U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

Prominent demographers are asking the U.S. Census Bureau to abandon a controversial method for protecting survey and census participants’ confidentiality.

Four people riding in a golf cart were killed when an allegedly intoxicated man driving an SUV ran a stop sign at an intersection in Galveston, Texas, according to police. Two of the victims were juveniles.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Monday, July 25 to examine the 2020 Census and its impact on local communities. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which Peters chairs, is responsible for conducting oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau. Since the release of the 2020 Census, Detroit city officials have repeatedly stated that the majority-Black city was undercounted, which could have negative implications on the city’s federal funding. He said despite a large community effort to reach residents for the 2020 Census, it was government actions that may have led to the undercount. They also suggested including community organizers input on operational changes and any legislative recommendations resulting from the experiences and aftermath of the 2020 census.

Some Trump administration officials had initial doubts that it was legal to put a citizenship question on the 2020 census but pressed forward and attempted to add it.

A U.S. Census Bureau director couldn’t be fired without cause and new questions to a census form would have to be vetted by Congress under proposed legislation that attempts to prevent in the future the type of political interference into the nation’s head count that took place during the Trump administration.

A U.S. House committee has approved legislation that would put voluntary questions about sexual orientation and gender identity on federal surveys.

U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) is continuing her push to include the Middle Eastern or North African (MENA) in federal population and health data, as well as the 10 year federal Census.

Sexual orientation and gender identity.

Millions of college graduates will be flocking the job market in the coming months. Jobs like software developer and registered nurse will long be in demand.

Eight of the 10 largest cities in the U.S. lost population during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic.

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A new census report shows 14 states were significantly miscounted, which might have cost red states 2-3 seats. A potential reasons: Trump's chaotic attempts to game the system.

The states were not counted equally well for population totals used to determine their share of political representation and federal funding for the next 10 years, a new Census Bureau report shows.

Houston, Las Vegas and Phoenix were among the top 10 moving destinations for Americans in 2021, according to truck rental company Penske's annual report.

Hundreds of the urban areas in the U.S. are becoming rural, and it’s not because of anything they’ve done.

The next release of detailed data about U.S. residents from the 2020 census will be postponed until next year because the U.S. Census Bureau said Wednesday that it needs more time to crunch the numbers, including implementing a controversial method used to protect participants' identities. “The truth of the matter is we need this data,” said Eric Guthrie, a senior demographer in the Minnesota State Demographic Center. Other rounds of data on household relationships will be made public later in 2023, according to the Census Bureau.

Jennifer Chau was astonished last month when the U.S. Census Bureau's report card on how accurately it counted the U.S. population in 2020 showed that Asian people were overcounted by the highest rate of any race or ethnic group. The director of an Asian American advocacy group thought thousands of people would be missed — outreach activities had been scratched by the coronavirus pandemic, and she and her staff feared widespread language barriers and wariness of sharing information with the government could hinder participation. “I’m honestly shocked,” said Chau, director of the Arizona Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander For Equity Coalition.

A section of I-94 will be closed in Detroit this weekend as Michigan Department of Transportation crews will be removing the Grand River overpass.

Police from different agencies shot and killed two men in separate incidents Monday in western Michigan, authorities said.

Majority-Black Detroit has become the largest U.S. city to challenge its figures from the 2020 census following a national head count in which the U.S. Census Bureau acknowledges that a higher percentage of African Americans were...

Men make more money than women in Michigan for every type of occupation studied by the U.S. Census Bureau in its 2019 American Community Survey data. Overall, the median, full-time male worker in Michigan made $53,435 in 2019. Full-time female workers had median earnings of $41,560 – which is 77.8% of men’s earnings. The U.S. average is slightly tighter, with women making 81% as much as men.

After 72 years, the U.S. Census Bureau’s 1950 census is being released from the National Archives and Records Administration. Where will I be able to access the 1950 census? The 1950 census will be available on a website hosted by the national archives (NARA) and will be free to access beginning April 1 at 12:01 a.m. Can I search for someone by name for the 1950 census? The number of people asked sample questions increased from two people per census page in 1940 to six in 1950.

