Comments on Downtown posts big gains in housing units - Greater Greater Washington

Comment by CCCA Prez

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:28:41 EDT

Jack Evans will co-chair the subcommittee on redistricting per his announcement today:

In what is a once a decade ritual, I will co-chair, along with Councilmember Michael Brown, the Council's Subcommittee on Redistricting, which is responsible for developing a realignment and reapportionment of the District's political subdivisions based on the 2010 Census.
— from Jack Evans newsletter, 1/6/2010
ard 2 Councilmember Jack Evans

Comment by Daniel

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:34:48 EDT

Not to be nit-picky, but the ACS isn't really meant for counts of totals, like total housing units in a census tract. It's getting all of the data from a sample, so demographic expressions of the population are more suitable. For a more accurate analysis of this kind of thing, we'll have to wait until the Summary File 1 of the 2010 Census is released in the summer of 2011. This will give better estimates for total housing units.

Comment by David Alpert

Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:39:15 EDT

As in the last post, this analysis uses the tracts that are in the current wards. The Census doesn't use wards as a measuring unit.

Comment by kk

Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:34:13 EDT

Weren't Ward 2 & 6 redrawn some years ago which could skew this

Comment by sandrabassin

Tue, 28 Dec 2010 16:34:43 EDT

Eric, you write well on timely subjects. I enjoy reading your posts. I found you through your dad's Christmas letter - glad he's sharing that info so I can benefit from your knowledge.
Sandy Bassin

Comment by Scoot

Tue, 28 Dec 2010 16:08:28 EDT

^ Not necessarily, it just means that there are, on average fewer residents per housing unit.

Comment by Tom A.

Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:54:58 EDT

Interesting, does this mean a very large percentage of ward two and three residents live alone?