2020 Census Apportionment Data Has Been Released

The Census Bureau formally presented the 2020 Census apportionment counts on April 26, 2021. Apportionment counts are used to determine how many congressional seats each state receives. As part of this release, the Census Bureau also provided the state population counts.  Information about apportionment data as well as the video of the Census Bureau press conference is available through the 2020 Census Apportionment Counts Press Kit. The apportionment and state population tables are located at 2020 Census Apportionment Results. Population and apportionment maps that show growth by the US, region, and state from 1910-2020 are available here.

 

The new official US population per the 2020 Census is 331,449,281. The official Georgia population is 10,711,908.  Georgia had a 10.6% increase in population from 2010. The US population has increased by 7.4%  since 2010 with the south having the fastest growth of any other region at 10.2%. Overall, the US has experienced the slowest growth rate in this past decade since the 1940 Census.

 

The Census Bureau has created a Data Gem Video on how to access and visualize 2020 Census apportionment data. More detailed information on the data preparation, methodology, and quality controls being used can be found by following the Census Bureau Director’s Blog.

 

Redistricting data will be distributed on August 16 (this is the untabulated, legacy files) with the finalized files being distributed by September 30. As a reminder, Georgia has the technical capacity to tabulate the legacy data that will be distributed on August 16. This data will have county and city level data as well as demographic data for the state. Stay tuned for more information on the Georgia redistricting process.