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2010 Census Was Generally Accurate But Disproportionately Overlooked Minorities

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 05.22.2012

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WASHINGTON — The 2010 census missed more than 1.5 million minorities after struggling to count black Americans, Hispanics, renters and young men...

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Rahm Challenges Chicago's Census Count

Posted 02.19.2012

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The most recent U.S. Census data was described by some as a "shellacking" of Chicago, which reportedly saw a 200,000 person drop in population over 10...

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New Census Figures Show Huge Jump In Older Americans Amid Medicare Debate

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 07.26.2011

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WASHINGTON — Women still outlive men, but the gender gap among U.S. seniors is narrowing. New 2010 census figures, released Thursday, show men ...

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Urban Engines -- American Cities Must Grow

Greg Selkoe | Posted 06.11.2011

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My name is Greg Selkoe and I am an entrepreneur. This is a phrase I am proud of and no matter what the activity, whether it was when I worked at City ...

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A Nation In Transformation: America's Evolution To A Multicultural Nation

AOL Noticias | Posted 05.25.2011

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On April 1st, U.S. Census Director Robert Groves will officially announce the results of the 2010 Census. But the social, economic and cultural ramif...

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Did Arizona Shoot Itself in the Foot?

Michael P. McDonald | Posted 05.25.2011

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Census numbers have purposes other than determining congressional seats -- your state gets its share of federal money based on the number of people counted. Note that I say "people" not "citizens." This is where Arizona may have lost out.

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Illinois Loses A House Seat In 2010 Census

WBEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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As predicted, Illinois will lose a seat in the U.S. House. Illinois' population grew 3 percent to 12.8 million people. But that wasn't enough to hold ...

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Reapportionment Not Necessarily Good News for Republicans

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011

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The just-released census data shows ten states losing Congressional seats. On its face, this looks to be bad news for Democrats. The problem with this logic is that Republicans have a growing problem with minorities.

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The Most Surprising Facts From The 2010 Census

Posted 05.25.2011

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Think you can name the one state in America that actually lost residents since 2000? Today the Census Bureau released a vast trove of data for the...

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The Biggest Census Winners And Losers

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 05.25.2011

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The census data released today showed some of the slowest growth in American history. However, some states still showed enormous growth, while others ...

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DOWN: Census Website Knocked Offline

Posted 05.25.2011

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Today the U.S. Census Bureau is releasing findings from the 2010 census conducted earlier this year, but if you're trying to access the census website...

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2010 Census Data Released: LIVE Updates (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Data from the 2010 Census is being released today, an unveiling that has major ramifications for states around the country as well as both political p...

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The Poorest Counties In America

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 05.25.2011

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Since 2000 the poorest Americans have only gotten poorer. Though census results are only beginning to be released, last week the results of the Ame...

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New Census Data Reveals The Richest Counties In America

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 05.25.2011

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It seems this year the rich got even richer. Though census results are only beginning to be released, last week the results of the American Communi...

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Lack Of Census Participation Could Endanger Congressional Seats In Five States

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Five states – New York, California, Texas, Arizona and Florida – are perilously close to losing out on congressional se...

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Glenn Beck's Failure To Fully Fill Out Census Will Cost Taxpayers

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 05.25.2011

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I just got off the phone with a spokesman for the U.S. Census Bureau about the news that Glenn Beck and GOP Rep Paul Broun are refusing to fully fill ...

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Hipsters Fill Out Census At Record Low Rate In New York

Posted 05.25.2011

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"Census participation" is beginning to sound more like a band that New York City hipsters would listen to than an action they would take part in. Th...

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Karl Rove Census Ad (VIDEO): Former Bush Aide Urges Americans To Fill Out Their Forms

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Recent author and former Bush adviser Karl Rove has teamed up with the Census Bureau to film a new public service announcement urging people fill out...

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Obama Fills Out Census Form: Includes First Grandmother

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has filled out and turned in his family's census form, making sure to include an entry for the first grandma...

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Census Bureau Director Apologizes For 'Negro' Category On Form (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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On Friday's edition of C-SPAN's "Washington Journal," Census Bureau Director Robert Groves apologized to a caller for the "negro" classification on th...

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Google Census 2010 Participation Map Tracks Replies In Near-Real-Time

Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Google is launching a new feature that will allow you to track Census 2010 participation rates in near real-time. Google announced the interactive ...

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College Students Fly Below Census Radar

USA Today | Posted 05.25.2011

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Until he took a statistics class on it this spring, Christian Reyes barely knew what the U.S. Census was, much less that he has a legal obligation to ...

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Karl Rove Lays Out Plan To Gerrymander America To Oblivion

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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The year 2010 means that the government is undertaking a new census, and that means a new opportunity to redraw Congressional districts -- and so, here's Karl Rove, using his perch at the Wall Street Journal to publish a well-placed ad for his services as a gerrymanderer par excellence.

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2010 Census Campaign Begins: Census Bureau Kicks Off Once-A-Decade Head Count

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Census Bureau kicks off its $300 million campaign Monday to prod, coax and cajole the nation's more than 300 million residents ...

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