# Presentation: 701321

## First Census 2000 Results:

**Resident Population**
**and Apportionment Counts **

**Notes:**
The 2000 Decennial Census count has been completed.  This presentation gives you a first look at the results of Census 2000, including the apportionment numbers that were delivered to the President in late December 2000. 

This presentation also mentions the next release of information that is used to redraw congressional and local election boundaries. 

## On Census Day, April 1, 2000, the Resident Population was

- 281,421,906

**Notes:**
The nation’s resident population on Census Day, April 1, 2000 was 281, 421,906, a 13.2 percent increase over the 248,709,873 counted in the 1990 census.

The resident population consists of the people living in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 

Speakers Note ---The nation’s apportionment population was 281,424,177 on Census Day.

## U.S. Population Shows Continued Growth

- 1790

- 1800

- 1850

- 1900

- 1950

- 1990

- 2000

**Year**

**Notes:**

As you can see, the U.S. population has grown substantially since the first census in 1790 and has continued to grow from 1990 to 2000. 

Again, this is a 13.2 % increase over the decade or about 1.3 % per year.

## Percent Change in Resident Population 

- Percent Change in Resident Population
- for the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico:1990 to 2000

**Notes:**
This map of the United States, including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, shows the percent change in population from 1990 to 2000. In addition to showing each state’s individual percent change, this map compares each state’s percent change to the overall U.S. rate of change, 13.2%

The darkest green shows a percentage change three times the U.S. rate, while the medium green shows states whose population increased two times U.S. rate, and the lime green shows states that are at the U.S. rate of 13.2%. The palest green, and most prevalent color, indicates growth in population that is less than the U.S. rate.

## 100 Years of Change:Share of U.S. Population by Regions

- 100 Years of Change:Share of U.S. Population by Regions

- 1900

- 2000

- 1950

**Notes:**
Here we have pie charts  for 1900, 1950 and 2000 that show the percentage of the population in each of the four regions: Northeast, South, Midwest and West.

When you look at the population of the U.S. by region in 50 year increments, you see that the South remains consistent over the century, having about 1/3 the U.S. population.  The West, on one hand, shows a significant increase in its share of population.  While the Midwest’s share of the population, on the other hand, has fallen from about a third in 1900 to just under a quarter in 2000.

## Share of Total U.S. Population by Region - Northeast and Midwest

- Share of Total U.S. Population by Region - Northeast and Midwest

**Percent**

**Notes:**
Breaking the numbers down into the four regions we can see the decline in the percentage of the U.S. population living in the Northeast and Midwest over the century.  This bar chart shows the percent decrease in each region for 1900, 1950 and 2000.

The decline in the Northeast and Midwest shown over the century is also reflected in the decline in share of population from 1990 to 2000. 

In 2000, the Northeast had (53,594,378) a 19% share of the population, slightly down from 20.4% in 1990, and down from the 28%  share of the 1900 U.S. population.

The Midwest, in 2000, had (64,392,776) a 22.9% share of the population, down from 24% in 1990, and down from the 35% share of the U.S. population in 1900.

## Share of Total U.S. Population by Region - South and West

- Share of Total U.S. Population by Region - South and West

**Percent**

**Notes:**
This chart shows the South’s and West’s share of U.S. population over the century. The story here is the West:
In 1900 only 6% of the population lived in the West; 100 years later nearly one-fourth of all the U.S. population lives there.

## Numeric Change in Resident Population for the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico: 1990 to 2000

**Notes:**

The U.S., including the District of Columbia, grew by 32.7 million people in the last decade.

Eight states had increases of more than one million in population over the last decade.

States with the highest increases in population during 1990-2000 are:
California, Texas, Florida, Georgia, Arizona, 

## Three States Account for a Third of Population Growth

**Total of 11,021,389**

**Population in millions**

**Notes:**
Three states - California, Texas, and Florida- accounted for about a third of the population growth between 1990 and 2000.

California’s population increased from 29,760,021 in 1990 to 33,871,648 in 2000. As shown in the graph this was a 4.1 million increase in population from 1990 to 2000.

Texas’ increase in population was a close second,with an increase of 3.9 million.  Texas’s population increased from 16,986,510 in 1990 to 20,851,820 in 2000.

While Florida’s population increased by 3.0 million, from 12,937,926 in 1990 to 15,982,378 in 2000.

## Apportionment 

- As stated in the United States Constitution

**Notes:**
One of the reasons we take a census in the United States, a reason specified in the U.S. Constitution, is to determine the number of representatives each state is entitled to in the U.S. Congress.

State population totals are used to “reapportion” the House of Representatives.

##  What is Apportionment?

- 	Apportionment is the process of dividing the 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives among the 50 states.

**Notes:**
The apportionment calculation is based upon the total resident population (citizens and non-citizens) of the 50 states. Apportionment is calculated using the method of equal proportions, in accordance with the provisions of Title 2, U.S. Code.  This method has been used in every census since 1940.  First, each state is assigned one seat.  Then, the remaining 385 seats are distributed using a formula that computes “priority values” based on each state’s apportionment population.

In Census 2000, the apportionment population also includes U.S. Armed Forces personnel and federal civilian employees stationed outside the United States (and their dependents living with them) that can be allocated back to a home state. The populations of the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are excluded from the apportionment population because they they do not have voting seats in the House of Representatives.

Speakers Notes ---The number of seats in the House of Representatives was capped at 435 in 1911.

Each seat represents roughly 647,000 people using the Census 2000 apportionment population.

## Slide 12

**Notes:**
Based on the Decennial count, twelve seats will shift in the U.S. House of Representatives.
8 states will have more representation in the 108th Congress that convenes in January 2003.
Four states will gain 2 seats:
Georgia, Florida, Texas, Arizona
Four states will gain 1 seat:
Nevada, California, Colorado, North Carolina
As you might recall 7 of these 8 were leading gainers in population.
10 states will have fewer representatives
Two states will lose 2 seats:
New York, Pennsylvania
There are eight states that will lose 1 seat:
Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Connecticut

## Differences Between  Apportionment and Redistricting

- Apportionment determines the number of seats each state is entitled in the U.S. House of Representatives based on the decennial census
- Redistricting revises the geographic boundaries within a state from which people elect their representatives

**Notes:**
Once the number of seats that each state is entitled to is determined, the state must then redraw the boundaries of congressional and legislative districts to account for shifts of population.  Through a process known as redistricting, state officials redraw the boundaries of the various congressional and legislative districts in their states.  Supreme Court decisions over the past 25 years have stated that to the extent practicable, each district should have an equal population.  The Census Bureau provides the geographically detailed census information that is used in the redistricting process.

Public Law 94-171, states that information from the census that states can use to redistrict must be submitted to the states by April 1 of the year after the census

People often confuse these two activities that are closely tied to the results of the census; apportionment and redistricting.  Apportionment and redistricting both have direct political implications; however, they are not the same.

## Resident Population, 1790-2000 

## Next Steps

**www.census.gov**

**Notes:**
The next phase of the Census 2000 is the release of Public Law 94-171 redistricting data that are due out on April 1, 2001.