City and County Data Book, 2007

The County and City Data Book: 2007 has been released. Compiled and issued annually since the 1940s, it incorporates demographic and economic information about the United States from Census Bureau surveys, as well as information from other government and private organizations.

The data cover topics such as population, housing, vital statistics, health care, social programs, education, labor force, wholesale and retail trade, and weather. Geographic areas covered in the County and City Data Book include states, counties, cities with populations of 25,000 or more, and places with 100,000 or more residents.

Aging Statistics

From the National Center for Health Statistics:

New Web Database: Learn More about Aging on the New Data and Statistics Web Site


Direct to Data and Statistics on Older Americans (via CDC/National Center for Health Statistics)


Issues related to aging Americans are increasingly important and will continue to be a factor in our nation’s health. CDC’s new Aging Data and Statistics Web page brings together many information sources on the health of the growing population of older adults in the United States with the aim of improving accessibility to information to guide actions and policies to improve the health of all Americans.

Today there are over 37 million people age 65 and over, and that number is expected to rise to more than 70 million by 2030.

Current statistics reveal that Americans are living longer than ever before. In 1900, life expectancy was approximately 47 years. Americans born in 2007 can expect to live, on average, to age 78. Among people who survive to age 65, the average woman lives another 20 years while the average man lives an additional 17 years.

Census Information

From the Census Department:

Statistics: Minority Population Tops 100 Million (U.S.)

The nation’s minority population reached 100.7 million, according to the national and state estimates by race, Hispanic origin, sex and age released by the U.S. Census Bureau. A year ago, the minority population totaled 98.3 million…California had a minority population of 20.7 million — 21 percent of the nation’s total. Texas had a minority population of 12.2 million — 12 percent of the U.S. total.

There were other milestones reached as well during the July 1, 2005, to July 1, 2006, period: The nation’s black population surpassed 40 million, while the Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander group reached the 1 million mark.

Hispanic remained the largest minority group, with 44.3 million on July 1, 2006 — 14.8 percent of the total population. Black was the second-largest minority group, totaling 40.2 million in 2006. They were followed by Asian (14.9 million), American Indian and Alaska Native (4.5 million), and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (1 million). The population of non-Hispanic whites who indicated no other race totaled 198.7 million in 2006.

See Also: National Characteristics of U.S. Population

Income Distributions

From the Census Department:


The Effect of Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty in the United
States: 2005


Examines how income distributions change when the definition of income is varied to reflect the inclusion or exclusion of different components, such as Social Security, food stamps and income taxes.

Internet address:
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/effect2005/effect2005.html.

National Survey of Youth

From the Bureau of Labor Statistics:

National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997

From the summary and tables:

Nineteen-year-old men were more likely to have dropped out of high school and less likely to be enrolled in college than 19-year-old women, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Women who were high school graduates and not enrolled in college during the October when they were age 18 were more likely than their male counterparts to be attending college the following October. Moreover, women enrolled in college during October when they were age 18 were less likely than men to have dropped out by the following October.

These findings are from the first eight annual rounds of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, which is a nationally representative survey of about 9,000 young men and women who were born during the years 1980 to 1984. These respondents were ages 12 to 17 when first interviewed in 1997, and ages 19 to 25 when interviewed for the eighth time in 2004-05.
The survey provides information on the employment experiences, schooling, family background, social behavior, and other characteristics of these youths.

PDF Version of Announcement and Stats
11 pages.

Source: BLS (via Stuart Basefsky’s IWS Documented News Service)

Social Explorer

Social Explorer
provides easy access to historical census data for the United States through the use of interactive maps .

http://www.socialexplorer.com/pub/home/home.aspx

It also provides:

Seventy years of census data: 1940, 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000 at the neighborhood (census tract), county, state and national levels, easily accessible in the form of interactive data maps and reports.
<http://www.socialexplorer.com/pub/maps/home.aspx> <http://www.socialexplorer.com/pub/help/home.aspx>

A Reports section, similar in operation to the Census Bureau'sAmerican Fact Finder, allows users to directly generate reports about areasof their choice. <http://www.socialexplorer.com/pub/reports/home.aspx>

A Find tool, allowing users to instantly locate cities, zip codes,addresses, counties, towns, townships and other census geographies on themap.

Migration Policy Institute Data Hub

From the Migration Policy Institute:

MPI Data Hub’s First Release: A Cutting-Edge State Data Tool

The newly created MPI Data Hub includes a tool that provides the most current demographic and social information on the foreign born in each state.
Direct to State Data Tool

The MPI Data Hub showcases the most current demographic, social and economic characteristics of US immigrants at the state level, as well as stock, flow, citizenship, asylum, and historical data for 17 countries. Use the interactive maps to see where foreign-born groups live in the United States and the countries of origin and destination of migrants globally.

