On this episode of Through the Human Geography Lens, hosts Terri Ryan and Gwyneth Holt talk with Tom Fitzwater, Chief of the Demographic and Economic Studies Branch within the International Program Center at the US Census Bureau.
01:10 Tom's role at the Census Bureau, his training for the position, and the history of the International Program Center.
https://www.census.gov/en.html
https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/international-programs.html
03:10 His current work on the US decadal census, describing the value and complexity of this (and every) census.
https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/2020-census-center-of-population.html
05:05 Looking for communities that are hard to count. (See the term "net coverage error" on the website below)
https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/about/coverage-measurement/da.html
06:20 Why does the US Census Bureau have an International Program?
https://www.census.gov/data/software/tasc.html
08:10 How do you estimate the world's population? What's the process?
https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/international-programs/about/global-mapping.html
10:10 Defining a Cohort Component Population Projection
11:30 Are there countries outside of the US that rely on the US Census Bureau for their internal population survey data?
13:50 Delivering consultation, training, and technical assistance to teach population survey methods to other national statistics agencies.
https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/international-programs/about/training-tech-asst.html
15:30 Defining the International Database (IDB) that contains population estimates and projections for 227 countries, territories, and areas out to 2100.
https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/international-programs/about/idb.html
17:40 Soon Census will start estimating and projecting one level down, sub-nationally, with data to be available around November 2022.
https://www.census.gov/data.html
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