Sunday, November 22, 2009

census

Commerce Secretary Locke: Obama Has a Good Relationship With Business Community

Locke says the census will send out surveys in Spanish for the first time. more >>

Gary Locke: Census Questionnaires Will Be in English and Spanish

The commerce secretary says they will be available in a host of other languages as well. more >>

Population Shifts in the Top 50 Senior Areas

Housing and economy declines led to sharp cutbacks in U.S. migration patterns last year. more >>

Seniors Stay Put in Tough Times

Stagnant migration patterns and an aging nation set the stage for large senior concentrations. more >>

Young Downscale Voters Didn't Show Up At Polls in 2008 Elections

Voters under 30 made up 22 percent of the potential electorate but only 10 percent of voters. more >>

Hot Docs: Geithner Says Global Recession Is 'Deepening'

Today's selection of timely reports. more >>

Hot Docs: Pressing the Reset Button on U.S.-Russia Relations

The recession could open a window of opportunity for the Obama administration to reach out to Moscow. more >>

Democrats Must Keep Politics in 2010 Census; Gerrymander--and Gender-mander--Away!

Gerrymandering is as American as apple pie. more >>

Will Obama White House Politicians Cook the Census Numbers?

Sampling doesn't work, and we should not politicize the census. more >>

Why the Census Is Important

The Census is very much a political issue. more >>

Reverse Immigration Will Mean Fewer Hispanics in 2010 Census Than Leaders Expect

Fewer Hispanics will lead to a big push for statistical sampling in the census. more >>

Judd Gregg Commerce Nomination Focused Attention on White House Census Strong-Arming

The nomination will help Gregg if he runs for reelection in 2010. more >>

Judd Gregg Quits as Commerce Pick, Cites Conservative Census Concerns

Maybe Obama needs the census to find a commerce secretary. more >>

Barack Obama and Rahm Emanuel Go After the Census

To the victor goes the census? more >>

White House Census Power Grab May Violate the Constitution

I'm not saying that the Democrats are planning something diabolical, but keep an eye on them. more >>

Migration Gives South and West Big Gains, Census Bureau Statistics Show

Rhode Island, Michigan lose most in hard-hit East and Midwest. more >>

U.S. Population, 2009: 305 Million and Counting

Recession or no, the country is growing. more >>

The U.S. Army Ramps Up Biometrics to ID Baghdad Residents

Retina and fingerprint scans help sort out who's who. more >>

New Census Data Shows Northeast Population Growth is Lagging

A look behind the latest federal population statistics. more >>

The Numbers Behind America's Population Shift

There are not too many days when I can go out on my front step and pick up two newspapers with articles by me in them. Today was one of those days. more >>

What Should Britain, the U.S., and Europe Do About Iran?

Two interesting pieces from the London papers yesterday on this question, with recommendations you might not expect. In the Times, Gerard Baker says that Britain is doing pretty much all it should do at the moment. more >>

The Latest on Net Internal Migration

Two months ago, I blogged on net internal migration–the number of nonimmigrants moving into or out of major counties from 2000 to 2005.. more >>

What's Going On in Somalia

It appears now that the Ethiopian Army has had some help from U.S. more >>

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