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US Proposes Adding New Race and Ethnicity Categories to Federal Surveys, Census
The Biden Admin is proposing major changes to federal surveys that could reshape how latinos and people of Middle East and North African descent are counted in federal surveys and censuses.
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Report: Some Census Takers Who Fudged Data Didn't Get Fired
A watchdog group has determined that some census takers who falsified information during the 2020 census didn’t have their work redone fully, weren’t fired in a timely manner and in some cases even received bonuses. The report by the U.S. Commerce Department’s Office of Inspector General raises concerns about possible damage to the quality of the once-a-decade head count that...
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In 1st Full Year of Pandemic, Biggest Metros Lost Residents
In the first full year of the pandemic, the New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago metro areas had the greatest population losses in the nation
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Let the Challenges Begin! Time for Contesting Census Is Here
The U.S. Census Bureau has begun accepting challenges from states, cities and tribal nations that want to contest the results of the 2020 census
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Census Analysis Finds Undercount But Not as Bad as Predicted
The 2020 U.S. census missed an estimated 1.6 million people, but given hurdles posed by the pandemic and natural disasters, the undercount was smaller than expected
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Dems, GOP on NY Redistricting Panel Can't Agree on New Maps, Release Competing Versions
New York is one of at least five states that added nonpartisan redistricting commissions in hopes of redrawing maps free of political influence and contorted gerrymanders, but the competing maps released Wednesday drew immediate criticism from some quarters as being entirely partisan
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Latino City in Arizona Grew, But Census Says It Shrank
The results of the 2020 headcount have many Latino and Black communities concerned about whether the latest numbers are accurate
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Census Bureau Hit by Cyberattack, But 2020 Count Unaffected, Watchdog Reports
U.S. Census Bureau computer servers were exploited last year during a cybersecurity attack, but it didn’t involve the 2020 census.
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Falling Populations in Rural America Underscore Farm and Ranch Labor Shortages
“In the rural areas, if you didn’t have the Latino growth, employers would be struggling even more just to fill those positions,” a Nebraska research coordinator said of the state.
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Multiracial Boom Reflects US Racial, Ethnic Complexity
Growth in the number of people who identified as multiracial on 2020 census responses soared over the last decade, rising from under 3% to more than 10% of the U.S. population
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NYC Gains More Residents to Record 8.8 Million
New York City now accounts for more than 8.8 million of the country’s population, growing by 629,000 people over the past decade.
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Census Data Kicks Off Effort to Reshape US House Districts
The U.S. Census Bureau has released new population data that will be used to reshape U.S. House seats and state legislative districts for the next decade
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New Census Data Expected to Reveal a More Diverse America
The Census Bureau is due to release new data on the changing U.S. population
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What Will New Census Data Show About Latino Growth?
The U.S. Census Bureau plans to release a trove of data from the 2020 census that should show Latinos have been key to the nation’s last decade of growth — launching a fight to ensure that growth is reflected in political representation.
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Texas Picks Up 2 House Seats in Newest Census; Democratic Strongholds Lose Out
The U.S. Census Bureau on Monday released state population totals that determine the number of House seats each state gets out of 435. According to the data, southern states grew the fastest, with a 10.2% overall increase in population.
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Census Delay Helps GOP in One Statehouse, Dems in Another
The Census Bureau’s missed deadlines could spell bad news for Democrats in Virginia and Republicans in New Jersey in legislative elections this year
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US House Data Not Ready Until April, States' Data After July
The U.S. Census Bureau is aiming to deliver the long-delayed numbers used for divvying up congressional seats by the end of April
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Census Bureau to Miss Deadline, Jeopardizing Trump Plan
The Census Bureau says it will miss a year-end deadline for handing in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats.
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Virus, Other Problems Threaten to Throw Off Homeless Census
When census takers tried to count the nation’s homeless population, they ran into many problems that could threaten the accuracy of the effort
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As Census Deadline Looms, Experts Worry About Rushed Final Report
The fate of this year’s census remains uncertain as the deadline to finalize the numbers approaches and experts express doubt about the government’s ability to produce an accurate count of the country under such tight constraints.