The Census has released its population estimates for 2020

[hotdogPi]

I'm guessing it's cause of the loss of businesses and jobs.

Have you forgotten about COVID-19?

[tolbs17]

I'm guessing it's cause of the loss of businesses and jobs.

Have you forgotten about COVID-19?

Could be one of the factors, but other cities have grown steadily though! Like New Jersey for instance.

[Scott5114]

I'm guessing it's cause of the loss of businesses and jobs.

Have you forgotten about COVID-19?

Could be one of the factors, but other cities have grown steadily though! Like New Jersey for instance.

The city of New Jersey . . .

[tolbs17]

Update, 2 days ago, they released a vintage 2021 estimates population.

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2021/2021-population-estimates.html

North Carolina's population for the year 2021 is 10,551,162   

New Jersey's is 9,267,130   

California's is 39,237,836, down from 39,499,738 last year.

[golden eagle]

Update, 2 days ago, they released a vintage 2021 estimates population.

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2021/2021-population-estimates.html

North Carolina's population for the year 2021 is 10,551,162   

New Jersey's is 9,267,130   

California's is 39,237,836, down from 39,499,738 last year.

They already released a population estimate for 2021 before the year was even over?

[hotdogPi]

Update, 2 days ago, they released a vintage 2021 estimates population.

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2021/2021-population-estimates.html

North Carolina's population for the year 2021 is 10,551,162   

New Jersey's is 9,267,130   

California's is 39,237,836, down from 39,499,738 last year.

They already released a population estimate for 2021 before the year was even over?

The census itself is supposed to represent April 1 on the given year, not the end of the year, so I don't see the problem.

[golden eagle]

Update, 2 days ago, they released a vintage 2021 estimates population.

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2021/2021-population-estimates.html

North Carolina's population for the year 2021 is 10,551,162   

New Jersey's is 9,267,130   

California's is 39,237,836, down from 39,499,738 last year.

They already released a population estimate for 2021 before the year was even over?

The census itself is supposed to represent April 1 on the given year, not the end of the year, so I don't see the problem.

In the past, they normally released that info the next year. Maybe they've moved the schedule up.

[US 89]

The annual population estimates (not the census itself) represent July 1 of that year and generally come out near the end of that year

[webny99]

An interactive map with 2020 census data is now available!

[NWI_Irish96]

Other Census news:

Census records are embargoed for 72 years, which means that in every year ending in 2, we get a new census released to the public.

On April 1 (not a joke), the 1950 Census was released. If you were born between April 1940 and April 1950, you can find your very first census record here: https://1950census.archives.gov/search/

Over time, private companies will index the records more thoroughly then they are here, so name and address searches will be easier, but if you know where you're looking and can read the 1950 maps, you can find what you're looking for.

I found both of my parents, who were born in the 1940s.

[kkt]

I found my father, born in the 30s, his father and mother and two sisters, and I think I recognize the house in Google Streetview even though it's been at about 50 years since I was there.

I'm not finding my mom or her parents, and I'm not sure why they are not showing up.

[Takumi]

My parents were born in the 1960s, and I've yet to find my grandparents (none of whom were even married yet), but I did find my paternal-paternal great-grandparents; the husband was born in the 1890s and the wife in the 1900s. I never met them. Only met my dad's maternal grandmother, who I haven't found in the census yet but was born in the 1910s.