Evaluating How Census 2010 Reached Hard-to-Count Groups
The Census Bureau did a better job in 2010 than it had in 2000 reaching out to "hard-to-count" groups, such as minorities and renters, who are more likely to be missed by census-takers than other Americans.
Cell Phone Challenge for the Census
A newly released Government Accountability Office review of Census Bureau follow-up efforts to reduce errors in the 2010 Census raises an issue that is familiar to survey researchers: The problem of reaching the growing share of Americans who only have cell phones and not landlines.
Cell Phone Challenge for the Census
A newly released General Accounting Office review of Census Bureau follow-up efforts to reduce errors in the 2010 Census raises an issuefamiliar to survey researchers: How to reach the growing share of Americans who only have cell phones and not landlines.
GAO: 2010 Census Operations Successful, But Fundamental Design Needs Reform
A few days before the Census Bureau is scheduled to release the first population totals from the 2010 Census, the Government Accountability Office published three reports evaluating key operations of the decennial count.
Final Participation Rate for 2010 Census: 74%
The Census Bureau today released five sets of population estimates for the nation as of April 1--but not from the soon-to-be-released 2010 Census count.
Using Census Data to Document Economic Distress
The Census Bureau just released its 2009 American Community Survey statistics, and included some additional analysis to address public interest in using the data to document the impact of the economic downturn.
Recent Reading about Census Topics
New York Prisoners and the Census
New York legislators have passed a bill that would count prisoners at their home addresses, not those where they are incarcerated, for purposes of redrawing state and local legislative districts using data from the 2010 Census next year.
Other Ways to Conduct a Census
The Wall Street Journal's "The Numbers Guy" columnist, Carl Bialik, has weighed in on the debate over whether Americans should be required by law to fill in their census forms, and whether there are other ways to take the census.
Federal Funding and the American Community Survey
Data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey help guide the distribution of 29% of federal domestic assistance spending and 69% of federal grant spending, according to a new Brookings Institution report.
