

• 80%
• online

Question 19

What percent of the US population is estimated to live in urban areas now versus in 1950?

Answer 19

83% today versus 64% in 1950

Question 20

Urban Area

According to the US Census Bureau

Answer 20

• a densely settled core of census blocks that meet minimum housing unit density and/or population density requirements
• includes adjacent territory containing non-residential land uses
• must encompass at least 2,000 housing units or have a population of at least 5,000
• term used since the 2020 census

Question 21

Urbanized Area

According to the US Census Bureau

Answer 21

• an area with an urban nucleus of 50,000 or more people
• may or may not contain individual cities of 50,000 or more
• term is no longer used

Question 22

Urban Cluster

According to the US Census Bureau

Answer 22

• had at least 2,500 but less than 50,000 persons
• had a population density of 1,000 persons per square mile
• delineation of built-up territory around small towns and cities
• term used from 2000 to 2020

Question 23

What is the term for a densely settled core of census tracts encompassing at least 2,000 housing units or with a population of at least 5,000?

Answer 23

Urban Area

Question 24

What was the term for an urban nucleus of 50,000 or more people?

Answer 24

Urbanized area

Question 25

What was the term for a geography with between 2,500 and 50,000 people and a population density of 1,000 people per square mile?

Answer 25

Urban Cluster

Question 26

In 2010, what percent of the US population lived in urban clusters? How many urban clusters?

Answer 26

9.5% of the US population lived in 3,087 urban clusters

Question 27

Metropolitan Statistical Area | MSA

Answer 27

* includes at least one city with 50,000 or more inhabitants or an urbanized area * total metropolitan population of at least 100,000

Question 28

Micropolitan Statistical Area

Answer 28

* population between 10,000 - 50,000 * includes a central county and adjacent counties that have a high degree of social and economic integration measured by commuting

Question 29

Census Designated Place | CDP

Answer 29

* equivalent to an incorporated place for data purposes * for settled concentrations of population that are not incorporated

Question 30

Core Based Statistical Area | CBSA

Answer 30

* defined by the US Office of Budget * core area with at least 10,000 people that when combined with other adjacent communities is socially and economically integrated

Question 30

Megalopolis

Answer 30

* from book by Jean Gottman (1961) * 300-mile-long urban area between Boston and Washington D.C. * 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 ## Footnote megacity refers to the megalopolis areas with more than 10million people

Question 31

Census Tract

Answer 31

* population between 2,000 and 8,000 people * smallest area where all information is released

Question 32

Census Block

Answer 32

* 400 housing units per block * smallest level at which the census data is collected

Question 33

Census Block Group

Answer 33

* contain 600 - 3,000 people * group of census blocks * used to present data and control block numbering

Question 34

Minor Civil Division | MCD

Answer 34

* only used in 29 states * usually corresponds to a municipality

Question 35

Census County Division

Answer 35

used in the 21 states that do not have minor civil divisions

Question 36

tribal designated statistical area

Answer 36

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

Question 37

threshold population

Answer 37

population of an area required to be eligible for certain government programs

Question 38

Public Use Microdata Sample | PUMS

Answer 38

individual level responses to the American Community Survey that is used to create the summary and detail tables the Census publishes

Question 39

Public Use Microdata Areas | PUMAs

Answer 39

* non-overlapping areas that partition each state into areas containing about 100,000 residents * developed to be the most detailed geographic area available in the Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) * boundaries are updated with each decennial census

Question 40

What 5 states saw the largest numeric population increases between 2010 and 2020?

Answer 40

* Texas * Florida * California * Georgia * Washington

Question 41

When did the American Community Survey begin on a nationwide basis?

Answer 41

2005

Question 42

American Community Survey

Answer 42

* replaces the long form in the decennial census * takes a sample of the population and projects the findings to the population as a whole * since 2005 * rotates annually so no household receives the survey more than once every 5 years

Question 43

What percent of the US population does the American Community Survey reach each year?

Answer 43

* 2.5% * 1 in 40 addresses * approximately 3 million households

Question 44

How frequently is ACS data available for areas with a population of 65,000 or more? For smaller areas?

Answer 44

* annually for 65K+ * every 3 to 5 years for smaller

Question 45

What is the significant difference between how the ACS asks about income compared to the long form of the census?

Answer 45

ACS asks for income received in the last 12 months (rolling basis) rather than for just the year preceding the census year

Question 46

When is individual respondent information on the census and ACS released by the national archives?

Answer 46

after 72 years

Question 47

Baby Boomers

Answer 47

* born 1946 to 1964 * exceptionally high birth rate during this period

Question 48

Generation X

Answer 48

* born between 1965 and 1976 * period of low birth rates ## Footnote Some sources say 1965-1980

Question 49

Millennials

Answer 49

* born 1977 to 2000 * children of baby boomers ## Footnote some sources site through 1981-1996

Question 50

Generation Z

Answer 50

* born 2000 to 2010ish ## Footnote some sources say 1997 - 2012

Question 51

Generation Alpha

Answer 51

* born 2010s-2020s

Question 52

In what year will baby boomers be older than 65? This is when 1 in every ____ people will be of retirement age

Answer 52

* 2030 * 1 in every 5

Question 53

In what year is immigration projected to overtake the natural increase (excess of births over deaths) as the primary driver for population growth in the US?

Answer 53

2030

Question 54

In what year do we project older adults will outnumber children for the first time in US history?

Answer 54

2034

Question 55

By how many people is the US population is expected to grow by 2060?

Answer 55

79 million

Question 56

In what year will the US population exceed 400 million?

Answer 56

2058

Question 57

By 2030, people over the age of 65 are expected to represent what percent of the US Population?

Answer 57

20%