2010 United States Census

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Twenty-third Census
of the United States
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General Information
Date taken April 1, 2010
Total U.S. population 308,745,538
Percent change Increase 9.7%
Most populous state California
37,253,956
Least populous state Wyoming
563,626
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The twenty-third United States Census, known as Census 2010, is the most recent national census of the United States. National Census Day was April 1, 2010 and is the reference date used in enumerating (counting) individuals.[1] Directors of the 2010 Census made an emphasis on getting an accurate count, an emphasis that included the hiring of 635,000 temporary enumerators.[2][3] The population of the United States was counted as 308,745,538,[4] a 9.7% increase from the 2000 Census.

Introduction[edit]

As required by the United States Constitution, the U.S. census has been conducted every 10 years since 1790. The 2000 U.S. Census was the previous census completed. Participation in the U.S. Census is required by law in Title 13 of the United States Code.[5]

On January 25, 2010, Census Bureau Director Robert Groves personally inaugurated the 2010 Census enumeration by counting World War II veteran Clifton Jackson, a resident of Noorvik, Alaska.[6] Census forms were delivered by the U.S. Post Office beginning March 15, 2010. The number of forms mailed out or hand-delivered by the Census Bureau was approximately 134 million.[7] Although the questionnaire used April 1 as the reference date as to where a person was living, an insert dated March 15, 2010 included the following printed in bold type: "Please complete and mail back the enclosed census form today."

The 2010 Census national mail participation rate was 74%.[8] From April through July 2010, census takers visited households that did not return a form, an operation called "non-response follow-up" (NRFU).

President Obama completing his census form in the Oval Office on March 29, 2010.

In December 2010, the Census Bureau delivered population information to the president for apportionment, and in March 2011, complete redistricting data was delivered to states.[1]

Major changes[edit]

The Census Bureau did not use a long form for the 2010 Census.[9] In several previous censuses, one in six households received this long form, which asked for detailed social and economic information. The 2010 Census used only a short form asking ten basic questions:[9]

  1. How many people were living or staying in this house, apartment, or mobile home on April 1, 2010?
  2. Were there any additional people staying here on April 1, 2010 that you did not include in Question 1? Mark all that apply: (checkboxes for: children; relatives; non-relatives; people staying temporarily; none)
  3. Is this house, apartment, or mobile home – [Checkboxes for owned with a mortgage, owned free and clear, rented, occupied without rent.]
  4. What is your telephone number?
  5. What is Person 1's name? (last, first)
  6. What is Person 1's sex? (male, female)
  7. What is Person 1's age and Person 1's date of birth?
  8. Is Person 1 of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin? (checkboxes for: "No", and several for "Yes" which specify groups of countries)
  9. What is Person 1's race? (checkboxes for 14 including "other". One possibility was "Black, African Am., or Negro".)
  10. Does Person 1 sometimes live or stay somewhere else? (checkboxes for "No", and several locations for "Yes")

The form included space to repeat some or all of these questions for up to twelve residents total.

In contrast to the 2000 census, an Internet response option was not offered, nor was the form available for download.[9][10]

Detailed socioeconomic information collected during past censuses will continue to be collected through the American Community Survey.[10] The survey provides data about communities in the United States on a 1-year or 3-year cycle, depending on the size of the community, rather than once every 10 years. A small percentage of the population on a rotating basis will receive the survey each year, and no household will receive it more than once every five years.[11]

In June 2009, the U.S. Census Bureau announced that it would count same-sex married couples. However, the final form did not contain a separate "same-sex married couple" option. When noting the relationship between household members, same-sex couples who are married could mark their spouses as being "Husband or wife", the same response given by opposite-sex married couples. An "unmarried partner" option was available for couples (whether same-sex or opposite-sex) who were not married.[12]

Cost[edit]

