The Census Bureau has said it expects to hire about a half-million people nationwide to help in its all-important counting of everybody living in the United States.
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Census 2020
Raising awareness of what’s at stake for immigrant and minority communities with the upcoming 2020 Census
Stockton Kicks Off Census Complete Count Effort: ‘We’re Not Going Back’
“We have no interest in going back to 1950,” said Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs at an event geared toward ensuring an accurate 2020 Census count.
read moreCensus Champions — Jeri Green’s Life-Long Crusade to Reverse Historic Undercounts
For over three decades, Jeri Green has helped make the decennial census a leading civil rights issue, both as a Census Bureau insider, and now as an advocate for the National Urban League.
read more‘We Need Numbers to Tell Our Story’ – Reversing Census Undercount in Indian Country
For Native Americans, the ethnic group with the highest undercount of any defined by the Census Bureau, diversity and isolation compound the obstacles to achieving a more accurate count.
read moreMetro Atlanta’s Diversity Complicates Census Count
Clarkston Mayor Ted Terry described his city, about 20 miles east of Atlanta, as “one of the most ethnically diverse” in America.
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