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Census Bureau chief defends new privacy tool against critics
Read full article: Census Bureau chief defends new privacy tool against criticsThe U.S. Census Bureauโs chief is defending a new tool meant to protect the privacy of people participating in the agencyโs questionnaires against calls to abandon it by prominent researchers and demographers.
Clinging to ancient faith, India tribes seek religion status
Read full article: Clinging to ancient faith, India tribes seek religion statusIndiaโs 110 million indigenous tribespeople are scattered across various states and fragmented into hundreds of clans, with different legends, different languages and different words for their gods.
Wild retains US House seat for Democrats in Pennsylvania
Read full article: Wild retains US House seat for Democrats in PennsylvaniaDemocratic U.S. Rep. Susan Wild, of Pennsylvania, is returning to Congress for a third term following her reelection win over a Republican who runs a manufacturing business.
Hurricane hit areas led US with missing 2020 census data
Read full article: Hurricane hit areas led US with missing 2020 census dataTwo Louisiana parishes devastated by two hurricanes and two rural Nebraska counties had among the highest rates of households with missing information about themselves during the 2020 census that required the U.S. Census Bureau to use a statistical technique to fill in gaps.
Report: Some census takers who fudged data didn't get fired
Read full article: Report: Some census takers who fudged data didn't get firedA watchdog group has determined that some census takers who falsified information during the 2020 census didnโt have their work redone fully, werenโt fired in a timely manner and in some cases even received bonuses.
House OKs bill to curb political interference with census
Read full article: House OKs bill to curb political interference with censusThe House has passed legislation on a party-line vote that aims to make it harder for future presidents to interfere in the once-a-decade headcount that determines political power and federal funding.
US moved online, worked more from home as pandemic raged
Read full article: US moved online, worked more from home as pandemic ragedDuring the first two years of the pandemic, the number of people working from home tripled, home values grew and the percentage of people who spend more than a third of their income on rent went up.
AP interview: Census director aims to restore trust in count
Read full article: AP interview: Census director aims to restore trust in countThe next U.S. census isnโt until 2030, but already Census Bureau leaders are looking for ways to adapt to a roiled civic climate that only seems to be getting more contentious.
Sudden arena idea angers, unnerves Philadelphia's Chinatown
Read full article: Sudden arena idea angers, unnerves Philadelphia's ChinatownOrganizers and members of Philadelphia's Chinatown say they were surprised by the 76ers' announcement that they hope to build a $1.3 billion arena just a block from the communityโs gateway arch.
Bill attempts to prevent political meddling in US head count
Read full article: Bill attempts to prevent political meddling in US head countA U.S. Census Bureau director couldnโt be fired without cause and new questions to a census form would have to be vetted by Congress under proposed legislation that attempts to prevent in the future the type of political interference into the nationโs head count that took place during the Trump administration.
Arizona county had largest white, Black, Hispanic growth
Read full article: Arizona county had largest white, Black, Hispanic growthMetro Phoenixโs Maricopa County had among the biggest growth in white, Black and Hispanic residents last year, as well as the biggest increase overall of any U.S. county.
Feds taking first steps toward revising race, ethnic terms
Read full article: Feds taking first steps toward revising race, ethnic termsThe federal government is taking preliminary steps toward revising racial and ethnic classifications that haven't been changed in a quarter century following calls for better categories for how people identify themselves in federal data gathering.
In 2 states, 1 in 20 residents missed during US head count
Read full article: In 2 states, 1 in 20 residents missed during US head countAround 1 in 20 residents in Arkansas and Tennessee were missed during the 2020 census, and four other U.S. states had significant undercounts of their populations which could shortchange them of federal funding in the current decade.
EXPLAINER: Why some states still lack new voting districts
Read full article: EXPLAINER: Why some states still lack new voting districtsCampaigns for Congress are underway for this yearโs elections, but lingering disagreements over the final shape of new voting districts have left some candidates โ and would-be candidates โ in limbo.
Time to retool census? Some think so after minorities missed
Read full article: Time to retool census? Some think so after minorities missedPolicymakers and demographers have been asking whether it's time to rethink the census after results released last week that showed Black, Hispanic and American Indian residents were undercounted in greater rates in 2020 than a decade ago.
US Black population: The biggest growth is in smaller cities
Read full article: US Black population: The biggest growth is in smaller citiesThe largest African American growth in pure numbers over the past decade didnโt take place in traditional hubs of Black life such as Atlanta or Houston, but rather in smaller cities with lower profiles.
Native Americans fret as report card released on 2020 census
Read full article: Native Americans fret as report card released on 2020 censusThe U.S. Census Bureau will release reports Thursday that show how good of a job the agency believes it did in counting every U.S. resident during the 2020 census.
New Census director has faith in quality of 2020 numbers
Read full article: New Census director has faith in quality of 2020 numbersThe new U.S. Census Bureau director says he is listening to the concerns of data users and policymakers, and the agency is making permanent community outreach efforts, in an effort to restore any trust that was lost following attempts by the Trump administration to politicize the nationโs head count.
Survey: Parents increased quality time at pandemic's start
Read full article: Survey: Parents increased quality time at pandemic's startA new report from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that parents shared more meals and spent more quality time together with their children at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic than they had in previous years.
