Census

Why Care About Projected U.S. Ethnicity and Age?

Robert Engelman | Posted 09.14.2008 | Media


Robert Engelman

It's pretty curious, given the country's aspiration to be unbiased by race or ethnicity, that the topic of our ethnic mix fascinates the Census Bureau and the news media so much.

Sam Stein

Census Projections: U.S. Will Be Half Minority By 2042

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics


Some amazing projections were released by the U.S. Census Bureau this morning: by the year 2042, more than half of America's population will be made u...

Census Data Reveals The Changing Face Of America

CBS News | Posted 09.07.2008 | Home


Census figures reveal a new reality in America's classrooms, reports CBS News correspondent Nancy Cordes. Minority populations are climbing everywhere...

Gay Marriages Won't Count In 2010 Census

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Same-sex marriage is legal in two states, but not a single one will show up in the 2010 census. The Census Bureau says the federal...

World Population To Hit 7 Billion By 2012

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 06.27.2008 | Living


WASHINGTON — The world's population will reach 7 billion in 2012, even as the global community struggles to satisfy its appetite for natural res...

Iraq Plans To Conduct Census Next Year

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — Iraq's government announced on Tuesday that it will conduct a census next year in an effort to determine the real numbers of the count...

Census: Texas Is The Hot Place To Live

AP | PAUL J. WEBER | Posted 04.04.2008 | Living


DALLAS — Four Texas metropolitan areas were among the biggest population gainers as Americans continued their trend of moving to the Sun Belt in...

First Antarctic Marine Census Launched

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


WELLINGTON, New Zealand — U.S., New Zealand and Italian marine scientists began a two-month voyage to Antarctica's northern coast Tuesday as par...