The median Michigan household has a net worth of $117,600, although more than 60% of it is from equity in their home. The U.S. Census Bureau released net worth and debt estimates for each state earlier this month. The numbers show a wide disparity in financial success, as 21.4% of households have a net worth of at least $500,000, while 14.8% have a net worth of $0 or less.

Policymakers and demographers have been asking whether it's time to rethink the census after results released last week that showed Black, Hispanic and American Indian residents were undercounted in greater rates in 2020 than a decade ago.

There are about 1 million people in the United States with Ukrainian ancestry, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. Michigan has one of the largest populations of Ukrainian Americans of any state with an estimated 36,335. New York has the most, with nearly 142,000.

New data released by the Census Bureau shows the U.S. grew wealthier, better educated and poverty declined during the second half of the last decade.

Today marks Equal Pay Day, the day of the year which represents how far into the year women must work to equal what men made the year before. The gap is larger in Michigan, where the median pay for a man $53,435 while the median for women was $41,560. Mechanical engineer was the largest occupation for male workers, earning an average of $100,882. A registered nurse was the largest occupation for female workers, earning an average of $66,477. March 15 is the earliest Equal Pay Day has ever been since the day was first observed in 1996, a small sign of progress that the gender pay gap is closing in the U.S. Last year, the day fell on March 24.

Revise census questions now, and protect the decennial count from another president like Donald Trump.

A new report shows Black, Hispanic and American Indian residents were missed at higher rates than a decade ago.

The Black population in the 2020 census had a net undercount of 3.3%, while it was almost 5% for Hispanics and 5.6% for American Indians and Native Alaskans living on reservations. Those identifying as some other race had a net undercount of 4.3%. The non-Hispanic white population had a net overcount of 1.6%, and Asians had a net overcount of 2.6%, according to the results. In the 2010 census, by comparison, the Black population had a net undercount of more than 2%, while it was 1.5% for the Hispanic population. The 2020 census missed 0.24% of the entire U.S. population, a rate that wasn’t statistically significant, while it missed 0.01% in the 2010 census.

A new report shows Black, Hispanic and American Indian residents were missed at higher rates than a decade ago during the 2020 U.S. census.

The U.S. Census Bureau will release reports Thursday that show how good of a job the agency believes it did in counting every U.S. resident during the 2020 census.

"Do not do this on your own," said Adam Markowitz, an enrolled agent and vice president at Howard L Markowitz PA, CPA in Leesburg, Florida.

The new U.S. Census Bureau director says he is listening to the concerns of data users and policymakers, and the agency is making permanent community outreach efforts, in an effort to restore any trust that was lost following attempts by the Trump administration to politicize the nation’s head count.

A successful entrepreneur needs dedication and should be "armed with information," according to Zuleyka Strasner, founder and CEO of Zero Grocery.

U.S. Census Bureau officials say data from a 5-year version of a widely-utilized survey measuring how Americans live meet its standards and will be released next month.

Under federal law, the U.S. government must restrict access to people's records for the once-a-decade tally until 72 years after a count's Census Day. The exact origins of that time span are murky.

"We're seeing the disparity right at the beginning of a woman's career."

The U.S. Census Bureau has begun accepting challenges from states, cities and tribal nations that want to contest the results of the 2020 census.

You may be able to collect Social Security benefits based on your ex-spouse's work record. But you have to reach a key anniversary date before you're eligible.

Detroit will file a lawsuit over the census results if they aren't changed during the Census Bureau's appeals process which starts next year, said Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan.

DETROIT, MI -- Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan says an audit of 2020 census data by Michigan researchers suggests an intentional effort to undercount the majority-Black city’s population. “You have to get the count right.”In 2019, the Census Bureau estimated 670,000 people lived in Detroit. Researchers called this drop “anomalous and implausible.”They pointed to prior estimates showing the Detroit population declining at a rate of 0.4% between 2016 and 2019. “The Census Bureau violated its own policies in the city of Detroit,” Duggan says. The U.S. Census Bureau allows community leaders to request a formal review of the official numbers.

While the Census Bureau's set to have its first director who's Latinx, an NPR analysis finds people of color are underrepresented in the top rank of civil servants at the country's main data producer.

People travel by train and plane ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday on Nov. 24, 2021. AAA predicts that more Americans will travel this holiday compared to Thanksgiving 2020.

