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Friday, September 11. 2009

2009 World Population Data Sheet Posted by Jane Delung at 16:38

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2009 World Population Data Sheet

The Population Reference Bureau has published its 2009 World Population Data Sheet . Some of the highlights include

Africa's population has just passed 1 billion and will double by 2050.

Nigeria, Niger and Uganda have some of the highest growth rates in the world

Nearly have the world's population lives on less than US $2per day.

The largest number of the desperately poor live in Asia but Africa has the highest percentage of individuals living on US $2 per day.

HIV prevalence now appears to be on the decline in Africa, but rates are still far higher than in other world regions. 26 percent of the population of Swaziland ages 15 to 49 is HIV positive. This is the highest rate in the world.

The birth rate among U.S. teenagers is twice as high as the average for all developed countries. The U.S. rate is 42 births per 1,000 teenage girls (ages 15-19); the rate for all developed countries is 21 per 1,000.

The World Population Data Sheet is one of the most important information tools one can have. I recommend the old fashioned hard copy rather than using it on the internet. It is actually much faster to grab the data sheet and look at a country and to see the country in the context of its region and the world. While the sheet can be downloaded from PRB the printed copy is really the most useful. It provides an incredible amount of data on population fertility, mortality and environment for nations and regions of the world. This year they have added metric tons of c02 emissions per capita. The United States emits 19. metric tons per capita while Qatar emits 48.3 per capita. Our impact, of course is bigger.

This sheet enables one to quickly find the size of country, its project population growth to 2050, the infant mortality rate, HIV rate, percent of population with HIV/AIDS and the percent of women using contraception.

The beauty of the Population Data Sheet is the layout by region and country so that you can compare countries within a region and then to the world. I urge everyone interested in population growth to order one from PRB.... or at least download it via the internet.

Friday, September 11. 2009

UPDATE ON 2010 CENSUS Posted by Jane Delung at 16:31

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UPDATE ON 2010 CENSUS

UPDATE on AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY AND 2010 CENSUS

On September 22, 2009, the Census Bureau will release the 2008 one-year estimates from the American Community Survey. These data will be for congressional districts (700,000 people) and for all counties, cities and metropolitan areas with a population of 65,000 or greater.

Included on the reports are income, earnings, and poverty data as well as all other ACS estimates on social, economic, demographic, and housing characteristics. This release will include data on health insurance coverage, marital history, and veterans' service-connected disability for the first time.

On October 27, 2009, the Census Bureau will release the 2006-2008 ACS 3-year estimates, based on data collected from 2006-2008, for all geographic areas with populations of 20,000 or more. Included are the estimates on social, economic, demographic and housing characteristics.

Since 2005, single-year estimates have been available every year for geographies with population of 65,000 or more. In December 2008, the Bureau released three-year estimates for geographies with populations of 20,000. The American Community Survey plans to release five-year estimates for all geographies by the end of 2010 and refresh these estimates every year thereafter.

All data products from the American Community Survey can be found on the American FactFinder. Current and historical data from the American Community Survey can also be found on the FTP site.

The ACS was launched nationwide in 2005 (group quarters were added in 2006) to gather a wide range of economic, demographic, and housing information previously gathered only once-a-decade on the decennial census "long form." As a result, the 2010 census will feature only a "short form," with 10 questions covering six topics.

The American Community Survey provides summarized data for social, economic, housing, and demographic estimates. Many of these estimates are cross tabulated by various characteristics. The summarized data products are designed to provide statistics with a level of subject and geographic detail that are sufficient for most data users. These products include tabular and narrative profiles, year-to-year comparison profiles, selected population profiles, detailed summary tables, subject tables, ranking tables by state, and geographic comparison tables.

ABOUT THE HOUSEHOLD

Is the housing unit owned or rented

Telephone number

How many people live in the residence?

If any additional people who lived at the residence on April 1, 2010, were not included

ABOUT EACH RESIDENT:

Name

Sex

Age/date of birth

Relationship to the person who owns or rents this residence

Hispanic origin

Race