The 2010 census cost $13 billion, approximately $42 per capita; by comparison, the 2010 census per-capita cost for China was about US$1 and for India was US$0.40.[13] Operational costs were $5.4 billion, significantly under the $7 billion budget.[14] In December 2010 the Government Accountability Office (GAO) noted that the cost of conducting the census has approximately doubled each decade since 1970.[13] In a detailed 2004 report to Congress, the GAO called on the Census Bureau to address cost and design issues, and at that time, had estimated the 2010 Census cost to be $11 billion.[15]

In August 2010, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced that the census operational costs came in significantly under budget; of an almost $7 billion operational budget:[14]

  • $650 million was saved in the budget for the door-to-door questioning (NRFU) phase because 72% of households returned mailed questionnaires;
  • $150 million was saved because of lower-than-planned costs in areas including Alaska and tribal lands; and
  • the $800 million emergency fund was not needed.

Locke credited the management practices of Census Bureau director Robert Groves, citing in particular the decision to buy additional advertising in locations where responses lagged, which improved the overall response rate. The agency also has begun to rely more on questioning neighbors or other reliable third parties when a person could not be immediately reached at home, which reduced the cost of follow-up visits. Census data for about 22% of U.S. households that did not reply by mail were based on such outside interviews, Groves said.[14]

Technology[edit]

In 2005, Lockheed Martin won a six-year, $500 million contract to capture and standardize data for the census. The contract includes systems, facilities, and staffing.[citation needed] Information technology was about a quarter of the projected $11.3 billion cost of the decennial census.[16] This was the first census to use hand-held computing devices with GPS capability, although they were only used for the address canvassing operation. The Census Bureau chose to conduct the primary operation, Non-Response Follow Up (NRFU), without using the handheld computing devices.[17][18]

Marketing and undercounts[edit]

Due to allegations surrounding previous censuses that poor people and people of color are routinely undercounted, for the 2010 census, the Census Bureau tried to avoid that bias by enlisting tens of thousands of intermediaries, such as churches, charities and firms, to explain to people the importance of being counted.[7]

In April 2009, the Census Bureau announced that it intended to work with community organizations in an effort to count all illegal immigrants in the United States for the census.[19]

The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) was given a contract to help publicize the importance of the census count and to encourage individuals to fill out their forms. In September 2009, after controversial undercover videos showing four ACORN staffers giving tax advice to a man and a woman posing as a prostitute, the Bureau canceled ACORN's contract.[20] Various American celebrities, including Demi Lovato and Eva Longoria,[21] were used in public service announcements targeting younger people to fill out census forms. Wilmer Valderrama and Rosario Dawson have helped spread census awareness among young Hispanics, a historically low participating ethnicity in the U.S. Census.[22] Rapper Ludacris also participated in efforts to spread awareness of the 2010 Census.[23]

The Census Bureau hired about 635,000 people to find those U.S. residents who had not returned their forms by mail; as of May 28, 2010, 113 census workers have been victims of crime while conducting the census.[3] As of June 29, there were 436 incidents involving assaults or threats against enumerators, more than double the 181 incidents in 2000; one enumerator, attempting to hand-deliver the census forms to a Hawaii County police officer, was arrested for trespassing – the officer's fellow policemen made the arrest.[2]

Some political conservatives and libertarians questioned the validity of the questions and even encouraged people to refuse to answer questions for privacy and constitutional reasons.[24] Michele Bachmann, a conservative Republican Congresswoman from Minnesota, stated that she would not fill out her census form other than to indicate the number of people living in her household because "the Constitution doesn't require any information beyond that."[25] Former Republican Representative and Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr stated that the census has become too intrusive, going beyond mere enumeration (i.e., count) intended by the framers of the U.S. Constitution.[26] According to political commentator Juan Williams, "Census participation rates have been declining since 1970, and if conservatives don't participate, doubts about its accuracy and credibility may become fatal."[24]

As a result, the Census Bureau undertook an unprecedented advertising campaign targeted at encouraging white political conservatives to fill out their forms, in the hope of avoiding an undercount of this group. The 2010 U.S. Census was the primary sponsor at NASCAR races in Atlanta, Bristol, and Martinsville, and sponsored the No. 16 Ford Fusion driven by Greg Biffle for part of the season, because of a marketing survey that indicated most NASCAR fans lean politically conservative.[24] It also ran an advertisement during the 2010 Super Bowl, and hired singer Marie Osmond, who is thought to have many conservative fans, to publicize the census.[24]

2012 election[edit]

The 435 seats of the House grouped by state after adjustment for post-2010 Census apportionment

The results of the 2010 census determined the number of seats that each state receives in the United States House of Representatives starting with the 2012 elections. Consequently, this affected the number of votes each state has in the Electoral College for the 2012 presidential election.

