Re: [CTPP] Census pop estimates

The bottom line here is that the Census Bureau has abandoned its previous methods for calculating the subcounty estimates. For 2011, they basically carried the county % change in household population down to the sub-county units (MCDs and places), apparently holding the GQ pop count the same as the 2010 count (most of the time). In my personal view, coming from a strong MCD state, it would have been better if they had just not done 2011 estimates at all. Patty Becker At 08:57 AM 7/2/2012, Ed Christopher wrote: This is an interesting article Wendell Cox sent me from a friend of friend. We all remember when the Census Bureau changed from using county based estimates to using sub-county estimates in 2009 which are then used to factor and weight the ACS. I had thought the process of going from a county to a sub-county was a little more sophisticated but maybe its not. http://www.urbanophile.com/2012/06/30/misreferencing-misoverestimated-popul… -- Ed Christopher 708-283-3534 (V) 708-574-8131 (cell) FHWA RC-TST-PLN 4749 Lincoln Mall Drive, Suite 600 Matteson, IL 60443 _______________________________________________ ctpp-news mailing list ctpp-news(a)ryoko.chrispy.net http://ryoko.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/ctpp-news ** **------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patricia C. (Patty) Becker ** ** 248/354-6520 APB Associates/SEMCC ** ** FAX 248/354-6645 28300 Franklin Road** **** ** Home 248/355-2428 Southfield, MI 48034 pbecker(a)umich.edu _______________________________________________ ctpp-news mailing list ctpp-news(a)ryoko.chrispy.net http://ryoko.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/ctpp-news