U.S. Census Bureau

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Census 2010 to include outreach in more languages

AP News 43 days ago

To accurately count immigrants, 2010 census will include outreach in more languages With the launch of the 2010 census less than six months away, the U.S. Census Bureau is preparing its most targeted and far-reaching language outreach yet to more accurately count ...

Foreclosures pose challenge, cost to census count

AP News 44 days ago

Census director: Foreclosures will add challenges, costs to next year's decennial census The Census Bureau director says foreclosures will make it tougher and more expensive to get an accurate count of families next year. Director Robert Groves said Tuesday in Los Angeles ...

Cities lag in preparations for high-stakes census

AP News 45 days ago

Study: City funds and manpower to promote 2010 head count lag levels in previous census With the 2010 census looming, major U.S. cities whose residents are at high risk of being missed are struggling with a shortage of money and manpower to ...

Halt to gov't raids not an option to boost census

AP News 56 days ago

Commerce Department rules out seeking halt to immigration raids to try to improve census count With the 2010 census six months away, the Commerce Department said Thursday it won't seek a halt to immigration raids as it did in the previous census ...

State tax collections continue their slide

AlphaNinja 57 days ago

AlphaNinja - The US Census released second quarter 2009 tax data today. It's not pretty.Overall, individual income taxes dropped the most, falling over 27% from the previous year. Sales taxes - less dependent on the volatile top earners than income taxes - ...

State, local revenues soared until 2007: census

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News 57 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Before the U.S. recession delivered a one-two punch to state and local economies, most cities and states experienced five years of rapid revenue and spending growth, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report. From 2002 to 2007, state and ...

What if everyone in the world wanted one ounce of gold?

Stockhouse 58 days ago

Most of us will be out of luck If we’re right about where the price of gold is headed, the general public will someday clamor to buy all things gold. While gold stocks will be where the real leverage is, the rush ...

Census Latinos

AP News 59 days ago

Teresa Ocampo is questioned about the upcoming U.S. Census at her home in Long Beach, Calif. on Aug. 24, 2009. For the first time, the decennial census will be distributed in two languages to 13.5 million households in predominantly Spanish-speaking neighborhoods. Latino ...

Latinos bank on bilingual census form to aid count

AP News 59 days ago

Latinos hope the use of bilingual census forms will aid the 2010 count despite obstacles When Teresa Ocampo opens her census questionnaire, she won't have to worry about navigating another document in English. The 40-year old housewife who only speaks basic English ...

Census workers trained to deal with hostile people

AP News 63 days ago

Census: Hanging death first since 1998 in which employee may have been targeted based on job Violence against census employees is rare, the Census Bureau said Thursday, but it nevertheless trains its canvassers in how to deal with angry or hostile citizens. ...

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