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Webinar Overview. Follow-up. Webinar. John DeWitt Project Manager Social Science Data Analysis Network Lisa Neidert Data Services Population Studies Center. Overview. Touch base Contact us if you need help Manipulation; Interpretation; Sources for quotations
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Webinar Overview Follow-up Webinar John DeWitt Project Manager Social Science Data Analysis Network Lisa Neidert Data Services Population Studies Center
Overview • Touch base • Contact us if you need help • Manipulation; Interpretation; Sources for quotations • Gauge interest in future webinars • Tutorial for re-design of American FactFinder • Other topics? • Touch on Current/Future resources • Review American FactFinder • Questions
Current News • ACS 5-year data released on December 14th • Links to the Distribution of the Population Across the US • Lots of national stories but plenty of room for local stories • Simple items can paint an interesting story • Race, Hispanic, Age, Foreign born, Poverty, Education • Marriage and Family Formation; 30%+ Mortgages • Use all of your geographies • School Districts; Congressional Districts; State legislative districts • Trend Comparisons [19?? – 2010]
Future News • Census 2010 Population Counts release date is December 21st • Should already have an idea of how your state will do • Handful of states on the bubble, but there may be surprises • Will US total population fall within Demographic Analysis estimates? • 305.7 – 312.8 • 72% of difference is driven by different immigration assumptions • Will there by any challenges to the 2010 Census?
Future News • Re-districting • All states have to re-district, not just states that lose/gain seats • Get a head-start by looking at ACS data on Congressional Districts • P.L. 94-171 data released during Feb-Mar on a flow basis • Don’t forget GQ (prison) population • Technical Link (Gerrymandering) • Tobler’s Law, Urbanization, and Electoral Bias
Future News • Additional Releases of ACS Data • 3-year tabular data • 3-year and 5-year PUMS data • Updates to PDQ-Explore • 2009 single year data before 2011 • Population Estimates • Down the road • Ranking stories are always interesting • Biggest losers (population); • Highest gains (percentage); etc. • Components – births, deaths, in-migrants, outmigration, etc.