1.   Despite the limitations of the survey it did suggest some clear habitat preferences and population trends.

2.   The population trend, observers said, enhances the power of states that are becoming more Republican.

3.   Unemployment, the collapse of the housing market and changes in population trends have led to an erosion of famous traits.

4.   And city and state planners study the information to direct help to needy communities and predict population trends.

5.   And given population trends, its numbers should continue to rise.

6.   Another expert, Dr. Debra Crouse at the Center for Marine Conservation, an environmental group in Washington, agreed that the upward population trend looks promising.

7.   At least twice during a decade the Census Bureau also makes projections based on population trends since the start of the decade.

8.   Barring a truly seismic shift in population trends in the next several years, the congressional representation of California, Texas and Florida seems destined to increase.

9.   But a program funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development in this run-down city just south of Port-au-Prince is, for the first time, reversing population trends.