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Richmond's population 204,214-flags glitch in 2010 census data
RICHMOND, VA- New 2010 census numbers reveal Richmond's population saw an increase, especially around the VCU campus.
The Times Dispatch reports the city population grew about three percent since 2000.
Seven of the city's nine districts saw an increase of residents..
But it was the city's 2nd district that saw a nearly 21 percent jump in residents.
The 2nd district includes VCU's Monroe Park campus, as well as parts of Oregon Hill, Carver and Jackson Ward neighborhoods.
http://www.nbc12.com/Global/story.asp?S=14055850
City officials said they discovered this week that 2,755 residents were assigned incorrect living locations in the 2010 data released last month by the U.S. Census Bureau.
For example, 1,476 people were reported as living in a median of Oliver Hill Way near the jail when they apparently should have been located within the facility, said Steve Skinner, a spokesman for the Richmond City Council.
Similarly, 354 people were shown as living in a median along West Broad Street near Harrison Street and Virginia Commonwealth University when they should have been placed in a nearby apartment building.
In addition, 72 people were wrongly shown as living among the statues of Confederate icons in the grassy median of Monument Avenue.
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/...-median-richmond-flags-glitch-in-c-ar-881098/
RICHMOND, VA- New 2010 census numbers reveal Richmond's population saw an increase, especially around the VCU campus.
The Times Dispatch reports the city population grew about three percent since 2000.
Seven of the city's nine districts saw an increase of residents..
But it was the city's 2nd district that saw a nearly 21 percent jump in residents.
The 2nd district includes VCU's Monroe Park campus, as well as parts of Oregon Hill, Carver and Jackson Ward neighborhoods.
http://www.nbc12.com/Global/story.asp?S=14055850
City officials said they discovered this week that 2,755 residents were assigned incorrect living locations in the 2010 data released last month by the U.S. Census Bureau.
For example, 1,476 people were reported as living in a median of Oliver Hill Way near the jail when they apparently should have been located within the facility, said Steve Skinner, a spokesman for the Richmond City Council.
Similarly, 354 people were shown as living in a median along West Broad Street near Harrison Street and Virginia Commonwealth University when they should have been placed in a nearby apartment building.
In addition, 72 people were wrongly shown as living among the statues of Confederate icons in the grassy median of Monument Avenue.
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/...-median-richmond-flags-glitch-in-c-ar-881098/
