Did Census 2000 count Americans overseas?
For Census 2000 the Census Bureau included overseas counts in the census using definitions and procedures similar to those used in 1990. U. S. military and federal civilian personnel stationed overseas and their dependents living with them were included in the overseas population counts and the Census 2000 apportionment counts. Included in these counts were members of the U.S. Armed Forces on military vessels assigned to a home port in a foreign country and their dependents overseas with them. Private U.S. citizens living abroad were not included in the overseas counts in Census 2000. Overseas counts by home state were provided by departments and agencies of the federal government from their administrative records. These counts were used solely for reapportioning seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. The data will not provide the sub-state geographical precision required to conduct Congressional redistricting.