Illumination: Tree Lights at The Morton Arboretum is spread across many acres of the arboretum through Jan. 2, 2021.

North Michigan Ave. is packed with spectators as the BMO Harris Bank Magnificent Mile Lights Festival Parade returns for 2021 and celebrates its 30th year.

A man is suspected of plowing his SUV into a Christmas parade in Waukesha killing at least five people and injuring 48.

Some people might describe Hartville, Missouri, as being in the middle of nowhere, but the U.S. Census Bureau says it’s the closest town to the middle of the nation.

America is about to find out where its heart is.

The Trump administration directed many federal agencies to stop collecting payroll taxes last year. The Census Bureau is now trying to get former temporary workers to pay what they owe.

U-M students voted in record-breaking numbers during the 2020 election despite the global pandemic.

The Senate has confirmed Robert Santos as the next U.S. Census Bureau director.

A statistical method used by the U.S. Census Bureau for the first time in 2020 to protect confidentiality has made people and occupied homes vanish, at least on paper, when they actually exist in the real world.

The three-bedroom colonial-style house where Jessica Stephenson has lived in Milwaukee for the last six years bustles with activity on any given weekday, filled with the chattering of children in the day care center she runs out of her home. The U.S. Census Bureau says no one lives there. “They should come and see it for themselves,” Stephenson said.

Chicago weather cooperates with blue sky and temperatures in the 50's for trick or treating and Halloween celebration events in Chicago.

Researchers are worried about coronavirus-related disruptions to one of the U.S. Census Bureau’s most important surveys about how Americans live, saying a gap in the 2020 data will make it more difficult to understand the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and measure year-to-year changes.

Some experts believe the 2020 count could be the worst undercount in nearly 70 years.

A final round of door knocking for a follow-up survey is now set to last until early 2022, raising concerns about whether the bureau can determine which groups were undercounted in the 2020 census.

U.S. Census Bureau officials are pondering whether to produce less granular data in the next release of 2020 census data, dealing with housing and family relationships.

Public input is being sought this month as the Monroe County Apportionment Commission works on mapping county commissioner districts.

Data from the 2020 census showed Detroit is home to 639,111 residents, a 10.5% decrease since the previous count was taken a decade earlier. “A loss of roughly 30,000 people translates to $150 million in lost revenue for the city of Detroit,” Kovari said. Two decades earlier, Detroit Mayor Coleman Young successfully added thousands of residents to the count after challenging the 1990 census results. Once the fourth-largest American city, Detroit now ranks No 26. While census data shows Detroit lost 74,666 residents from 2010 to 2020, the city dropped nearly 237,500 people in the prior decade.

The supplemental poverty measure, which includes government assistance to low-income individuals, declined to 9.1% in 2020 from 11.8% in 2019.

Federal investigators have launched an inquiry into Ald. Jim Gardiner’s conduct in office, including whether he retaliated against constituents for political purposes, sources told the Tribune.

People rally near Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's home to demand an option for remote learning as the COVID-19 pandemic persists.

The QAnon adherent who was a cause célèbre for ivermectin died in the intensive care unit of AMITA Health Resurrection Medical Center early Monday.

Muralist Timm Etters painted hundreds of murals in local schools over the last three decades.

There are understandable concerns from homebuyers about inventory and sky-high prices, but there might have been recent some encouraging news to help alleviate those worries.

WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI - Cities and townships throughout Washtenaw County saw upticks in multiracial diversity in individuals over the last decade, according to the most recent U.S. Census Bureau update. However, more than 93% of Washtenaw County residents still identify as being one race. This resulted in multiracial diversity nearly doubling in the last decade to 6.6% of Washtenaw County’s population, or about 29,200 residents. The three areas with the largest percentage of multiracial representation are Ypsilanti Township, Scio Township and Superior Township at 9% each. However, the city has a lower percentage of white residents compared to the rest of the state’s percentage (74%).

Chicagoans enjoy time away from work and pleasant weather during the Labor Day Weekend.

A House oversight committee and the Commerce Department have reached an understanding that could resolve a lawsuit filed after the Trump administration ignored subpoenas for records on 2020 census operations.

