Race Race is a self-identification data item in which respondents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify. Rate This is a measure of occurrences in a given period of time divided by the possible number of occurrences during that period. Ratio This is a measure of the relative size of one number to a second number expressed as the quotient of the first number divided by the second. Reapportionment The redistribution of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives among the several states on the basis of the most recent decennial census as required by Article 1, section 2 of the Constitution. Reapportionment does not affect Puerto Rico. Related term: Apportionment Redistricting The process of revising the geographic boundaries of areas from which people elect representatives to the U.S. Congress, a state legislature, a county or city council, a school board, and the like, to meet the legal requirement that such areas be as equal in population as possible following a census. Related terms: Apportionment, Voting District (VTD) Redistricting Data Program A decennial census program that permits state officials to identify selected map features they want as block boundaries and specific areas, such as voting districts, for which they need census data. Related term: Voting district (VTD) Reference map A map that shows selected geographic boundaries with identifiers along with selected features of a geographic area. Region Four groupings of states (Northeast, South, Midwest, and West) established by the Census Bureau in 1942 for the presentation of census data. Northeast Region: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania South Region: Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas Midwest Region: North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio West Region: Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Alaska, Hawaii Puerto Rico and the Island areas are not part of any region. Related term: Division Related children Includes all people in a household under the age of 18, regardless of marital status, who are related to the householder. Does not include householder's spouse or foster children, regardless of age. Related terms: Child, Own children Remainder The portion of a geographic area of one geographic type (e.g., a county subdivision) which is not covered by any geographic area of a second geographic type (e.g., place). For example, the two places of Oak Ridge town and Old Appleton town exist within the county subdivision of Apple Creek township in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, That portion of Adair township that is not covered by either place is called "Remainder of Adair township". Rental vacancy rate The proportion of the rental inventory which is vacant for rent. It is computed by dividing the number of vacant units for rent by the sum of the renter-occupied units and the number of vacant units for rent, and then multiplying by 100. Related term: Homeowner vacancy rate, Renter-occupied housing unit Renter-occupied housing unit All occupied units which are not owner occupied, whether they are rented for cash rent or occupied without payment of cash rent, are classified as renter-occupied. Related term: Owner-occupied housing unit Residence 5 years ago Indicates the area of residence 5 years prior to the reference date for those who reported that they lived in a different housing unit. Related term: Migration Resident population An area's resident population consists of those persons "usually resident" in that particular area (where they live and sleep most of the time). Related term: Apportionment population Respondent The person supplying survey or census information about his or her living quarters and its occupants. Rural Territory, population and housing units not classified as urban. "Rural" classification cuts across other hierarchies and can be in metropolitan or non-metropolitan areas. Related terms: Metropolitan, Urban
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