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NPR Ron Jarmin, a career staffer who has spent 25 years at the Census Bureau, will temporarily lead the agency after Director John Thompson retires from the post Friday.
New Acting Director To Oversee 'High Risk' 2020 Census
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A leadership shuffle at the U.S. Census Bureau is underway as the agency faces funding issues and other challenges in preparing for the 2020 Census.
105 months ago
Lifehacker You might've missed the news, but the director of the Census Bureau stepped down last week — and that could mean huge things for the 2020 census.
106 months ago
Yahoo Finance “In 1940, only 4.6% had reached that level of education.”
US adults reach highest level of education ever recorded
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On Friday, the US Census Bureau revealed that one-third of the adult population in the US has a bachelor’s degree or higher.
108 months ago
Yahoo Finance “In 1940, only 4.6% had reached that level of education.”
US adults reach highest level of education since 1940
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On Friday, the US Census Bureau revealed that one-third of the adult population in the US has a bachelor’s degree or higher.
108 months ago
NPR Approximately 3.7 million Arab-Americans in the U.S. might have their own box to check off as the U.S. Census Bureau is recommending that MENA be added to the 2020 census.
For Some Americans Of MENA Descent, Checking A Census Box Is Complicated
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For years, advocates have pushed the Census Bureau for a box for people of Middle Eastern or North African descent. Now, the bureau recommends one. Some worry the data may be misused in surveillance.
108 months ago
Life.com "An army of some 120,000 census takers will march forth to ring doorbells and ask questions."
1940 Census: A Test Run in Indiana
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Age? Income? Mortgage?
122 months ago
VICE News "They really need to know what their population is. That's the point of the census."
Trans People Told to Leave Gender Blank on Canada’s Census
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Statistics Canada says that during the “extensive” consultations for the 2016 census “no major issue was brought forth … for the question on sex.”
123 months ago
Life.com "An army of some 120,000 census takers will march forth to ring doorbells and ask questions."
1940 Census: A Test Run in Indiana
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Age? Income? Mortgage?
123 months ago
Forbes One driver of the recent increase, of course, is the Great Recession.
Time Warp: Share Of Young Women Living With Parents Tops 1940 Rate
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A new Pew analysis of U.S. Census data shows 36.4% of women ages 18 to 34 lived with parents or other non-spouse family members in 2014 — that is slightly higher than the 1940 rate of 36.2%.
124 months ago
TheRoot.com One reader needs help unraveling a couple of mysteries about her in-laws and the 1940 census.
Why Can’t I Find Proof That My In-Laws Were Married?
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Tracing Your Roots: A search of 1940 census records and a story about a fake officiant raise troubling questions.
125 months ago
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