Today I write this blog in honor of this morning's big event, our annual Economic Summit. The 17th Annual Greater Palm Springs Summit took place this morning at 9 am. You can still catch the proceedings here. The theme was "Pursuit." Our featured speakers discussed the central theme of a committed regional strategy for coming [...]
We continue our exploration of the 2020 Census population counts. Here we look at the change in population in the nine Coachella Valley cities from the 2010 census to the 2020 census. Overall, the combined nine Coachella Valley cities saw a 6.8% increase in population. Desert Hot Springs saw the highest increase, 25.3%, with Indio [...]
The US Constitution obligates the US Census Bureau to administer a nationwide census every ten years. In preparation, the bureau reviews previous census tract boundaries. When a tract's population grows to over 8,000 persons, it may be split into two or more smaller census tracts. Oppositely, if the population in adjacent tracts drastically declines they [...]
While pouring myself a cup of coffee this morning a story on the radio caught my attention. The number of census respondents who identified with more than one racial group increased 276% from the last census. The NPR story noted three main factors behind this substantial increase. More children are being born to parents who [...]
The US Census Bureau has finally released the 2020 redistricting data in a more accessible format. A primary purpose for each decennial census is providing the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico with population counts to use in their redrawing of congressional and state legislative district boundaries. These data include population and [...]
The numbers are in! And it doesn't look good for California. The U.S. Census delivered state population data to President Biden that determine the apportionment of congressional seats. Congressional apportionment takes the new census population and divides it by 435, the number of seats in the House. Fast-growing states gain seats, while slow-growing or shrinking [...]
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