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Census Bureau stories: 13 news summaries

Telenovela Sexes Up Census Participation

 Soap opera reaches out to worried Latinos

Oct 8, 09 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Spicy soap opera action may not be something usually associated with the US Census Bureau, but that's set to change next week. Perla Beltrán, a luckless but lovely character in popular Telemundo telenovela Más Sabe el Diablo, is getting a job helping boost Hispanic participation in next... More »

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Census Bureau • Telemundo • telenovas • Latinos • Hispanic • 2010 census

 Hanged Census Worker 
 Was Naked, Bound: Witness 

Kentucky assailants used duct tape, gagged Bill Sparkman

Sep 25, 09 8:17 PM CDT
(AP) - A part-time US Census worker found hanging in a rural Kentucky cemetery was naked, gagged and had his hands and feet bound with duct tape, said an Ohio man who discovered the body two weeks ago. "The only thing he had on was a pair of socks," Jerry... More »

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Census Bureau • Kentucky • hanging • cemetery • Bill Sparkman • anti-government sentiment • duct tape

 150K Gay Couples Check 
 'Married' on Census 

Same-sex couples say knot tied, even in states where it can't be

Sep 22, 09 8:32 AM CDT
(AP) - Nearly 150,000 same-sex couples reported being in marriages last year, many more than the number of actual weddings and civil unions, according to the first US census figures released on same-sex marriages. About 27% of the estimated 564,743 total gay couples in the US said they were in... More »

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gay marriage • Census Bureau • civil union • Proposition 8 • same-sex couples

US Census Bureau Axes Community Group ACORN

Group called 'distraction' after sting catches employees advising prostitute

Sep 11, 09 9:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US Census Bureau will not allow community-organizing group ACORN to participate in next year’s national census, the Wall Street Journal reports tonight. The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now is a “distraction,” Census director Robert Groves writes, after members of its Baltimore and Washington offices... More »

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prostitution • Census Bureau • Baltimore • sting operations • hidden camera • Washington, DC • Acorn • community organizers • 2010 census

(Newser) - The economy is doing a number on Americans' wanderlust. The number of people who switched residences last year dropped to 35.2 million, the lowest since 1962, the New York Times reports. The Census Bureau pegs the nation's mobility rate at 11.9%, down from 13.2% last year and... More »

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Census Bureau • Americans • demographics • Census data

 Ranks of
 Uninsured
 Drop by 1M

Poverty rate unchanged, median incomes rise

Aug 26, 08 1:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - There were a million fewer uninsured Americans last year, the first annual decrease under the Bush administration, according to Census Bureau data released today. Median household incomes also rose slightly for the third consecutive year, while the nation’s poverty rate held steady at just over 12%, AP reports. The... More »

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Bush administration • health care • health insurance • Census Bureau • poverty • US economy • poverty rate • George W. Bush

 Minorities Surging to Majority

Changes will dramatically alter political landscape

Aug 14, 08 2:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - America's demographics will dramatically change by mid-century, with the white population slipping to a minority of 46% of Americans, according to projections  from the Census Bureau. Minority kids will make up 66% of the nation's population of children, reports the Washington Post. The number of Hispanics is expected to... More »

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Census Bureau • Brookings Institution • baby boom • Hispanic • Center for Immigration Studies • African-Americans • white people

 Live-In Lovers
 Hit Record Number

6.4M unmarried hetero couples live together

Jul 29, 08 7:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - The number of unmarried heterosexual couples living together reached a record 6.4 million in 2007, or 10% of all hetero couples who share a home, according to the Census Bureau. It's a snapshot of the changing American family. Some 2.5 million of the couples—45.5%—are raising... More »

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marriage • Census Bureau • University of Chicago • University of Michigan • cohabitation • Population Studies Center • Pamela Smock • heterosexual couples • Linda Waite

 New Orleans
 Is Fastest
 Growing City 

Population growing fast, but still way down from pre-Katrina levels

Jul 10, 08 12:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - New Orleans is the fastest-growing city in the US, the Census Bureau reports, but not fast enough to regain more than half of its size before Hurricane Katrina. Between July 2006 and July 2007, the Big Easy’s population jumped 13.8%, more than any other major city, the Times ... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • Census Bureau • population • cities • Census data






 World Pop. to Hit 7B by 2012


Increased 1B in 13 years

Jun 20, 08 2:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The world's soaring population is expected to hit 7 billion by 2012, further straining thinly stretched natural resources, AP reports. The current population is 6.7 billion, and growing at 1.2% a year, spurred by increasing medical and nutritional advances in developing countries. But as more women in developing... More »

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China • immigration • India • Census Bureau • Brookings Institution • overpopulation • human population • Population Reference Bureau • National Center for Health Statistics

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

Garcias Catching Up With Smiths

Hispanics rising in latest surame survey

Nov 18, 07 3:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Smith is still the most common US surname, but Garcia and Rodriguez are hot on its tail, the New York Times says. Those two Hispanic names cracked the Census Bureau’s latest top 10, likely marking the first time a non-Anglo name has been so prevalent. After seeing their ranks... More »

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Census Bureau • list • Latinos • Hispanic • name • surnames

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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