The United States Census Bureau released the Mean Center of Population for the 2010 Census on Thursday, March 24, 2011. Based on the 2010 Census, the Mean Center of Population in the United States is…… 2.7 miles northeast of Plato, Missouri. Included below is a map that shows the the mean center of population from 1790 to 2010:
The US Census Bureau also provided a visualization of the movement of the Mean Center of Population over time with the 2010 Census representing the furthest shift to the south of the Mean Center of Population in the United State since the first census in 1790. Included below is an visualization of the shift from 1790 to 2010:
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