@violanorth Demographer here. MN pop will begins to decline by about 2040 if not for in migration from other states or countries. So we have 1 gen or less of growth from the people who already live here.
In the US there are about 122 women for every 100 men among college graduates in the age range 25-34. After increasing for more than 40 years, the number peaked in 2010 at 129.
Last week I wrote a letter to the @nytimes responding to their April 22 article on census error and disclosure control. I guess they declined to publish it, so here it is. 1/2
Chart: International refugee crises, 1960-present
Already, 9% of Ukraine's pre-war population has fled to another country. That's more than 3.7 million people, the sixth-greatest upheaval in absolute numbers in the past 60+ years. https://t.co/fCaH4qBxHD
Within weeks, I think Mississsippi will top US states on per capita covid mortality, leapfrogging Mass., NY, NJ.
The states in the northeast experienced profound mortality in 2020 before the vaccine was available.
So much mortality so deep into vax's availability, is our shame.
The @uscensusbureau released redistricting data today! Our office has reformatted the most-requested data into easy-to-use CSV files, so that #mnleg and others in MN can use the data for redistricting work. Tell us what you are using #2020Census data for?
https://t.co/52wZxsKYnr
BREAKING: Redistricting data from the 2020 census will be released on Aug. 12, the Census Bureau says, after months of delays caused by the pandemic and Trump officials’ interference with the count’s schedule
https://t.co/J5XLq6FH88
/1. Yesterday at the ACS Data Users Conference, the Census Bureau described its plans to replace the American Community Survey (ACS) microdata with “fully synthetic” data over the next three years.
I wrote about how as few as 26 people in census numbers can determine how much influence your state has in Congress and in picking future presidents for a decade
https://t.co/auzxKQEDoK
Life expectancy in the U.S. fell by a full year in the first half of 2020. It was the largest drop since World War II and the first full picture of the deadly consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. https://t.co/EfBd7RkLAZ
NEW: Sen. @brianschatz, D-Hawaii, tells me the Census Bureau "should take all the time it needs" to report accurate 2020 census results and he'll work with the bureau on a new Senate bill that extends legal reporting deadlines.
My updated story:
https://t.co/oHTS2gXSTb
BREAKING: The 2020 census results used to determine each state’s share of votes in the House of Representatives and the Electoral College for the next 10 years are now expected to be released on April 30, Census Bureau official Kathleen Styles announced during @NCSLorg webinar