New Data for Vermont and our Communities: A Focus on Programs of the U.S. Census Bureau Town Officer Education Seminars uvm.

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1 New Data for Vermont and our Communities: A Focus on Programs of the U.S. Census Bureau 2011 Town Officer Education Seminars

2 Our Focus Today

3 Accessing the Data Target to serve 2010 Census and ACS 5 year data in Summer/Fall 2011.

4 American FactFinder factfinder.census.gov factfinder2.census.gov

5 February 2011 Population Age 18 Race and Ethnicity Occupied and Vacant Housing

6 More on the Way Age Household size and composition Housing tenure and vacancy types Full dataset Including urban and rural counts

7 Review of Changes in 2010

8 Which one do I Use? Even after it is getting old But nowhere near as accurate as Census

9 2010 Census Vermont s resident population on April 1, 2010 was 625,741. Growth rate of 2.8% from 2000 Rate of growth 44 th in the nation

10 Share of State Population County % Change Addison County Bennington County Caledonia County Chittenden County Essex County Franklin County Grand Isle County Lamoille County Orange County Orleans County Rutland County Washington County Windham County Windsor County

11 Traditional Centers Brattleboro Morristown St. Albans City

12 Rural and New Growth Stowe Belvidere Fairfax

13 New and Old Dynamics Communities with Designated Downtowns as a Proxy

14 Across the State Towns as share of State Population. Keyed to 4 equal groups in

15 Percent Loss of Population Under Vermont statewide lost 12.4% (more than 18,000) U.S. Census Bureau 2000 & 2010 Census

16 Doubtful of Your Count?

17 New American FactFinder factfinder2.census.gov Source for 2010 Census

18 Here for choosing data and datasets Here for geography

19 Topic, Dataset, 2010 Census

20 For Towns: Choose County Subdivisions! Dataset Chosen Here Geography, Summary Level, County Subdivisions

21 Search or Choose All

22 Options Chosen Here Choose a Table!

23 Total Population

24 American Community Survey

25 American Community Survey

26 American Community Survey Combine more than one year s sample Not Averages!

27 ACS and Availability 1 Year Estimates Latest 2009 For Vermont and Chittenden County 3 Year Estimates Latest For Vermont, 12 Counties and Burlington 5 Year Estimates Latest For All Geographies Always compare within the same period estimate. E.g. don t compare 3 year data to 5 year data

28 Multi Year Estimates Example of 5-year average graph Only two values truly independent of each other Average % year period

29 ACS Test Site Data Courtesy of Nebraska State Data Center Multi-year estimates subject to lag in reflection of trends.

30 Margins of Error American Community Survey Poverty Rate Estimate MOE Vermont COUNTY Addison County Bennington County Caledonia County Chittenden County Essex County Franklin County Grand Isle County Lamoille County Orange County Orleans County Rutland County Washington County Windham County Windsor County Data actually in ranges Allow tests for statistical significance

31 Statistical Significance American Community Survey Poverty Rate Estimate MOE Vermont COUNTY Essex County Orleans County Caledonia County Lamoille County Addison County Rutland County Bennington County Franklin County Windham County Chittenden County Washington County Windsor County Orange County Grand Isle County Not Statistically Different

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33 Median Household Income 1999 Adjusted 2005 for Inflation to Geography (BLS) 2009 Margin Trend Vermont 40,856 52,610 51,284 ±467 Addison County 43,142 55,554 55,427 ±1,796 Bennington County 39,926 51,413 46,265 ±2,247 Caledonia County 34,800 44,812 41,897 ±1,607 Chittenden County 47,673 61,389 59,634 ±1,372 Essex County 30,490 39,262 40,046 ±2,771 Franklin County 41,659 53,644 52,279 ±1,799 Grand Isle County 43,033 55,414 56,202 ±2,522 Lamoille County 39,356 50,679 51,037 ±2,260 Orange County 39,855 51,321 51,011 ±1,515 Orleans County 31,084 40,027 40,605 ±1,295 Rutland County 36,743 47,314 46,153 ±1,287 Washington County 40,972 52,760 54,227 ±1,637 Windham County 38,204 49,195 46,465 ±1,362 Windsor County 40,688 52,394 51,066 ±1,658 Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census and American Community Survey

34 Median Household Income, ( previous 12 months ) U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey Note: Margins of Error not shown

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36 Poverty Rate Geography Vermont ±0.4 Addison County ±1.4 Bennington County ±1.9 Caledonia County ±1.6 Chittenden County ±0.7 Essex County ±2.2 Franklin County ±1.7 Grand Isle County ±1.7 Lamoille County ±2.1 Orange County ±1.4 Orleans County ±1.5 Rutland County ±1.1 Washington County ±1.2 Windham County ±1.4 Windsor County ± Margin Trend Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census and American Community Survey

37 % People Below Poverty, ( previous 12 months ) U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey Note: Margins of Error not shown

38 Accessing the ACS

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51 Distance people travel to work

52 Where People Commute to

53 Labor Market Profile

54 Web Links Vermont State Data Center American FactFinder LEHD On the Map American Community Survey Info Vermont Indicators Online Vermont Housing Data

55 Host a Presentation!

56 Find this Presentation

57 Thank you! resources and expertise to support rural people and communities Will Chip Sawyer Vermont State Data Center at the UVM Center for Rural Studies crs.uvm.edu/census U.S. Census Bureau: census.gov This presentation contains materials based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, under Award No Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author s and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Special thanks to Senator Patrick Leahy.