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  • 1.  Vintage population data - I see it often in the news, but it's so limited perhaps a trend or pulse, but does anyone here actually use compare?

    Posted 03-31-2023 07:32 PM

    I just wanted anyone's input, I can't see much of a use;

    https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html#v2022

    Thanks

    Tom



  • 2.  RE: Vintage population data - I see it often in the news, but it's so limited perhaps a trend or pulse, but does anyone here actually use compare?

    Posted 04-01-2023 12:47 PM

    I've used it often. It provides county-level baseline annual population data. It can be used as a denominator with any number of county-level datasets from other sources. Unlike ACS, it provides full county coverage (not just counties with population > 65,000) for single years.



  • 3.  RE: Vintage population data - I see it often in the news, but it's so limited perhaps a trend or pulse, but does anyone here actually use compare?

    Posted 04-01-2023 02:26 PM

    Yes it’s a critical and eagerly awaited dataset especially in the current pandemic flux of moving patterns. It will be the population control for ACS when it comes out later this year (if you think about, how could a survey tell you population? You have to estimate it and make the assumption going in)



  • 4.  RE: Vintage population data - I see it often in the news, but it's so limited perhaps a trend or pulse, but does anyone here actually use compare?

    Posted 04-10-2023 12:14 AM

    Thanks, is there any other population set that's significant to ACS or is this the only one,