Chicago Public Schools is preparing for hundreds of thousands of students to head back to classrooms Monday — a complete resumption of in-person learning since the pandemic began.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — New data from the U.S. Census Bureau provides a glimpse into how Kent County’s demographic makeup changed between 2010 and 2020. To see how the demographic makeup of communities in Kent County have changed since 2010, see the charts below. Among Kent County’s municipalities, Byron Township saw the biggest increase, in raw numbers, in white residents. The number of people who identify as being two or more races grew in all of Kent County’s municipalities. The city of Grand Rapids, the county’s biggest city, saw the biggest increase.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Not only did Kent, Allegan and Ottawa counties post big population gains in the 2020 Census — they also stand out for having a lot of people under 18. Only two other counties in the state, Branch and St. Joseph, had such a high percentage of young people. The statistic was greeted with enthusiasm by Ottawa County Board of Commissioners Chairmen Roger Bergman. He attributed the high percentage of people under 18 to Ottawa being a “family oriented” place, and having a strong parks system. In many northern Michigan counties and the Upper Peninsula, the percentage is higher.

The Census Bureau says Black parents had the highest spike of homeschooling during the pandemic, going from 3% in the spring to 16% in the fall.

Growth in the number of people who identified as multiracial on 2020 census responses soared over the last decade, rising from under 3% to more than 10% of the U.S. population.

Figures released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau show some of Michigan’s largest percentage population losses over the past decade are in the state’s Upper Peninsula, while three of the four most populous counties in the Lower Peninsula gained people.

No racial or ethnic group dominates for people under age 18 in the newly released 2020 census figures.

The Census Bureau has issued its long-awaited portrait of how the U.S. changed over the past decade.

The U.S. Census Bureau will hold a news conference to discuss the release of the first local level results from the 2020 Census.

The U.S. Census Bureau says data from the 2020 census used for drawing congressional and legislative districts will be released next week.

The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday denied a petition to grant relief to the state’s redistricting panel, who expects to adopt new congressional and legislative maps months later than allowed by the constitution.

The U.S. Census Bureau says that it’s on schedule to deliver the numbers used for redrawing congressional and legislative districts by mid-August.

Fifteen Republican governors have sent a letter to the U.S. Commerce Secretary, urging that the U.S. Census bureau release redistricting data as soon as possible.

The 2020 census is expected to cost $14.2 billion, well below a previous estimate of $15.6 billion.

Hold onto your calculators, statisticians.

A group of Harvard researchers has come out against the U.S. Census Bureau's use of a controversial privacy method on the numbers used for redrawing congressional and legislative districts.

The U.S. Census Bureau had a last-resort solution for getting information on households that failed to respond to the once-a-decade head count.

Some researchers are up in arms about a U.S. Census Bureau proposal to add privacy protections by manipulating numbers in the data most widely used for economic and demographic research.

The state of Ohio and the U.S. Census Bureau have asked a judge to place on hold their court fight over when data used for redrawing congressional and legislative districts will be released.

U.S. Census Bureau officials have recapped the challenges of executing the nation’s head count.

A panel of judges has heard arguments over whether the U.S. Census Bureau can use a controversial statistical technique to keep people’s information private in the numbers used for drawing political districts.

The U.S. Census says more than two-thirds of U.S. citizens of the voting age population cast a ballot in the 2020 presidential election.

The first numbers from the 2020 census are out and they show that America’s population growth has declined to its slowest rate since the Great Depression — a total now of just under 331.5 million.

Michigan’s slow population growth over the past decade will cost the state a U.S. House seat, continuing a decades-long trend as job-seekers and retirees have fled to other states.

The Census Bureau says it will be releasing the numbers used for determining how many congressional seats each state gets on Monday.

Young adults are leaving states such as New York and California for new destinations including Colorado, Florida and Texas.

The numbers used for deciding how many congressional seats each state gets can’t be released before next Monday.

Michigan’s top election official and its redistricting panel are asking the state Supreme Court for more time to adopt new congressional and legislative maps, pointing to delayed census data.

President Joe Biden says he'll pick the president of the American Statistical Association to lead the U.S. Census Bureau as it works toward releasing data from the 2020 census that will be used for redrawing congressional and legislative districts.

Sixteen states are backing Alabama’s challenge to a new method the Census Bureau is using in an effort to protect the privacy of people who participated in the head count.