by CivMetrics Staff | Sep 20, 2022 | Census, Uncategorized
The 2020 Census continues to face challenges as a U.S. Commerce Department watchdog group recently released a report on census takers who were neither fired nor disciplined despite falsifying data in the 2020 count. The result: undercounts of students at colleges and...
by CivMetrics Staff | Aug 27, 2022 | Census, Uncategorized
The U.S. Census Bureau recently published a Federal Register Notice inviting the public to provide suggestions for a better operational design of the 2030 Census. The public can send their input and ideas until November 15 through email or by leaving comments directly...
by CivMetrics Staff | May 27, 2022 | Census, Demographics, Uncategorized
A follow-up survey conducted by the Bureau of Census to measure the accuracy of the 2020 Census count reveals that six states were undercounted, while eight states were overcounted. The states with significant net undercount rates are: Arkansas (5.04%), Florida...
by CivMetrics Staff | May 11, 2022 | Census, Uncategorized
The Census Bureau announce that several rounds of 2020 Census data on U.S. residents will be made public on 2023. The data, regarding age, sex, race and household relationships of U.S. residents, will be released on May 2023. The following month (June 2023), data on...
by CivMetrics Staff | May 4, 2022 | Census, Demographics
Tasked with providing strategies to ensure that federal statistics will cover America’s diversity, The Equitable Data Working Group recently released a blueprint on how government data could be more inclusive. As reported by CNN, the recommendation of the group...
by CivMetrics Staff | Apr 22, 2022 | Census, Uncategorized
An undercount of 36,000 Erie County residents in the 2020 Census might have cost the county $4 million in federal stimulus funding. With 3.8% discrepancy in total population, Erie County falls as the 10th highest undercount among the large counties nationwide....
