The U.S. Census Bureau today released the results of its 2009 American Community Survey. The ACS -- which replaced the 10-year "long-form" Census questionnaire -- annually collects a variety of socioeconomic, demographic and housing data from a large sample of Americans.
The Bee this morning reported on the significant drop (6 percent) in household income in the Sacramento MSA between 2008 and 2009, as well as the hike in the poverty rate (12.1 to 13.4 percent). There are other interesting changes that happened in the 4-county region in the past two years. You can browse them on this comparison chart. (An asterisk indicates a statistically significant change.) Among the 2008-09 changes:
-- The number of grandparents living with and taking responsibility for their grandchildren under 18 fell 33.9 to 26.8 percent.
-- The percentage of the foreign-born population coming from Asia decreased 43.4 to 41.2 percent, whereas the percentage born in Europe increased 14.2 to 16.4 percent.
-- The percentage of workers employed in the construction industry dropped 7.7 to 6.6 percent.
-- The percentage of people with no health insurance coverage rose 11.4 to 12.6 percent.
-- The median value of owner-occupy housing units tumbled from $350.500 to $298,000.
-- The median age of the region's population increased from 34.9 to 35.9.
-- The percentage of people identifying two or more races rose 4.3 to 5.0 percent.
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