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Apr 1, 2020

Census Day arrives with US almost paralyzed by coronavirus

Census Day — the date used to reference where a person lives for the once-a-decade count — arrived Wednesday with a nation almost paralyzed by the spread of the novel coronavirus. But census officials vowed the job would be completed by its year-end deadline. The virus’s spread has forced the U.S. Census Bureau to suspend […]

Census Alaska Problems
Feb 28, 2020

Census hiccups in Alaska may offer preview for rest of U.S.

More than a month into the start of the 2020 census in rural Alaska, some workers going door to door have grown frustrated by not knowing when they will get their next assignments. Others have bought gear to protect against the brutal cold only to find out they’re not getting paid back. And a smartphone […]

Census Alaska Problems
Feb 28, 2020

Census hiccups in Alaska may offer preview for rest of U.S.

More than a month into the start of the 2020 census in rural Alaska, some workers going door to door have grown frustrated by not knowing when they will get their next assignments. Others have bought gear to protect against the brutal cold only to find out they’re not getting paid back. And a smartphone […]

Feb 14, 2020

By 2060, a quarter of U.S. residents will be over age 65

By 2060, almost a quarter of all U.S. residents will be over age 65, and life expectancy will reach an all-time high of 85 years, according to new reports released by the U.S. Census Bureau. The growth in life expectancy in the U.S. over the next four decades is expected to be slower than it […]

Feb 14, 2020

By 2060, a quarter of U.S. residents will be over age 65

By 2060, almost a quarter of all U.S. residents will be over age 65, and life expectancy will reach an all-time high of 85 years, according to new reports released by the U.S. Census Bureau. The growth in life expectancy in the U.S. over the next four decades is expected to be slower than it […]

Jan 22, 2020

What you need to know as the 2020 census starts in Alaska

The 2020 Census kicked off Tuesday in remote Alaska. U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham will be there to conduct the first count in the Bering Sea community of Toksook Bay. ___ WHY IS THE 2020 CENSUS STARTING IN ALASKA? With its sparse population and subzero temperature, rural Alaska can be hard to reach, and […]

Jan 22, 2020

What you need to know as the 2020 census starts in Alaska

The 2020 Census kicked off Tuesday in remote Alaska. U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham will be there to conduct the first count in the Bering Sea community of Toksook Bay. ___ WHY IS THE 2020 CENSUS STARTING IN ALASKA? With its sparse population and subzero temperature, rural Alaska can be hard to reach, and […]

Jan 13, 2020

Though it’s not on census form, brawl over citizenship question continues

The U.S. Supreme Court decided a citizenship question won’t be on this spring’s census form, but that doesn’t mean the fight over it has ended in courtrooms across the country. In Maryland, civil rights groups are trying to block an order from President Donald Trump to gather citizenship data through administrative records. In New York, […]

Jan 13, 2020

Though it’s not on census form, brawl over citizenship question continues

The U.S. Supreme Court decided a citizenship question won’t be on this spring’s census form, but that doesn’t mean the fight over it has ended in courtrooms across the country. In Maryland, civil rights groups are trying to block an order from President Donald Trump to gather citizenship data through administrative records. In New York, […]

Jan 7, 2020

Homeland Security will share citizenship data with Census

The Department of Homeland Security is agreeing to share citizenship information with the U.S. Census Bureau as part of President Donald Trump’s order to collect data on who is a citizen following the Supreme Court’s rejection of a citizenship question on the 2020 Census form. Trump’s order is being challenged in federal court, but meanwhile […]

Jan 7, 2020

Homeland Security will share citizenship data with Census

The Department of Homeland Security is agreeing to share citizenship information with the U.S. Census Bureau as part of President Donald Trump’s order to collect data on who is a citizen following the Supreme Court’s rejection of a citizenship question on the 2020 Census form. Trump’s order is being challenged in federal court, but meanwhile […]

Jan 2, 2020

3 big ways that the US will change over the next decade

The U.S. has just entered the new decade of the 2020s. What does our country look like today, and what will it look like 10 years from now, on Jan. 1, 2030? Which demographic groups in the U.S. will grow the most, and which groups will not grow as much, or maybe even decline in […]

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