Census Information - Census 2000 - 2010
Contents
- About Census 2000 & Census 2010
- Background to 2000 Census
- Census 2010 Preparations
- Results of 2000 Census - Federal and Washington State
- Results of 2000 Census - Washington Local Governments
- Redistricting in Washington State
- Related MRSC Pages
About Census 2000 & Census 2010
April 1 was Census Day for the year 2000. The next census is April 1, 2010. Every 10 years, the Census Bureau conducts a complete count of all persons resident in the United States. The U.S. Constitution requires a census every 10 years to allocate or reapportion seats in the House of Representatives fairly among the 50 states. The census is also used for many other purposes including the allocation of federal and state funds. This page is a collection of sites with information about the results of Census 2000 and preparations for Census 2910.
In February 2007, the U.S. Census Bureau began mailing informational booklets to all state, local and tribal governments asking for their assistance in providing updated addresses for their communities, part of an early, concerted effort to make the 2010 Census as accurate as possible
Background to 2000 Census
- Census 2000 Means $$ to Your Community - MRSC Research News, June 1998
- Census 2000: A Status Report for Local Government (
401 KB) - Public Management, November 1999
- How America Knows What it Needs (
KB) - U.S. Census Bureau
Census 2010 Preparations
- Census 2010 - U.S. Census Bureau
- Getting Started on Census 2010, County News, September 17, 2007
- Preparations for 2010: Is the Census Bureau Ready for the Job Ahead? ( 108 KB) - Brookings Metropolitan Policy Brooking's Metropolitan Policy Program Fellow, Andrew Reamer, emphasized the importance of the decennial Census to the nation and assessed the readiness of the federal government for the 2010 census in testimony before a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, July 2007.
- State, Local and Tribal Governments Benefit by Early Participation in the 2010 Census, Census Bureau Press Release, February 1, 2007
Results of 2000 Census - Federal and Washington State
- United State Census 2000
- Washington State Office of Financial Management Census 2000
- CensusScope: Your Portal to Census 2000 Data, Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN) at the University of Michigan
- Living Cities Census Series - Brookings Metropolitan Policy
- Making Sense of the Census, Government Technology, September 2001
- Census 2000 Decision Making Information - Warren Glimpse, Proximity
Results of 2000 Census - Washington Local Governments
- King County
- King County Budget Office - Census Information
- King County Census Viewer - Web-based application that allows the viewing of Census 2000 data for more than 100 community census data indicators for 77 defined places in King County
- Puget Sound Regional Council - Census Data
- Yakima Valley Conference of Governments Census Page
Redistricting in Washington State
- Washington State Redistricting Commission
- Articles on Redistricting from County Legislative Bulletin
- Local Government Web Pages
- Shifting Boundaries: Redistricting in Washington State, Washington Secretary of State, Oral History Program
Other Census Resources
- U.S. Census Bureau Census American Fact Finder
- Living Cities Census Series - Brookings Metropolitan Policy
- Population Reference Bureau