Privacy veil lifted, 1940 census opens window to past - Washington Times
27 May 2012, 9:10 pm
Maggie Evans, of the richest family on the block, can never go home. A clowder of feral cats roams the front yard. In the past two years, there have been five homicides within 1,500 feet of the house she once gave that name: Home, for her, no ...

census: Minorities, particularly Hispanics, boosting populations of Indiana's small towns - Republic
27 May 2012, 3:12 pm
CROMWELL, Ind. — census data show that Hispanics are fueling population growths in many of Indiana's small towns at a time when those communities' white populations are shrinking. Without the increase in minorities, particularly Hispanics ...

census of 1940 shows an undercount of blacks - Philadelphia Daily News
27 May 2012, 6:22 am
There's no record of Gibson and her family in the decennial census, the records of which were released online to the public April 2 by the National Archives after a 72-year confidentiality period lapsed. She and her family aren't the only ones ...

The House GOP’s principled—and destructive—war on the long-form census. - Slate
25 May 2012, 12:29 pm
Does the government have the right to ask you when you leave for work in the morning? How long it takes you to get home? Whether you have a flush toilet? The answers to these questions are at the heart of an unexpected controversy about a ...

2010 census undercount could spell disaster for blacks, Latinos - The Grio
23 May 2012, 6:58 pm
Despite a massive and expensive outreach campaign to minorities, the 2010 U.S. census missed over 1.5 million blacks, Latinos, Native Americans and others.  And a failure to count that many people could have dire consequences in the coming decade.

Getting rid of census survey is wasteful - CNN
23 May 2012, 11:49 am
(CNN)-- It's always been a mystery to me why Republican lawmakers who denounce the evils of government choose to run for office. If your belief is that the private sector holds the answers to all that ails us, it seems like you would want to go ...

census count stirs up debate - Houston Chronicle
23 May 2012, 6:55 am
The census Bureau announced Tuesday it came within 36,000 people of a perfect count for the national 2010 census. But almost twice as many people were missed in Harris County - an estimated 61,500 people weren't counted here, according to census estimates.

census improves but still misses minorities - USA Today
23 May 2012, 1:40 am
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON The 2010 census missed more than 1.5 million minorities after struggling to count Black Americans, Hispanics, renters and young men, but it was mostly accurate, the government said Tuesday. In Arizona, despite earlier ...

census Bureau says 2010 count was mainly accurate - Los Angeles Times
22 May 2012, 2:56 pm
The 2010 census continued to miscount the same groups that it's had problems keeping track of in the past, but overall was essentially accurate, officials said Tuesday. According to an assessment of its count, the census Bureau said it had ...

I have one Cuban grandparent. Why does the census count me as Hispanic? - Slate
22 May 2012, 12:47 pm
It’s rare that a census Bureau press release dominates the front pages, but last week’s headline “Most Children Younger Than 1 Are Minorities, census Reports” was the thrilling exception. The shortage of white Anglo babies, the press was ...