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NEWS ABOUT: US Census

US Census stories: 18 news summaries

Census Worker May Have Hanged Himself

Investigators consider suicide in naked 'fed' case

Nov 6, 09 6:32 AM CST
(AP) - Investigators probing the death of a census worker found hanging from a tree with the word "fed" scrawled on his chest increasingly doubt he was killed because of his job and are pursuing the possibility of suicide. The suicide theory is gaining steam because there were no defensive wounds... More »

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suicide • hanging • US Census • 2010 census • Bill Sparkman • anti-government sentiment

life imitates art

 Most of 
 Manhattan 
 Is Single 

Census shows 50.3% live alone

Oct 30, 09 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Depending on your point of view, New York is either a very lonely city or a great place to get laid. The number of singles in the Big Apple, already at a historic high, keeps rising, according to new Census data. In Manhattan, a whopping 50.3% of people live... More »

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New York City • Manhattan • marriage • US Census • Census data • single people • singles • women's issues

 Bachmann: 
 'Reckless Liar,' 
 Rising Star 

Rep's star rising on sheer controversy

Oct 15, 09 8:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michele Bachmann thinks the administration is trying to eliminate the dollar. She’s refusing to fill out her census form, which, she notes, has been used to populate internment camps. And she’s suggested that Democrat-proposed privacy rules for school clinics could lead to abortion referrals for young girls. To... More »

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conservative • celebrity • Minnesota • US Census • Michele Bachmann

 Most Stay-at-Home 
 Moms Aren't 
 'Opting Out': 
 Census 

Contrary to 'opt-out revolution' notion, most stay-at-home moms start that way

Oct 1, 09 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - The so-called opt-out revolution by stay-at-home moms “is not and never has been and will not be a revolution,” says one sociologist—and statistics from the most recent census support that point. The term was coined to describe well-educated women leaving high-powered careers to raise children, but census... More »

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education • motherhood • parenting • mothers • income • working mothers • US Census • Census data • career • mother

OPINION

Trouble With Authority Marks Area of Census Taker's Murder

But Ky. hanging NOT
on Glenn Beck: blogger

Sep 24, 09 8:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - The area of Kentucky where a US Census worker was found Sept. 12 hanged and with “fed” scrawled across his chest “has a difficult relationship with government,” a supposedly knowledgeable local blogs for the Boar’s Head Tavern. “I’m not surprised some unstable person hit... More »

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Kentucky • hanging • US Census • Bill Sparkman • anti-government sentiment

 'Fed' Written on Chest 
 of Hanged Ky. Census Worker 

FBI investigating if incident was based on anti-government sentiment

Sep 23, 09 9:26 PM CDT
(AP) - A US Census worker found hanged from a tree near a Kentucky cemetery had the word "fed" scrawled on his chest, a law-enforcement official said today, and the FBI is investigating whether he was a victim of anti-government sentiment. The official did not say what type of instrument... More »

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FBI • crime • murder • Kentucky • hanging • US Census • Bill Sparkman • anti-government sentiment

OPINION

ACORN Is Rotten, And Mainstream Media Ignores It

Network news has no coverage of hooker-pimp sting video scandal

Sep 15, 09 6:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The scandal enveloping community-organizing group ACORN “has everything you could ever want,” Dan Gainor writes for Fox News: “corruption, sleazy actions at tax-funded organizations, firings, government ties, sex, hookers. It is a network news director’s dream.” Curiously, ABC, CBS, and NBC aren't covering the brouhaha... More »

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prostitution • corruption • Fox News • US Census • brothel • hooker • Acorn • community organizers • federal funding • mainstream media

Next Year's Census Will Be Biggest, Most Costly Ever 

New methods, standards as expenses soar

May 25, 09 11:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Next year’s US census will be the largest and costliest ever, requiring 140,000 workers and $15 billion, the Chicago Tribune reports. Thousands of employees have already hit the field to confirm addresses in an effort to ensure oft-underrepresented renters, minorities, and the homeless are accurately counted. Other census... More »

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demographics • US Census • Census data • 2010

(Newser) - Judd Gregg’s flirtation with the top job at Commerce has brought the partisan battle over the US Census to the fore with just a year to go before before the official count, the New York Times reports. Most Americans may not think of the census as a political... More »

