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Aren't the "real" 2020 Census populations for cities and counties supposed to be released today (July 1)?
Everything except State numbers released so far have been estimates with 7/2020 data date.
The release of actual 2020 census data is still several weeks from now.
From the link below - "The data will be run and quality checked multiple times prior to release, which are yet further steps in the process that will culminate in the states receiving the final redistricting numbers by August 16."
The release of actual 2020 census data is still several weeks from now.
From the link below - "The data will be run and quality checked multiple times prior to release, which are yet further steps in the process that will culminate in the states receiving the final redistricting numbers by August 16."
Along those lines though - why does it take almost 2 years to issue simple population counts (just the numbers - not all the specifics)? Data date for the census was April 1, 2020. It's now about 14-15 months past that point.
Along those lines though - why does it take almost 2 years to issue simple population counts (just the numbers - not all the specifics)? Data date for the census was April 1, 2020. It's now about 14-15 months past that point.
I think the major issues were that the pandemic slowed down the timeline for following up on non-responding households, and caused difficulty tracking group quarters populations (e.g. university housing). The detailed 2010 Census data started coming out in March 2011, after state totals were published in December 2010. Hopefully we can get back to such a schedule in 2030-2031 for the next census.
Question. Was discussing this with a friend recently and we both could not understand how a state that grows, loses a congressional seat.
Ohio grew (some) but still loses a seat.
Someone with a poly sci degree how me out here please.
The number of congressional seats are finite and proportionate to population distribution. There are only ever 435 seats so while Ohio grew by say 300k people, Texas grew by 3 million people - the congressional representation to population is out of balance, and Ohio would then have more representation per citizen than Texas. To correct this you get reallocation of seats from states that grew less, going to states that grew exponentially more. This keeps each congressional seat roughly representing 760-ish thousand residents.
The number of congressional seats are finite and proportionate to population distribution. There are only ever 435 seats so while Ohio grew by say 300k people, Texas grew by 3 million people - the congressional representation to population is out of balance, and Ohio would then have more representation per citizen than Texas. To correct this you get reallocation of seats from states that grew less, going to states that grew exponentially more. This keeps each congressional seat roughly representing 760-ish thousand residents.
Congress can change that though it seems very unlikely that they will.
It appears that reports of New York's death were greatly exaggerated.
According to what?
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