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Apportionment population

Term · Economic statistics · MLC-T-ECS-000092

The population counts used to calculate the apportionment of the U.S. House of Representatives every 10 years using the results of the census. It consists of the total resident population (citizens and non-citizens) of the 50 states. In Census 2010, the apportionment population also included U.S. Armed Forces personnel and federal civilian employees stationed outside the United States (and their dependents living with them) that can be allocated, based on administrative records, back to a home state. This is the same procedure used in 1990 and 2000. Private U.S. citizens living abroad, who are not employed by the federal government, are not included in the overseas counts for apportionment.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ECS-000092
FieldEconomic statistics
ReferencesU.S. Census Bureau Glossary
See alsoApportionment; Decennial census; Population; Resident population
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-000092",
  "term": "Apportionment population",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "The population counts used to calculate the apportionment of the U.S. House of Representatives every 10 years using the results of the census. It consists of the total resident population (citizens and non-citizens) of the 50 states. In Census 2010, the apportionment population also included U.S. Armed Forces personnel and federal civilian employees stationed outside the United States (and their dependents living with them) that can be allocated, based on administrative records, back to a home state. This is the same procedure used in 1990 and 2000. Private U.S. citizens living abroad, who are not employed by the federal government, are not included in the overseas counts for apportionment.",
  "see_also": [
    "Apportionment",
    "Decennial census",
    "Population",
    "Resident population"
  ],
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/apportionment-population/"
}

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