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The Metropolitan Council's housing-stock-based approach to estimating population involves answering three questions. <br /> HOW MANY HOW MANY HOW MANY PEOPLE <br /> HOUSING UNITS HOUSEHOLDS LIVE IN THESE <br /> ARE IN THE OCCUPY THESE OCCUPIED HOUSING <br /> COMMUNITY? HOUSING UNITS? UNITS? <br /> : ;. `' <br /> eg-- <br /> : : <br /> »image,housed sees <br /> (*4WsWgt44W d) <br /> g., rV' <br /> Se 1 <br /> 0, (U.S. CftW&B0,m' at#. <br /> t <br /> We start with the housing units Not all of these housing units are Finally, we examine the average <br /> from the 2010 Census, then we occupied; some are vacant. household sizes in the community for <br /> add units identified in our annual different types of housing. These data <br /> surveys of residential construction To estimate the number of households, come from the U.S. Census Bureau's <br /> (building we examine occupancy rates in the <br /> ( g permits and other American Community Survey and <br /> housing stock changes) and community for different types of Decennial Census. <br /> manufactured housing parks. housing. These data come from the <br /> U.S. Census Bureau's American To arrive at the total population, we <br /> This results in the estimated Community Survey and Decennial add in residents of"group <br /> number of housing units in each Census as well as the U.S. Postal quarters" (places like emergency <br /> community, broken down by the Service. housing shelters and nursing homes), <br /> type of housing. This results in the estimated number of measured by our annual survey of <br /> households in each community, again such facilities. <br /> broken down by the type of housing. <br /> The data inputs for your comm - ,are on the back of this page. <br /> or more detail, see the estimates methodology, availa,_ rom http://www.metrocouncil.orq/populationestimates. <br />