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Privacy Veil Lifted, 1940 Census Opens Window To Past
washingtontimes.com 1 day, 11 hours agoMaggie Evans, of the richest family on the block, can never go home. A clowder of feral cats roams the front yard. In the past two years, there have been five homicides within 1,500 feet of the house she once gave that name: Home, for her, no longer exists. The ...
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Which Americans Shirk The Census?
slate.com 4 days, 3 hours agoHouse Republicans earlier this month voted to end the American Community Survey, a rich source of detailed data about Americans’ lives. But when it comes to the basic census, willingness to answer the federal government’s questions seems to have more to do with where people live than which party they support, as the map below shows. Red or blue, Midwestern counties had 2010 census response rates that exceeded the national rate, while response rates in Western and Southern counties fell short of it.










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