Because of population changes, eighteen states had changes in their number of seats. Eight states gained at least one seat, and ten states lost at least one seat.[27]

Gained four seats Gained two seats Gained one seat Lost one seat Lost two seats
Texas Florida Arizona
Georgia
Nevada
South Carolina
Utah
Washington		 Illinois
Iowa
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Michigan
Missouri
New Jersey
Pennsylvania		 New York
Ohio

Controversies[edit]

Some objected to the counting of persons who are in the United States illegally.[28][29] Republican senators David Vitter and Bob Bennett tried unsuccessfully to add questions on immigration status to the census form.[7]

Organizations such as the Prison Policy Initiative argued that the census counts of incarcerated men and women as residents of prisons, rather than of their pre-incarceration addresses, skewed political clout and resulted in misleading demographic and population data.[30]

The term "Negro" was used in the questionnaire as one of the options for African Americans (Question 9. What is Person (number)'s race? ... Black, African Am., or Negro) as a choice to describe one's race. Census Bureau spokesman Jack Martin explained that "many older African-Americans identified themselves that way, and many still do. Those who identify themselves as Negroes need to be included."[31][32] The word was also used in the 2000 Census, with over 56,000 people identifying themselves as "Negro."[33]

The 2010 census contained ten questions about age, gender, ethnicity, home ownership, and household relationships. Six of the ten questions were to be answered for each individual in the household. Federal law has provisions for fining those who refuse to complete the census form.[34]

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing held a press conference on March 22, 2011 to announce that the city would challenge the city's census results.[35] The challenge, being led by the city's planning department, cited an inconsistency as an example showing a downtown census tract which lost only 60 housing units, but 1,400 people, implying that a downtown jail or dormitory was missed in canvassing.[36]

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg held a conference on March 27, 2011, to announce that the city would also challenge his city's census results, specifically the apparent undercounting in the boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn.[37] Bloomberg said that the numbers for Queens and Brooklyn, the two most populous boroughs, are implausible.[38] According to the Census, they grew by only 0.1% and 1.6%, respectively, while the other boroughs grew by between 3% and 5%. He also stated that the census showed improbably high numbers of vacant housing in vital neighborhoods such as Jackson Heights, Queens.

The District of Columbia announced in August 2011 that it would also challenge its census results. The Mayor's Office claimed that the detailed information provided for 549 census blocks is "nonsensical", listing examples of census data that show housing units located in the middle of a street that do not actually exist. However, officials do not believe the city's total population will drastically change as a result of the challenge.[39]

Clemons v. Department of Commerce[edit]

Main article: Clemons v. Department of Commerce

A 2009 lawsuit, Clemons v. Department of Commerce (see also United States congressional apportionment#Controversy and history), sought a court order for Congress to reapportion the House of Representatives with a greater number of members following the census, to rectify under- and over-representation of some states under the so-called 435 rule established by the Apportionment Act of 1911, which limits the number of U.S. Representatives to that number, meaning that some states are slightly underrepresented proportionate to their true population and that others are slightly overrepresented by the same standard.[clarification needed] Had this occurred, it would have also affected Electoral College apportionment for the 2012–2020 presidential elections.[40] After the court order was not granted, the plaintiffs appealed the case to the United States Supreme Court, and on December 13, 2010, the Supreme Court vacated and remanded with instructions to dismiss the complaint for lack of jurisdiction.[41]

From February, 2009, the non-partisan watchdog organization MyTwoCensus.com served as an online repository for criticism about 2010 Census processes.

