WASHINGTON, May 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the U.S. Census Bureau:  

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What: Next week, the U.S. Census Bureau will release 2010 Census Demographic Profiles for Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont and Virginia. With the release of data for all the states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, profiles will be available for the nation, regions, metropolitan areas, American Indian and Alaska Native areas, and other cross-state geographies.

The demographic profiles include data on age and sex distributions, race, Hispanic or Latino origin, household relationship and type, the group quarters population, housing occupancy (including vacancy status) and tenure (whether the housing occupant owns or rents).

When: These demographic profiles will be available on an embargoed basis for accredited media who are registered for access on Tuesday, May 24 at 10 a.m. The embargo will be lifted and the data released publicly on Thursday, May 26 at 12:01 a.m.

To apply for embargo access, go to our Newsroom at http://www.census.gov/newsroom and click on "Embargoed Releases." Please review the Embargo Policy carefully before submitting the embargo registration form.

Online Press Kit:

For more information about the release of the Demographic Profiles, please visit http://2010.census.gov/news/press-kits/demographic-profiles.html.  

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