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Tracing the history of the census, at a time when 2020 operations are suspended
Apr 3, 2020
The 2020 census was planning to deploy up to 500,000 census takers to follow up with households that didn't respond online or by mail.
Using familiar faces could eventually open Detroit’s doors for census takers
Mar 25, 2020
The bureau is using workers people know or can identify with for house calls.
Low unemployment puts strain on census hiring
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Matt Bloom
Mar 11, 2020
The Census Bureau is offering higher wages and pulling workers in from neighboring states.
U.S. Census Bureau gears up to recruit workers
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Erika Beras
Oct 22, 2019
Hiring was easy before the last census, thanks to the Great Recession. This time? Not so much.
U.S. census prepares for a digital count
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Erika Beras
Aug 12, 2019
The 2020 census will be the first to seek information online on a wide scale.
Congressional Black Caucus seeks to boost participation in U.S. census
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Erika Beras
Jul 24, 2019
African American participation in the upcoming census is a topic of concern for some legislators.
For many businesses, good census data is the benchmark
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Jack Stewart
Apr 22, 2019
What happens when the numbers aren't accurate?
For public good, not for profit.
Texas leads way in population growth
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Andy Uhler
Apr 18, 2019
Strong economy and a lower cost of living are contributing to the increase in the Lone Star State.
A patchy picture of the U.S. economy thanks to the government shutdown
Jan 7, 2019
The Census Bureau was supposed to release figures on last November’s factory orders today. But thanks to the partial shutdown of the federal government, the Census Bureau is closed. Marketplace’s Mitchell Hartman looks into what data business decision-makers and investors will have to do without while the shutdown continues, what data will keep flowing (from […]
U.S. Census Bureau will be looking to hire field workers in a competitive labor market
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Erika Beras
Oct 8, 2018
The U.S. Census Bureau says it needs to hire hundreds of thousands of workers to complete the 2020 census. But since the economy is in such good shape, with unemployment down to 3.7 percent in September, that hiring task may be a lot harder than it was back in 2010. And the census faces more […]