Politics & Government
Census Data Coming Tuesday for Echo Park, L.A. County, California
The U.S. Census Bureau announced it will release data for the town, county and state Tuesday afternoon.
Results of the 2010 U.S. Census will be released at midday Tuesday, March 8, for California and all the communities in Los Angeles County, including Echo Park. We 'll be posting more news about the data as soon as we can.
On Monday, the Census Bureau announced that it had shipped the local 2010 Census data to Gov. Jerry Brown and the leadership of the state legislature in California.
On Tuesday, once the state government confirms receipt of the official data, the bureau will then release the data to the public.
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Tuesday's release is expected around 12:30 p.m. PST. At that time, the full set of data will be available via FTP download (LINK TO: http://www2.census.gov/census_2010/01-Redistricting_File--PL_94-171/ )
Shortly thereafter, the data will be posted on the Census Bureau's new American FactFinder site (LINK TO: http://factfinder2.census.gov )
Find out what's happening in Echo Park-Silver Lakefor free with the latest updates from Patch.
The data will include population totals as well as totals by race, Hispanic origin and voting age, broken down by community.
Echo Park Patch will report the findings, including changes since the 2000 Census, as well as reaction from local officials.
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