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Sep 10 2024
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Census: US Income & Poverty Both Edged Up in 2023
U.S. inflation-adjusted household income increased but a measure of the poverty rate also edged up last year, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday, offering a snapshot of how American households fared as the economy returned to pre-coronavirus pandemic growth levels, job growth boomed and inflation eased. Real median household income rose to $80,610 in 2023, up 4.0% from 2022. The report
Newsmax (News)May 21 2024
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New census data: See population changes in every Massachusetts city & town since 2020
BOSTON — The United States Census Bureau recently released new data showing how populations in cities and towns across Massachusetts have changed between April 1, 2020, to July 1, 2023. Boston appears to be the biggest loser in regards to population count, with about 25,000 people (3.65% of the population) departing the city since 2020, data showed. Overall, the town of Shirley had the biggest
Boston 25 NewsSep 01 2024
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Myanmar junta announces census for promised 2025 election
Sept 2 (Reuters) - Myanmar's military government will conduct a nationwide population and household census in October, state media said on Monday, paving the way for a promised election next year amid raging conflict across swathes of the country. The census data collected between Oct. 1-15 will be used to hold a general election next year, junta chief Min Aung Hlaing told a meeting on Sunday
ReutersSep 14 2024
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Rising share of Georgians’ income going to rent, says US Census Bureau
Nationally, the cost of renting, which includes rent and utilities, grew faster than real median home values for the first time in 10 years. Census Bureau officials say this was the largest annual increase in rental costs since 2011. However, the agency said the data showed rent as a share of income did not rise nationally “despite significant increases in rental costs.” Officials said this
Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionSep 13 2024
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Number of trans people may have been overestimated in census, ONS says
Census may have overestimated number of trans people in England and Wales The number of transgender people living in the UK may have been overestimated by the 2021 census, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has confirmed. Following the survey in England and Wales, it was reported that around one in 200 people aged over 16 self-identified as a different gender to their sex at birth.
BBC NewsAug 31 2024
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Census Bureau data tool helps pinpoint the explosive growth of the Latino population
WASHINGTON — With the explosive expansion of the Latino population in the United States, the U.S. Census Bureau has created an online data tool that details its growth and the changes within varied segments of the community. The interactive data visualization taps census data from 2000, 2010 and 2020 "to allow users to view changes in regional and detailed Hispanic or Latino groups such as
KSLMar 10 2022
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2020 census undercounted Black, Latino, Indigenous populations
The 2020 census undercounted Black, Latino and Indigenous populations while over-counting white and Asian people, according to estimates from a report the U.S. Census Bureau released Thursday.
The findings continue a long-standing struggle for the bureau with counting underrepresented groups while over-counting non-Hispanic white people. Many of them live in hard-to-reach areas, such as
NBC News DigitalJan 05 2024
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Census re-counting 11 cities in Iowa, Illinois, like it's 2020
Four years after the last census, almost a dozen small communities in the Midwest are going to be counted again in hopes of getting a new grocery store or more state funding to build roads, fire stations and parks. Eleven small cities in Illinois and Iowa are the only municipalities so far to have signed agreements with the U.S. Census Bureau for a second count of their residents in 2024, the
WIZMJul 10 2024
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Aurora approves special census for 2025
The Aurora City Council passed a resolution Tuesday to pay about $1 million to enter into an agreement with the U.S. Census Bureau for a special census in 2025. The unanimous vote will allow the city to enter into a memorandum of agreement with the Census Bureau to try to get a count city officials believe is closer to reality than the 180,000 population figure from the 2020 decennial census.
Chicago Tribune