American Community

From the Census Department:

The American Community: 2004

These three reports present a portrait of racial and ethnic population groups in the United States based on data from the 2004 American Community Survey.
Each report provides information on a number of characteristics (e.g., education, household type, income, commuting, etc.). Data are presented in tables, figures, and maps. In addition, the Asian and Hispanic reports present data for selected detailed groups (Asian Indian, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese for Asians; Guatemalans, Hondurans, Salvadorans, Colombians, Ecuadorians, and Peruvians for Hispanics). Two additional reports on the Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population and the American Indian and Alaska Native population will be released later this year.
Internet address:
The American Community – Hispanics: 2004 http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/acs-03.pdf
The American Community – Blacks: 2004
http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/acs-04.pdf
The American Community – Asians: 2004
http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/acs-05.pdf

2010 Census

State, Local and Tribal Governments Benefit by Early Participation in the 2010 Census

The U.S. Census Bureau has begun mailing informational booklets to all state, local and tribal governments asking for their assistance in providing updated addresses for their communities, part of an early, concerted effort to make the 2010 Census as accurate as possible.

For more information about (LUCA) go to:
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/2010_census/009589.html

"Decennial census data directly affect how more than $200 billion in federal grant funding is distributed to state, local and tribal governments each year," said Bart Peterson, president of the and mayor of Indianapolis, Ind. National League of Cities. "Clearly, the stakes are high, and a partnership with the LUCA program will ensure cities and towns nationwide receive their fair share of funding for neighborhood improvements, public health, education, transportation and much more."
Audio: Colleen Landkamer, president of the National Association of Counties and a county commissioner from Blue Earth County, Minn., has a message for local and tribal governments.
For more information about the 2010 census activities and timeschedules go
to:
http://www.census.gov/2010census/

Emergency Services Revenue Increases

From the Census Department:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FRIDAY, JAN. 26, 2007

Mike Bergman CB07-16
Public Information Office
301-763-3030/763-3762 (fax)
301-457-1037 (TDD)

Emergency and Other Relief Services Revenue Increases
27 Percent in 2005, Census Bureau Reports

Emergency and other relief services firms saw revenue increase from $6.7 billion in 2004 to $8.5 billion in 2005 ¾ a 27 percent rise ¾ according to a report released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.

The report, 2005 Service Annual Survey (SAS): Health Care and Social Assistance, shows revenue for firms with paid employees. Other 2004-2005 changes:

· Within the medical and diagnostic laboratories industry, revenue provided by government entities (excluding Medicare and Medicaid) rose from $180 million
to $227 million, a 26 percent increase.

· Revenue for continuing care retirement communities rose from $16.3 billion to
$18 billion, a 10 percent rise.

· Hospital revenue rose 7 percent from $569 billion to $611 billion.

· Revenue provided by worker’s compensation for chiropractors fell from
$812 million to $714 million, a 12 percent decrease.

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Editor’s Note: The report can be accessed at http://www.census.gov/econ/www/servmenu.html

The estimates are from a newly selected sample for the 2005 SAS based on the 2002 NAICS and apply only to employer firms. Estimates contain sampling and nonsampling errors. To keep the identity of an individual firm confidential, some estimates may be suppressed. Users making their own estimates, based on the survey estimates, should cite the U.S. Census Bureau as the source of the original estimates only. See for measures of sampling variability and other survey information.

Census Information

Here are two tools to help you answer the question "How did our area respond in Census 2000?"
The Tract Level Planning Database with Census 2000 Data is a database that assembles a range of housing, demographic, and socioeconomic variables that are correlated with mail nonresponse. The Tract Level Planning Database with Census 2000 Data is one of many resource tools to aid the many planning activities leading up to the 2010 Census.
Below are links to the tract-level planning database with Census 2000 data.
It includes the "hard to count scores" by census tract. It does not include the Census 2000 mail return rates (with characteristics).
http://www.census.gov/procur/www/2010communications/library.html
The mail response rates (participation rates) by tract can be found at:
http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/rates.html.
NOTE: Data users may need to link both databases. The 2 databases have different geographies. The Planning database is based on tabulation geography. The Mail Response/Participation rates database is based on collection geography.
Please contact your local State Data Center for assistance with Census Bureau data and programs. The data center addresses can be found at:
http://www.census.gov/sdc/www/

State Population Estimates

From the Census Department:

State Population Estimates: July 1, 2006 Internet tables showing July 1, 2006, population estimates and components of change for the nation, states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico. These are the first state estimates to reflect the population movement resulting from hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
LOUISIANA lost almost 5 percent of its pre-Hurricane Katrina population during the course of the year. Louisiana's population totaled 4.3 million on July 1, 2006, down nearly 220,000 from one year earlier. During the previous one-year period (July 1, 2004 to July 1, 2005), Louisiana?s population had grown by 12,000 to 4.5 million.
ARIZONA was the nation's fastest-growing state over the period, breaking Nevada's 19-year grip on the title, with its population rising 3.6 percent. Nevada ranked second this time, as its population climbed by 3.5 percent, followed by Idaho (2.6 percent), Georgia (2.6 percent) and Texas
(2.5 percent).
TEXAS gained more people than any other state between July 1, 2005 and July 1, 2006 (579,275). Florida and California followed, gaining 321,697 and 303,402, respectively. Rounding out the top five states were Georgia
(231,388) and Arizona (213,311).
CALIFORNIA remains the most populous state with a population of 36.5 million on July 1, 2006. Rounding out the top five states were Texas (23.5 million), New York (19.3 million), Florida (18.1 million) and Illinois
(12.8 million).
The WEST has replaced the south as the fastest-growing region with its population climbing by 1.5 percent. The South followed (1.4 percent), with the Midwest third (0.4 percent) and the Northeast fourth (0.1 percent).
For more information, visit <
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/007910.html