African Americans, young children and rural Americans are a few of the groups at risk of being undercounted in this year’s census.
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For most of the past five decades, income inequality has been higher in rural counties than in urban areas. Now, urban areas are catching up.
How accurate will the 2020 census be? A demographer explains which communities are hard to count, how the coronavirus could affect the process and what’s at stake.
Countries have been trying to count their populations since the Han dynasty in China.
The 2020 census will now count some groups differently than it has in the past. That could make a difference in the final count – affecting which states receive funding and congressional seats.
Census data are used to determine federal funding on everything from highway construction to poverty services. With many students heading back to their parents’ homes, college towns may take a hit.
A quarter of Americans, many of them non-white, are worried about data privacy and confidentiality in the 2020 census.
Happiness varies by location, and what matters for happiness varies as well.
The results of the 1920 census kicked off a bitter, decadelong political squabble. Could the same happen again in 2020?
A scholar disproves the long-held assumption that black names are a recent phenomenon.
More workplaces are allowing employees to telecommute, but there are still barriers to more flexible arrangements.
As the country grew, each census required greater effort than the last. That problem led to the invention of the punched card.
People living in rural and small town America have much at stake in the 2020 census. But census participation tends to be lower in rural areas.
South Africa’s data collection is constantly improving. That’s especially true when it comes to metrics that weren’t collected or were distorted for political purposes during apartheid.
Demographers have figured out a simple and effective way to estimate the number of unauthorized immigrants – even without information on citizenship.
Conflict made its way to the Supreme Court this past session with two cases – one about the census, the other about gerrymandering. A court scholar says the two cases are intimately connected.
The political implications of the citizenship question made this case politically volatile and controversial – even for the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court has issued what’s likely to be its final word on partisan gerrymandering, saying it’s a political issue, not a legal one. That means reform lies in the hands of voters.
Hockey is often considered Canada’s national sport, but with the changing demographics of the country and the rising success of the Toronto Raptors, basketball is also seen as a national sport.
How much does your socio-demographic background such as income, type of work and where you were born affect who you vote for? Quite a lot.
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Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Demographer, POLIS Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
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Professor of Sociology, Eastern Michigan University
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Professor of Demography and Social Statistics., Obafemi Awolowo University
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Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Demography, Penn State
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