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03/08/2023

Happy International Women's Day!

From 2000 to 2021, the percentage of women who work as veterinarians, pharmacists, mathematicians, legislators, and chief executives have all increased.

02/08/2023

Census has data on everything -- including the Super Bowl!

Two-time Super Bowl champ Kansas City Chiefs (2020, 1970) face one-time champ Philadelphia Eagles (2018). This is the fourth Super Bowl in Arizona.

02/06/2023

It's Black History Month! Census has some numbers you can use to celebrate Black History -- this set is geared towards schools, but Census has data for EVERYONE about EVERYTHING!

Discover more about this observance by downloading our new Black History handout for students. Then, view the teaching guide for activity ideas for all grades.

02/02/2023

Census Bureau Records Demographic and Business Data on Industries Connected to Grammy Awards
February 02, 2023
Written by:
Adam Grundy

Showcasing the 65th annual Grammy Awards on February 5 through Census Bureau data on the recording industry.

02/02/2023

For all the many people in the music industry in Bastrop County: You will find data on the business of making music at the Census! Have fun watching the Grammy Awards -- lots of people make all that magic happen.

Showcasing the 65th annual Grammy Awards on February 5 through Census Bureau data on the recording industry.

01/23/2023

Message from Robert L. Santos, Director, U.S. Census Bureau
Looking ahead to 2023!

The U.S. Census Bureau has endured the throes of 2020, when multiple challenges including a global pandemic threatened the completion of our constitutionally mandated decennial census.

01/01/2023

Happy New Year!

U.S. Population Estimated at 334,233,854 on Jan. 1, 2023

As our nation prepares to ring in the new year, the U.S. Census Bureau projects the United States population will be 334,233,854 on Jan. 1, 2023.

This represents an increase of 1,571,393, or 0.47%, from New Year’s Day 2022, and 2,784,573, or 0.84% since Census Day (April 1) 2020.

The combination of births, deaths and net international migration increases the U.S. population by 1 person every 27 seconds.

In January 2023, the nation is expected to experience 1 birth every 9 seconds and 1 death every 10 seconds. Meanwhile, net international migration is expected to add 1 person to the U.S. population every 32 seconds.

The combination of births, deaths and net international migration increases the U.S. population by 1 person every 27 seconds.

The projected world population on Jan. 1, 2023, is 7,942,645,086, an increase of 73,772,634, or 0.94%, from New Year’s Day 2022. During January 2023, 4.3 births and 2.0 deaths are expected worldwide every 1 second.

The U.S. is the third-most populous country in the world behind China and India, but will drop to fourth in about 25 years, behind India, China and Nigeria.

12/29/2022

December 29, 2022
Texas' 177th Anniversary of Statehood
Explore Census Bureau data about Texas as we celebrate its anniversary of statehood. Learn more about the state using 2020 Census data, geographic profiles from data.census.gov, and other interactive data tools

Texas Added Almost 4 Million People in Last Decade

America Counts launched a state-by-state look at the demographic changes the new 2020 Census results reveal.

Our state profiles bring you all key population characteristics of your state and your county on one page.

See how they compare to the nation overall and to neighboring counties and states. Through interactive state and county maps for the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, each page provides a snapshot of change from 2010 to 2020 on five topics.

Here are some key national-level 2020 Census results to help you see how Texas compares in each topic area:

* Population (up 7.4% to 331.4 million).
* Race and ethnicity (White alone 61.6%; Black alone 12.4%; Hispanic 18.7%; Asian alone 6%; American Indian and Alaska Native alone 1.1%; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone 0.2%; Some Other Race alone 8.4%; Two or More Races 10.2%).
* Diversity Index (61.1%, up from 54.9%).
Under-18 (down 1.4%) and adult population (up 10.1%).
* Housing units (up 6.7%) and vacancies (down to 9.7%).

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/state-by-state/texas-population-change-between-census-decade.html

The Lone Star State, the nation’s second-most populous after California, grew 15.9% to 29,145,505 from 2010 to 2020.

11/07/2022

Veterans Day is coming up on Friday. Census honors our veterans by keeping count and providing resources for them and the organizations that provide assistance for Veterans. Thank you to all Bastrop County Veterans for your service.

Veterans Day 2022: November 11
October 26, 2022
Press Release Number CB22-FF.11

Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day” on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 making it an annual observance, and it became a national holiday in 1938. Sixteen years later, then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed legislation changing the name to Veterans Day to honor all those who served their country during war or peacetime. On this day, the nation honors military veterans -- living and dead -- with parades and other observances across the country and a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

The following facts are possible thanks to the invaluable responses to U.S. Census Bureau surveys. We appreciate the public’s cooperation in helping us measure America’s people, places and economy.
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/facts-for-features/2022/veterans-day.htm

[Source: U.S. Census Bureau]

11/01/2022

It’s not too late to submit your ideas for the 2030 Census!
For the first time ever, the Census Bureau is seeking your ideas for the planning and design of the decennial census.
Don't miss this opportunity to talk directly to your government!

In case you missed my blog post a few weeks ago, for the first time ever, the Census Bureau is seeking your ideas for the planning and design of the decennial census.

09/15/2022

September 1968: Congress authorized President Lyndon B. Johnson to proclaim National Hispanic Heritage Week.

08/19/2022

Today is National Aviation Day: August 19, 2022!
Happy Day for Crawford Municipal Airport in Smithville.

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/stories/aviation-day.html

National Aviation Day: August 19, 2022
August 19, 2022
Release Number CB22-SFS.111

From U.S. Code, Title 36. PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS, Section 118. National Aviation Day

From NASA’s Tips for Celebrating National Aviation Day:

“Ever since 1939, August 19 has been celebrated as National Aviation Day, the legacy of a presidential proclamation first made by Franklin D. Roosevelt.

“Selected because it was Orville Wright’s birthday, the decision to revel in all things aeronautical came at an exciting time in aviation history.
Aviation

“Just 36 years after the Wright Brothers flew the first heavier-than-air flying machine in 1903, aviation was a growing – if not thriving – industry in the United States and around the world.

“New world speed and distance records were being set, airlines that still exist today were being formed and, as World War II began, both Allied and Axis Powers sought new ways to beef up aviation’s role in warfare.

“By 1939, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (N.A.C.A.) – NASA’s organizational predecessor – was 24 years old and already well established with the nation’s premiere aviation research laboratory in Virginia, and a brand new center just approved to be built in California.

“Fundamental problems with flight were being solved on the drawing boards and in the wind tunnels of the N.A.C.A., enabling aircraft to fly faster, higher, farther and with more and more cargo and passengers.

“Today, with the N.A.C.A.’s research heritage still alive and well at NASA, it can be said that every U.S. aircraft and air traffic control tower in operation today uses some kind of NASA-developed technology.”