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partisanship • Department of Commerce • US Census • redistricting • Obama administration • Judd Gregg • President Obama • Obama Cabinet • political appointment • 2010

 US Illegal Immigration Plunges 

For the first time in years, legal immigrants outnumber incoming illegals

Oct 3, 08 3:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The number of illegal immigrants entering the US has plummeted in the last several years, a new study has found. Close to 800,000 illegal immigrants entered the US each year from 2000-2004, but 500,000 have entered each year since, reports the Washington Post. For the first time in... More »

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Department of Homeland Security • illegal immigration • US Census • undocumented workers • Pew Hispanic Center • Center for Immigration Studies • Mexicans Without Borders

Minorities Becoming Majority
Across US

2007 census reveals dramatic trend

Aug 7, 08 8:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - The white population has declined in more than half of US counties, marking a dramatic shift in America's human landscape, reports USA Today. The data from the 2007 census, released today, reveals a continuing trend of immigration and growth within minority populations, coupled with slow or no growth among... More »

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United States • population • demographics • US Census • minorities • Census data • white people

Census Paints Picture of America's Artists

2M work in the arts, outnumbering doctors and lawyers

Jun 12, 08 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - America has an army of artists that rivals the military in size, the New York Times reports. The National Endowment of the Arts has used census figures to paint a portrait of the almost 2 million Americans making their living from artistic professions—more, the Times notes, than the number... More »

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art • artistic expression • artist • US Census • National Endowment for the Arts

Hispanics Hit 15% of US Population

High birth rate a big
asset to the economy as workforce ages

May 1, 08 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US Hispanic population is booming, driven more by a high birth rate among those already in the country than immigration, the Census Bureau says. Since 2000, Latinos have jumped from 12.6% to more than 15% of the total population—swelling their numbers to 45.5 million from 35.... More »

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population • US Census • Hispanic • the Hispanic vote • Census data

Census Bureau Downgrades Back to Paper

Hand-held computers won't be ready for 2010; count's costs rise

Apr 3, 08 6:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - The 2010 US census was meant to be a high-tech affair, NextGov.com reports, but the Census Bureau today ditched plans to use hand-held computers. The agency will return to plain old paper after "a lack of effective communication" derailed efforts by Harris Corp. to come up with devices... More »

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technology • Census Bureau • bureaucracy • US Census • Carlos Gutierrez • bureaucratic blunders • Harris Corp. • hand-held computers

US Population Reaches 303.2M

It's up slightly from last year

Dec 27, 07 6:54 PM CST
(Newser) - The US population will be 303.2 million on New Year's Day, the Census Bureau says, a 0.9% increase from last year. The nation is projected to add one person every 13 seconds in the new year—a birth every 8 seconds, a death every 11 seconds, and one... More »

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California • Louisiana • population • Nevada • US Census

Switching States Is
On the Rise

Immigrants, people
in their 20s take the lead in mobility

Nov 30, 07 10:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Americans are moving from state to state at the highest rate since the early '90s, reports  USA Today. The trend stems from immigrants spreading out from the traditional gateway states in search of jobs and lower living costs, as well as a larger number of mobile twenty-somethings. In a 2006... More »

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baby boomer • US economy • immigrant • US Census

Immigration Hits All-Time High

About 1 in 8 Americans started out elsewhere, says anti-immigrant group

Nov 29, 07 12:18 PM CST
(Newser) - One out of every 8 US residents is an immigrant following seven years in which a record 10.3 million newcomers crossed US borders. But more than half of those were illegals, according to an anti-immigration group's census analysis. Critics were skeptical of the study’s conclusions—which focused on... More »

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immigration • health insurance • illegal immigration • immigrant • US Census

Racial Generation Gap Opens

Whites are older,
minorities are younger

May 17, 07 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - The number of non-white Americans has passed 100 million—a third of the current population—for the first time, the Census Bureau reports, and the growing minority population is creating a new racial generation gap. Hispanics had the lowest median age at 27.4, while the median age of whites,... More »

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baby boomer • race • elderly • age • Census Bureau • children • America • minority • population • generation gap • voters • US Census • Hispanic

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