Jacsó: Weird Data in the Pricey Population Demographics Database

See article: Péter Jacsó: Population Demographics Database

EContent 23(4) August/September, 2000

Ghost town in the Population Demographics Database

▪ Why would ZIP code be assigned to areas where no one lived or is projected to live?

▪ Why would census be taken of such areas?

▪ There are nearly 6,000 such records in this expensive database.

Do they take census of singletons?

▪ It must be hard to live alone in North Slope, AK 99721.

▪ The money is not that great.

▪ You may pass time wondering why and how they calculate median household income for singleton.

Loneliness and cold take their toll

▪ Either the child left North Slope, AK 99721 and a single adult came between 1990 and 1998 or

▪ The toddler had accelerated aging under such conditions to become a 45-54 year old adult.

Still, population by 2003 is projected to be 100% up

▪ There will be two inhabitants by 2003.

▪ Two toddlers that is.

▪ Perhaps the census taker and the lonely resident hit it off at the 1998 census and procreated twins.

▪ But will they really hit the road and leave the kids alone by 2003?

▪ Child Protection Services will make a call, too.