Census 2020

National Academies Seeks Experts to Assess 2020 U.S. Census
Announcements
May 7, 2021

National Academies Seeks Experts to Assess 2020 U.S. Census

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Biden Makes Quick Moves to Get Social Science In Administration
News
January 22, 2021

Biden Makes Quick Moves to Get Social Science In Administration

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Will the 2020 Census Be the Last of Its Kind?
Public Policy
September 25, 2020

Will the 2020 Census Be the Last of Its Kind?

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Will We See A More Private, But Less Useful, Census?
Census
September 14, 2020

Will We See A More Private, But Less Useful, Census?

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Some Americans Don’t Trust the Census

Some Americans Don’t Trust the Census

The 2020 census is fraught with uncertainty for a variety of reasons, including a lack of money, a growing distrust in government and the months of debate over the now-dropped citizenship question – which the Census Bureau itself called a major barrier to participation.

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A Shortened Census Count Hurts Communities of Color

A Shortened Census Count Hurts Communities of Color

The 2020 Census will count fewer Black Americans, Indigenous peoples, Asian Americans and Americans of Hispanic or Latino origin than actually live in the U.S. That will mean less public money for essential services in their communities, and less representation by elected officials at the state and federal levels.

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Looking at Censuses Past and Future: A Talk With Andrew Whitby

Looking at Censuses Past and Future: A Talk With Andrew Whitby

In an age where issues of ethnicity and identity matter, as well, as in the United States, political representation, the import and impact of censuses, along with how they are structured, carried out and analyzed, matters greatly. And with the U.S. Census being conducted this year – today, April 1, is Census Day, although coronavirus-marred collection of data will continue until August 14 – this is an apt time to talk with author Andrew Whitby about censuses past, present and future.

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How Prisoners, Soldiers and Missionaries Complicate the Census

How Prisoners, Soldiers and Missionaries Complicate the Census

There are three groups that have consistently posed problems to the U.S. census throughout history and continue to spark debate to this day: military members, Mormon missionaries and prisoners.

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COVID, the Census, and the Looming University Undercount

COVID, the Census, and the Looming University Undercount

Counties with large universities depend heavily on student responses to the decennial census, because the census counts determine the levels of federal funding communities receive. And if those students are counted as being there …?

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Finding Students: ALA Contributing to the 2020 Census

Finding Students: ALA Contributing to the 2020 Census

 The American Library Association is preparing academic libraries for the U.S. Census — the decennial count of every person living within the […]

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A Century Ago, Congress Dismissed a U.S. Census

A Century Ago, Congress Dismissed a U.S. Census

Census 2020 is far from the first census to set off bitter political fights. One hundred years ago, results from Census 1920 initiated a decadelong struggle about how to allocate a state’s seats in Congress. The political arguments were so bitter that Congress eventually decided they would not use Census 1920 results.

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Senate Appropriators OK 3 Percent Increase in NSF Budget

Senate Appropriators OK 3 Percent Increase in NSF Budget

UPDATED: The U.S. Senate committee that oversees funding for the National Science Foundation, and with that most of the federal money spent on basic social and behavioral science research, today approved a 2020 budget that increases NSF spending by $242 million compared to the current fiscal year. The bill must still pass the full Senate, and be reconciled with a more generous House version.

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