People, homes vanish due to 2020 census' new privacy method
Read full article: People, homes vanish due to 2020 census' new privacy methodA statistical method used by the U.S. Census Bureau for the first time in 2020 to protect confidentiality has made people and occupied homes vanish, at least on paper, when they actually exist in the real world.
Illinois Dems embrace gerrymandering in fight for US House
Read full article: Illinois Dems embrace gerrymandering in fight for US HouseIn the fight to keep control of the U.S. House of Representatives, Democrats need help from the few places where state lawmakers can make 2022 difficult for Republicans.
Researchers worry about Census' gap in 2020 survey data
Read full article: Researchers worry about Census' gap in 2020 survey dataResearchers are worried about coronavirus-related disruptions to one of the U.S. Census Bureauโs most important surveys about how Americans live, saying a gap in the 2020 data will make it more difficult to understand the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and measure year-to-year changes.
In South Texas, aging water system meets growing population
Read full article: In South Texas, aging water system meets growing populationDesigned more than a century ago, the Rio Grande Valleyโs canal system in South Texas was built to irrigate the booming agricultural industry that once dominated the local economy.
Texas GOP advances new maps that would tighten slipping grip
Read full article: Texas GOP advances new maps that would tighten slipping gripTexas lawmakers are on the brink of finishing redrawn U.S. House maps that would shore up their eroding dominance as voters peel away from the GOP in the stateโs booming suburbs.
Puerto Rico ponders race amid surprising census results
Read full article: Puerto Rico ponders race amid surprising census resultsThe number of people in Puerto Rico who identified as โwhiteโ in the most recent census plummeted almost 80%, sparking a conversation of identity on an island breaking away from a past where race was not tracked and seldom debated in public.
Census ponders producing less granular data in next release
Read full article: Census ponders producing less granular data in next releaseU.S. Census Bureau officials are pondering whether to produce less granular data in the next release of 2020 census data, dealing with housing and family relationships.
Report: Births decline in pandemic may have turned corner
Read full article: Report: Births decline in pandemic may have turned cornerWhile there has been a decline in births in the U.S. during the pandemic, a new report suggests the drop may have turned a corner last March as births started rebounding.
Census: Relief programs staved off hardship in COVID crash
Read full article: Census: Relief programs staved off hardship in COVID crashMassive government relief passed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic moved millions of Americans out of poverty last year, even as the official poverty rate increased slightly.
Census experts find no political influence in state totals
Read full article: Census experts find no political influence in state totalsA task force of outside experts has found no evidence of political interference in the 2020 census numbers used for divvying up congressional seats among the U.S. states.
Texas GOP bets on hard right turn amid changing demographics
Read full article: Texas GOP bets on hard right turn amid changing demographicsRepublicans in Americaโs largest conservative state for years racked up victories under the slogan โKeep Texas Red,โ a pledge to quash a coming blue wave that Democrats argued was inevitable given shifting demographics.
Texas GOP bets on hard right turn amid changing demographics
Read full article: Texas GOP bets on hard right turn amid changing demographicsRepublicans in Americaโs largest conservative state for years racked up victories under the slogan โKeep Texas Red,โ a pledge to quash a coming blue wave that Democrats argued was inevitable given shifting demographics.
Proposed deal could end fight over 2020 census documents
Read full article: Proposed deal could end fight over 2020 census documentsA House oversight committee and the Commerce Department have reached an understanding that could resolve a lawsuit filed after the Trump administration ignored subpoenas for records on 2020 census operations.
After census, citizens panels seek sway in redistricting
Read full article: After census, citizens panels seek sway in redistrictingNew population data from the 2020 census is being used by citizens commissions in some states to try to influence the way voting districts are redrawn for the U.S. House and state legislatures.
Multiracial boom reflects US racial, ethnic complexity
Read full article: Multiracial boom reflects US racial, ethnic complexityGrowth 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.
Census data spurred GOP's largest partisan edge in decades
Read full article: Census data spurred GOP's largest partisan edge in decadesAn Associated Press analysis shows that Republicans have benefited from the biggest political advantage in decades because of potential gerrymandering in U.S. House districts and state legislative boundaries.
Census: 1 in 5 dorms, prisons had no data at end of US count
Read full article: Census: 1 in 5 dorms, prisons had no data at end of US countBy the end of the U.S. head count last year, the Census Bureau lacked data for residents in almost a fifth of the nation's occupied college dorms, nursing homes and prisons.
Watchdog: Little help from Trump officials in census probe
Read full article: Watchdog: Little help from Trump officials in census probeA watchdog agency investigating the origins of a failed attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census form was unable to question top Trump administration officials because they either refused to cooperate or set unacceptable interview terms.
Watchdog: Ross misled on reason for citizenship question
Read full article: Watchdog: Ross misled on reason for citizenship questionA federal investigation has found that President Donald Trumpโs commerce secretary misled Congress about why he sought to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.
Biden's Census nominee promises independence, transparency
Read full article: Biden's Census nominee promises independence, transparencyPresident Joe Bidenโs nominee to lead the U.S. Census Bureau has told a Senate committee that he'd bring transparency and independence to the nationโs largest statistical agency.