Population estimates for 2020 districts in NC
As this article from 538 details, the 2020 election in North Carolina was held under newly redrawn maps. Districts for the U.S. House, state Senate, and state House seats were redrawn after a...
View ArticleNC in Focus: 2020 Veteran’s Snapshot
Active-duty military personnel and veterans have a significant presence in North Carolina. North Carolina is home to two major military bases— Fort Bragg (Army) and Camp Lejeune (Marine Corps)—in...
View ArticleWhat comes next with the 2020 Census?
The 2020 Census data collection officially ended on October 15 th. In a typical year, we would expect to receive apportionment counts for the U.S. House of Representatives by December 31st and the...
View ArticleCOVID-19 cases across NC counties
It’s been nearly a year since our lives were first disrupted by the global COVID-19 pandemic. What do cumulative case counts, deaths, and vaccination levels look like in North Carolina? Here’s the...
View ArticleUnderstanding declines in NC public school enrollment
Across the country, fewer students are showing up in traditional public schools because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. We have looked at attendance data from the North Carolina Department of Public...
View ArticleCarolina Demography’s Impact in 2020
Way back in 2019, which now seems like eons ago, I wrote a column for Vox about the importance of the upcoming 2020 Census. It started off like this: “For demographers like me, the census is kind of...
View ArticleProposed standards impact who is urban in NC
Two recently published Federal Register Notices address how urban areas will be identified after the 2020 Census data are released and how metropolitan areas will be defined. In this post, we detail...
View ArticleNC urges delayed action on proposed metro standards
The following post is an email message we received from Bob Coats, Governor’s Census Liaison at the North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management, regarding the proposed changes to address how...
View ArticleAccessing demographic data about your community
On March 15, 2021, Stacey Carless, the Executive Director of the NC Counts Coalition, and I presented at the 2021 Rural Summit. We provided a detailed look into trends impacting North Carolina, an...
View ArticleVaccine hesitancy in North Carolina
A poll released last month by the Kaiser Family Foundation indicated that a growing number of people in the United States indicate that they have or will receive at least one dose of a COVID-19...
View ArticleCensus 2020: NC gains a 14th seat in the House of Representatives
The U.S. Census Bureau just released the first look at the results from the 2020 Census. The U.S. population is now 331,449,281. The nation grew by 22,703,743 or 7.4% since 2010. This represents the...
View ArticleMemorial Day snapshot: Who are NC’s veterans?
We publish an annual post with statistics about North Carolina’s veteran population. The most current version of that profile was published in November 2020. The profile contains the following...
View ArticleEarly signs indicate pandemic baby bust
Early in the pandemic, many joked about the potential for enforced proximity in March to yield a baby boom later in the year. (Many others, including most demographers, suggested otherwise.) With...
View ArticleWhere are North Carolina’s newest residents moving from?
The majority of North Carolina’s growth over the past few decades has been from net migration, meaning more people moved here than moved away. Recent population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau...
View ArticlePreview: What redistricting means for North Carolina
This is the first post in a three-part series previewing redistricting in North Carolina. Other posts preview what redistricting means for NC’s House and what redistricting means for NC’s Senate....
View ArticlePreview: What redistricting means for NC’s House
This is the second post in a three-part series previewing redistricting in North Carolina. Other posts provide an overview of redistricting and a preview of what redistricting means for NC’s Senate....
View ArticlePreview: What redistricting means for NC’s Senate
This is the third post in a three-part series previewing redistricting in North Carolina. Earlier posts provide an overview of redistricting and a preview of what redistricting means for NC’s House....
View ArticleHow COVID-19 will impact educational data
Earlier this year, we documented what we have learned so far about the pandemic’s effect on the educational system in NC. In this post, we detail how we expect data to be impacted across the education...
View ArticleHow the Census Bureau ensures complete and accurate data
Once a decade we count everyone living in the United States in the decennial census, as we have done every ten years since 1790. Trying to count all Americans once—and only once—and in the right place...
View ArticleDeep dive: Key Census data releases about population
In addition to the decennial census—the once-a-decade count of all persons and households in the United States—the U.S. Census Bureau regularly conducts more than 130 surveys and programs that help us...
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