Arts Mar 09 Sesame Street wants to get young children counted in the census Researchers say no other age group was undercounted as much during the last once-a-decade census than children under 5. Sesame Street is using Count von Count to change that.
Politics Mar 05 Facebook drops Trump ads after Pelosi cites census confusion The decision came Thursday, hours after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi criticized Facebook for the ads, saying people would confuse the survey with the once-a-decade head count.
Nation Feb 12 Census Bureau at risk of not being ready for count, government report says While the Census Bureau has succeeded so far in early tasks of verifying addresses across the U.S. and launching an advertising campaign, the agency's readiness for upcoming operations is mixed, according to the report from the Government Accountability Office.
Nation Jan 17 What you need to know before the 2020 Census starts The 2020 Census will begin next week in rural Alaska. The Census always starts in remote parts of the nation's largest state out of tradition and necessity.
Nation Jan 06 Homeland Security will share citizenship data with Census Information that will be shared includes personally-identifiable data, the Homeland Security document said. Federal law prohibits the Census Bureau from releasing personally identifiable data, and the bureau says in its fact-sheet on privacy, “Your answers can only be used to…
Nation Dec 30 U.S. had its slowest population growth rate in a century Declining births, increasing deaths and the slowdown of international migration made the past year’s population growth rate in the United States the slowest in a century, according to figures released Monday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Nation Nov 20 Nebraska is first state to share drivers' records with Census Bureau Nebraska is the first state to publicly acknowledge it will share drivers’ license records with the U.S. Census Bureau as the federal agency tries to comply with President Donald Trump’s order to count the number of U.S. citizens.
Nation Oct 16 Census confirms drivers' records request tied to citizenship The U.S. Census Bureau is acknowledging that its nationwide request for state drivers' license records is the result of President Donald Trump's order to gather records that can better determine the numbers of citizens and non-citizens across the U.S.
Nation Oct 14 Census Bureau seeks state data, including citizenship info The U.S. Census Bureau is asking states for drivers' license records that typically include citizenship data and has made a new request for information on recipients of government assistance, alarming some civil rights advocates.
Nation Sep 26 Income inequality grew in 2018, Census data shows Three of the states with biggest gains in inequality from 2017 to 2018 were places with large pockets of wealth — California, Texas and Virginia.