MISER
 Population Program at MISER
Program Goals

Primary goal:

  • Producing accurate and timely population estimates and projections for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secondary goals include:
  • Producing data products for the public
  • Maintaining readily accessible web sites for data dissemination
  • Assisting the public and state agencies with requests for data and/or information about our work
  • Coordinating activities of the Interagency Committee for Population Statistics (ICPS)
  • Serving as the Massachusetts representative to the Federal/State Cooperative Program for Population Estimates (FSCPE)
  • Conducting demographic analysis in areas of interest to the Commonwealth, the public, and researchers

MISER Population Estimates 

The Population Program at MISER produces population estimates for the state, its counties, cities and towns, as well as for metropolitan areas. Estimates are available by sex, race/ethnicity, and 5-year age groups. To go to the MISER Estimates web page click here. The latest estimates available are for 1999.

MISER Populaton Projections

The Population Program at MISER also produces population projections for the state, its counties, cities and towns. These projections are available by sex, and 5-year age groups for 2010-2020.  Click here for more information on the latest projections, released December 10, 2003.

Federal/State Cooperative Program for Population Estimates (FSCPE) 

As the Massachusetts representative to the Federal/State Cooperative Program for Population Estimates (FSCPE), the MISER Population Program works closely with the U.S. Census Bureau and FSCPE members from the other states. MISER's role in the FSCPE is to provide raw state data as input to the Estimates Branch (including group quarters data and vital statistics) on an annual basis, to review the estimates once produced by the Census Bureau, to provide feedback on the current Census Bureau estimates methodology, and to disseminate these estimates to interested parties within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 

To access the latest Census Bureau estimates, check the Data Operations and Dissemination Free Data web page for Massachusetts data, or go to the Census Bureau's Population Estimates web page.  We also maintain a Census Bureau Estimates web page with access to Census Bureau population estimates for Massachusetts.


Additional Population Information

Census 2000 data for Massachusetts are available on the MISER/State Data Center Census 2000 site.
1990 Census data for Massachusetts are available on the MISER/State Data Center Free Data Page.
Additional population and demographic data for Massachusetts are available on the MISER/State Data Center Free Data Page.


Contact Information

For more information about the Population Program, please contact:
 

msdc-info@donahue.umassp.edu
(413)545-0176

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