2011 Data Products from the Census Bureau: 2010 Census Results, ACS

Releases, Survey Data & Other Products

Paula Wright

Partnership & Data Information Specialist

Census Bureau, Dallas Regional Office

Texas State Data Center/Business & Industry Data Center

Annual Affiliates Meeting: May 24 – 25, 2011

Austin, TX

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2010 Census Results: 2011• 2010 Census Redistricting Data ( P.L. 94-171)

February – March 2011– State population counts for race and Hispanic categories– State housing unit counts by occupancy status

• National Summary File of Redistricting Data April 2011

– Population and housing counts for the U.S., regions, divisions, and American Indians, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Areas

• Advance Group Quarters Summary File April 2011

– FTP product only: RDO Website: http://www.census.gov/rdo/data/2010_census_advance_group_quarters_summary_file.html

• Demographic Profile May 2011

– Selected population and housing characteristics– Includes Congressional Districts of the 111 th Congress

• Summary File 1 (SF1) June – August 2011

– Population counts for 63 race categories and Hispanic or Latino– Population counts for many detailed race and Hispanic or Latino categories, and American Indian and Alaska Native tribes– Selected population and housing characteristics

2010 Census Results: 2011 (continued)

• National Update November 2011

– Counts for the U.S., regions, divisions, and geographic areas that cross state lines such as American Indian Areas & Core-Based Statistical Areas

• Summary File 2 (SF2) December 2011 – April 2012

– Population and housing characteristics iterated for many detailed race and Hispanic or Latino categories, and American and Alaska Native tribes

• 2010 Census Briefs March 2011 – February 2012

– Analysis of topics including graphs and tables– Topics based on 2010 questions– Similar to Census 2000 Briefs series

• 2010 Census Special Reports June 2011 – June 2013

– Detailed analysis of topics including graphs, tables, and maps– Similar to the Census 2000 Special Report Series & includes an “Atlas”

American Community Survey: 2011 Releases

• These dates have not been published, therefore, they are not “set”

• ACS office hopes to release the:– 2010 1-year estimates: September 2011– 2008-2010 3-year estimates: October 2011– 2006-2010 5-year estimates: December 2011

2007 Economic Census: 2011 Releases

• 26-APR-11 … 2007 Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Company Statistics Series: – Asian-Owned Firms – Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-Owned Firms – Women-Owned Firms – American Indian- and Alaska Native-Owned Firms – Hispanic-Owned Firms – Black-Owned Firms– Veteran-Owned Firms

• 05-APR-11 Economic Census: – Core Business Statistics Series, 2007: Comparative Statistics

• 29-MAR-11 Economic Census: – Core Business Statistics Series, 2007: Bridge Between 2007 NAICS

and 2002 NAICS

Survey Data: 2011 Releases• Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Poverty, 2004-2006. Analytical report on the duration of poverty spells out

the frequency of transitions into and out of poverty based on the Survey of Income and Program Participation. It focuses on episodic and chronic poverty, length of poverty, exits from poverty and the characteristics of the affected population.

• Educational Attainment in the United States: 2010. Who is more likely to have earned a college degree – men or women? How many of us who begin work toward a degree actually earn one? Tables from the Current Population Survey present national data on the highest level of education achieved, making it possible to determine how close people came to graduating.

• School Enrollment in the United States: 2009. Statistics describing a wide variety of demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of students at all levels of school, from nursery to graduate. The data come from the Current Population Survey; historical tables are provided with annual statistics back in some cases as far as 1956.

• Fertility of American Women: 2010. Women with a college degree are experiencing a “delayer boom,” giving birth at a later age than other women but still having fewer children overall by the end of their childbearing years, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today.  The finding comes from a comparison of the 2000 and 2010 Fertility Supplements to the Current Population Survey.

• Number, Timing, and Duration of Marriages and Divorces: 2009. Comprehensive data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation on the marital history of adults, covering topics such as the frequency of remarriage, duration of marriages, number of times ever married, median age at marriage and divorce and median time to remarriage following divorce.

Other: 2011 Releases

• May 9, 2011 -- Plato, Mo. Celebrates Recognition as the 2010 Census U.S. Center of Population …– Townspeople, elected representatives,

government officials and hundreds of students celebrated the naming of Plato, as the 2010 Census U.S. center of population. Amid music, speeches, banners and cheers, village chairman Bob Biram welcomed the crowd, saying, “We’re proud of our village. As one of our students said, ‘we’re in the middle of nowhere; now we are in the middle of everywhere.’”