State rankings[edit]

See also: List of U.S. states and territories by population

The state with the highest percentage rate of growth was Nevada, while the state with the largest population increase was Texas.[42] Michigan, the 8th largest by population, was the only state to lose population (although Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, lost population as well), and the District of Columbia saw its first gain since the 1950s.[43]

Population and population change in the United States by state
Rank State Population as of
2000 Census		 Population as of
2010 Census[44]		 Change Percent
change
1  California 33,871,648 37,253,956 3,382,308 Increase 10.0% Increase
2  Texas 20,851,820 25,145,561 4,293,741 Increase 20.6% Increase
3  New York 18,976,457 19,378,102 401,645 Increase 2.1% Increase
4  Florida 15,982,378 18,801,310 2,818,932 Increase 17.6% Increase
5  Illinois 12,419,293 12,830,632 411,339 Increase 3.3% Increase
6  Pennsylvania 12,281,054 12,702,379 421,325 Increase 3.4% Increase
7  Ohio 11,353,140 11,536,504 183,364 Increase 1.6% Increase
8  Michigan 9,938,444 9,883,640 -54,804 Decrease -0.6% Decrease
9  Georgia 8,186,453 9,687,653 1,501,200 Increase 18.3% Increase
10  North Carolina 8,049,313 9,535,483 1,486,170 Increase 18.5% Increase
11  New Jersey 8,414,350 8,791,894 377,544 Increase 4.5% Increase
12  Virginia 7,078,515 8,001,024 922,509 Increase 13.0% Increase
13  Washington 5,894,121 6,724,540 830,419 Increase 14.1% Increase
14  Massachusetts 6,349,097 6,547,629 198,532 Increase 3.1% Increase
15  Indiana 6,080,485 6,483,802 403,317 Increase 6.6% Increase
16  Arizona 5,130,632 6,392,017 1,261,385 Increase 24.6% Increase
17  Tennessee 5,689,283 6,346,105 656,822 Increase 11.5% Increase
18  Missouri 5,595,211 5,988,927 393,716 Increase 7.0% Increase
19  Maryland 5,296,486 5,773,552 477,066 Increase 9.0% Increase
20  Wisconsin 5,363,675 5,686,986 323,311 Increase 6.0% Increase
21  Minnesota 4,919,479 5,303,925 384,446 Increase 7.8% Increase
22  Colorado 4,301,261 5,029,196 727,935 Increase 16.9% Increase
23  Alabama 4,447,100 4,779,736 332,636 Increase 7.5% Increase
24  South Carolina 4,012,012 4,625,364 613,352 Increase 15.3% Increase
25  Louisiana 4,468,976 4,533,372 64,396 Increase 1.4% Increase
26  Kentucky 4,041,769 4,339,367 297,598 Increase 7.4% Increase
27  Oregon 3,421,399 3,831,074 409,675 Increase 12.0% Increase
28  Oklahoma 3,450,654 3,751,351 300,697 Increase 8.7% Increase
29  Connecticut 3,405,565 3,574,097 168,532 Increase 4.9% Increase
30  Iowa 2,926,324 3,046,355 120,031 Increase 4.1% Increase
31  Mississippi 2,844,658 2,967,297 122,639 Increase 4.3% Increase
32  Arkansas 2,673,400 2,915,918 242,518 Increase 9.1% Increase
33  Kansas 2,688,418 2,853,118 164,700 Increase 6.1% Increase
34  Utah 2,233,169 2,763,885 530,716 Increase 23.8% Increase
35  Nevada 1,998,257 2,700,551 702,294 Increase 35.1% Increase
36  New Mexico 1,819,046 2,059,179 240,133 Increase 13.2% Increase
37  West Virginia 1,808,344 1,852,994 44,650 Increase 2.5% Increase
38  Nebraska 1,711,263 1,826,341 115,078 Increase 6.7% Increase
39  Idaho 1,293,953 1,567,582 273,629 Increase 21.1% Increase
40  Hawaii 1,211,537 1,360,301 148,764 Increase 12.3% Increase
41  Maine 1,274,923 1,328,361 53,438 Increase 4.2% Increase
42  New Hampshire 1,235,786 1,316,470 80,684 Increase 6.5% Increase
43  Rhode Island 1,048,319 1,052,567 4,248 Increase 0.4% Increase
44  Montana 902,195 989,415 87,220 Increase 9.7% Increase
45  Delaware 783,600 897,934 114,334 Increase 14.6% Increase
46  South Dakota 754,844 814,180 59,336 Increase 7.9% Increase
47  Alaska 626,932 710,231 83,299 Increase 13.3% Increase
48  North Dakota 642,200 672,591 30,391 Increase 4.7% Increase
49  Vermont 608,827 625,741 16,914 Increase 2.8% Increase
—  District of Columbia 572,059 601,723 29,664 Increase 5.2% Increase
50  Wyoming 493,782 563,626 69,844 Increase 14.1% Increase
   United States 281,421,906 308,745,538 27,323,632 Increase 9.7% Increase

