Evaluation of 2000 Subcounty Population Estimates
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Since 1996 the Population Estimates Branch (PEB) of the Census Bureau has used a housing unit method to produce population estimates for subcounty areas. The distributive housing unit method uses data on building permits, mobile home shipments and housing unit loss to distribute county population to incorporated places and minor civil divisions within counties. The availability of Census 2000 data gives PEB the opportunity to evaluate the accuracy of these estimates. In addition to comparing Census 2000 results with April 1, 2000 population estimates using Mean Absolute Percent Error and Mean Algebraic Percent Error, this paper presents regression analyses to explain the causes of estimate errors. The results of this analysis will be used to inform Census Bureau analysts on ways in which the current subcounty estimates method can be improved.
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