The Population and Housing Census takes place every ten years and is designed to count every resident in the United States. The data collected by the census determine the number of seats assigned to each state in the U.S. House of Representatives and the amount of federal funds provided to local communities. In addition, census data guide infrastructure improvements as well as where and when to build schools and hospitals.

You are tasked with analyzing census data for three states

MAT 205 Data for Project 2: US Census Data (units in millions of people) 2000 2010 2020 Region 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 5.02 Alabama 2.14 2.35 2.65 2.83 3.06 3.27 3.44 3.89 4.04 4.45 4.78 3.9 4.66 5.82 6.41 7.71 9.58 11.12 14.23 16.99 20.85 25.15 29.15 Texas 1.87 2.35 2.71 3.2 3.52 3.73 3.29 Puerto Rico 1.12 1.3 1.54 2.21 3.81