What is Center of population?
The '''center of population''' is part of a [[Research|study]] of [[demographics]]. It can be useful to understand the population for a state or [[region]]. The [[Mean center of U.S. population]] has been counted for each [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census]] since 1790. The center of population for [[Bangladesh]] is close to [[Dhaka]]. [[Ohio]]'s center of population is 30 miles from [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]]. The center of US population is located in southern [[Missouri]]. This shows that [[Representative]]s from the western states travel far to their jobs at the [[Washington D.C.|Capitol]]. == Other websites == *[http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rp/1999-2000/2000rp09.htm#Figure15 Australian parliamentary research paper with map of population centroids] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000819030557/http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rp/1999-2000/2000rp09.htm#Figure15 |date=2000-08-19 }}. *[https://www.census.gov/geo/www/cenpop/statecenters.txt Population centers of each U.S. state, 2000] ([[United States Census Bureau]]) {{DEFAULTSORT:Center Of Population}} [[Category:Demography]] {{science-stub}}