On the surface, the decennial census seems straightforward. Count everyone in the country…
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Evolution of Census questions
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Privacy algorithm could lead to Census undercount of small towns
To increase anonymity in the Census records, the bureau is testing an algorithm…
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Cost of a Census undercount
The citizenship question for the upcoming Census is still stuck in limbo. One…
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How the 2020 Census will be different
Ted Mellnik and Reuben Fischer-Baum for The Washington Post describe the changes to…
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Census data downloader to reformat for humans
There is a lot of Census data. You can grab most of the…
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Reduced privacy risk in exchange for accuracy in the Census count
Mark Hansen for The Upshot describes the search for balance between individual privacy…
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Mapping opportunity for children, based on where they grew up
Opportunity Atlas, a collaboration between Opportunity Insights and the Census Bureau, is the…
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When wife earns more than husband, they report a lesser gap
Marta Murray-Close and Misty L. Heggeness for the Census Bureau compared income responses…
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Challenges ahead for the Census count
The 2020 Census is coming up quick, but there’s still a lot up…
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Tweeting a map of every Census tract in the United States
By Neil Freeman, the @everytract bot on Twitter, as the name suggests, is…
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Citizenship question returning to Census
Emily Baumgaertner reporting for The New York Times:
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Making the Count
As 2020 approaches, let’s aim for higher accuracy and less uncertainty.
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Worries over the 2020 Census
Michael Wines, reporting for The New York Times:
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Troubling pick for Census Bureau deputy director
The administration’s current pick for deputy director of the United States Census Bureau…
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Australia as 100 people
Opting for the force-directed clusters route, Catherine Hanrahan and Simon Elvery for ABC…
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Parts of America that most resemble the future
The Census Bureau released estimates for demographic breakdowns for each county — in…
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Predicting who needs a working fire alarm
In 2014, five people died in New Orleans in a house fire. Three…
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Twitter bot generates biographies via Census data
We usually see Census data in aggregate. It comes in choropleth maps or…
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Far fewer black men than black women
Justin Wolfers, David Leonhardt, and Kevin Quealy for the Upshot explore the gender…
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Detailed UK census data browser
DataShine Census provides a detailed view into United Kingdom 2011 census data. Population,…
