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The 2010 Census Results – What it means for the Quad Counties?

Quad Counties All Staff Meeting Hales Corners, WI June 14, 2011 Presented By James Beaudoin , Katherine Curtis, and Dan Veroff Applied Population Laboratory Department of Community & Environmental Sociology UW-Madison/Extension.

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The 2010 Census Results – What it means for the Quad Counties?

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  1. Quad Counties All Staff Meeting Hales Corners, WI June 14, 2011 Presented By James Beaudoin, Katherine Curtis, and Dan Veroff Applied Population Laboratory Department of Community & Environmental Sociology UW-Madison/Extension The 2010 Census Results – What it means for the Quad Counties?

  2. Pop(ulation) Quiz • The Quad Counties population total is about: A. 1.2 million people B. 1.7 million people C. 1.56 million people D. 2.5 million people • The Quad Counties largest minority population is A. Latino B. Black C. Hmong D. Irish • True or False: The Quad Counties housing vacancy rate is more than 10%. • True or False: Quad Counties population is considered to be entirely urban • True or False: More than 20% of Quad Counties jobs are in manufacturing. According to the 2010 Census, about 92% of housing units were occupied. It depends on how you slice it. The counties in the district as urban and metro but there are parts of the county that have rural “densities” American Community Survey data shows that there is a shift towards more service sector jobs -- manufacturing accounts for about 16% of employment.

  3. Today’s Discussion • A new era for data – 2010 Census & the American Community Survey • What can each tell us about the Quad Counties? • Resources for accessing data • Questions

  4. Census Day was April 1, 2010 Point in time count of the population Short Form Only Counts of population & basic demographic characteristics New data still coming out! What about Census 2010 Data?

  5. When Will Data From 2010 Census Be Available? • Data for Reapportionment – released 12/21/10 New state population total: 5,686,986 • Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – March 9, 2011 • Population counts by race/ethnicity • Other data available on a flow basis starting June 2011

  6. Replaces long form Large, continuous survey Produces data for all areas by 2010 Annual updates of data Adds new questions as needed The American Community Surveyaka What happened to the long form?

  7. Results from 2010 Census

  8. Modest Population Growth since 2000

  9. Ex-urban or suburban development?

  10. Housing boom?

  11. What drives pop change in the Quad?

  12. Urban and rural in the district?

  13. Race and Ethnicity, 2010 Census

  14. Which Race/Ethnicity Groups are Growing?

  15. Where are Latinos across the Quad?

  16. Age Structure in Quad Counties, 2010 Oldest Old Baby Boom (born 1946 to 1964) Echo (kids of Baby Boomers)

  17. Age Structure in Quad Counties

  18. Age Group Shifts in the Quad Counties

  19. Changes in Household/Family Makeup? Largest category 10% Decrease 30% Increase

  20. What’s happening with housing occupancy?

  21. What 2010 Census data is still coming out? • Detailed age by race • More detail on households/families and relationships (by race and by age) • Detailed race/ethnicity data (including categories like Hmong) • And, all data will come out for small area geographies like tracts, block groups, blocks

  22. Results from the American Community Survey

  23. American Community Survey data topics • Age, gender, race/ethnicity • Families, children, the elderly • Housing • Education • Work, unemployment • Income, poverty • And much more…

  24. How educated are Quad County residents?

  25. Does education vary across counties?

  26. What are unemployment rates?

  27. How have they changed since 2000?

  28. Does unemployment vary by education?

  29. How does underemployment compare?

  30. Which industries employ residents?

  31. Has this changed since 2000?

  32. What is happening in manufacturing?

  33. What are the income trends?

  34. Is there a connection with race / ethnicity?

  35. Who is most economically vulnerable?

  36. Is poverty on the rise?

  37. How many households are at risk of poverty?

  38. How uneven is the income distribution?

  39. Where is poverty located?

  40. Getting Access to Data

  41. Where can you find 2010 Census and American Community Survey data? • American FactFinder – portal for all census data http://factfinder.census.gov • Applied Population Laboratory – UW-Madison/Extension – data, reports and more http://www.apl.wisc.edu/ • Demographic Services Center – state agency – census data and reports http://www.doa.state.wi.us/section_detail.asp?linkcatid=11&linkid=64&locid=9

  42. American FactFinder • Detailed data • Profiles • Subject tables • Maps • Data available from • Census 2010 • American Community Survey • 1990 & 2000 Census • Other census surveys http://factfinder.census.gov/

  43. What did we learn about the Quad?Questions?

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