Metropolitan rankings[edit]

These are core metropolitan rankings versus combined statistical areas. For full list with current data, go to Metropolitan Statistics.

The top 25 Metropolitan Statistical Areas of the United States of America
Rank Metropolitan Statistical Area 2010 Census Encompassing Combined Statistical Area
!000001 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area 19,567,410 New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area
!000002 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area 12,828,837 Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Combined Statistical Area
!000003 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area 9,461,105 Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area
!000004 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area 6,426,214 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK Combined Statistical Area
!000005 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area 5,920,416 Houston-The Woodlands, TX Combined Statistical Area
!000006 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area 5,965,343 Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD Combined Statistical Area
!000007 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area 5,636,232 Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area
!000008 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 5,564,635 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie, FL Combined Statistical Area
!000009 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area 5,286,728 Atlanta–Athens-Clarke County–Sandy Springs, GA Combined Statistical Area
!000010 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area 4,552,402 Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT Combined Statistical Area
!000011 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area 4,335,391 San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area
!000012 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area 4,224,851 Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Combined Statistical Area
!000013 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area 4,192,887
!000014 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area 4,296,250 Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI Combined Statistical Area
!000015 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area 3,439,809 Seattle-Tacoma, WA Combined Statistical Area
!000016 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area 3,348,859 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI Combined Statistical Area
!000017 San Diego-Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area 3,095,313
!000018 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 2,783,243
!000019 St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area 2,787,701 St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL Combined Statistical Area
!000020 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area 2,710,489 Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area
!000021 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area 2,543,482 Denver-Aurora, CO Combined Statistical Area
!000022 Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area 2,356,285 Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-OH-WV Combined Statistical Area
!000023 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area 2,217,012 Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC Combined Statistical Area
!000024 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area 2,226,009 Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA Combined Statistical Area
!000025 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area 2,142,508

City rankings[edit]

Metro rankings are more pertinent to determine economic strength of an area. However, city rankings are also included below.

2010 U.S. city population rankings[45]
Rank City State Population
1 New York New York 8,175,133
2 Los Angeles California 3,792,621
3 Chicago Illinois 2,695,598
4 Houston Texas 2,099,451
5 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1,526,006
6 Phoenix Arizona 1,445,632
7 San Antonio Texas 1,327,407
8 San Diego California 1,307,402
9 Dallas Texas 1,197,816
10 San Jose California 945,942
11 Jacksonville Florida 821,784
12 Indianapolis Indiana 820,445
13 San Francisco California 805,235
14 Austin Texas 790,390
15 Columbus Ohio 787,033
16 Fort Worth Texas 741,206
17 Charlotte North Carolina 731,424
18 Detroit Michigan 713,777
19 El Paso Texas 649,121
20 Memphis Tennessee 646,889
21 Baltimore Maryland 620,961
22 Boston Massachusetts 617,594
23 Seattle Washington 608,660
24 Washington District of Columbia 601,723
25 Nashville Tennessee 601,222

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