Pitney Bowes Business Insight has engineered the 2010 US Census data provided freely by the US Census Bureau for use with our MapInfo Professional® and TargetPro® products versions 4.5 and higher. This data set contains national-level information gathered under Public Law 94-171 (PL94-171) and contains summary statistics on population and housing subjects derived from questions on the 2010 US Census questionnaire. This product combines the 2010 Census TIGER/Line boundaries in MapInfo TAB format with the PL94-171 data. Population counts, aggregated to several geographic levels, are presented for the total population and for the population 18 years and over (the voting-age population). This data is used in political redistricting, which is the process of drawing legislative boundaries of equal population counts consistent with the 2010 Census results. Tabulations of the population by race and Hispanic origin are also included.
The data set contains national-level information gathered under Public Law 94-171 (PL94-171) and contains summary statistics on population and housing subjects derived from questions on the 2010 US Census questionnaire. This product covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
SUBJECT CONTENT
This product contains summary statistics on population and housing subjects derived from questions on the 2010 Census questionnaire. Data gathered includes:
A count of all persons by race
A count of the population 18 years and over by race
A count of Hispanic or Latino and a count of not Hispanic or Latino by race for all persons
A count of Hispanic or Latino and a count of not Hispanic or Latino by race for the population 18 years and over
GEOGRAPHICAL CONTENT
ZIP Code Tabulation Areas
United States
States
Core Based Statistical Areas
Counties
Places
County Subdivisons
Census tract
Block group
While redistricting is the primary use for this first wave of 2010 Census data, many data users will find this information useful for other purposes. In particular, by comparing Census 2010 results to Census 2000 results users can measure population change over the ten-year period. Some areas will show growth while others with show decline. Pitney Bowes Business Insight has provided this data on the Census Bureau’s TIGER/Line 2010-based rosters. While many of the smallest geographic units (census blocks, block groups, and tracts) have changed from the 2000-based version, higher level geographic comparisons between 2000 and 2010 are generally valid.
Similarly, the demographic change in the composition of the population by race and Hispanic or Latino origin can be measured. Tabulations are provided for the total population and for persons not of Hispanic or Latino origin by race.
The PL94-171 data product also contains counts of total housing units, occupied housing units, and vacant housing units. Occupied housing units are considered “households” and are useful for many purposes.
