JSOnline (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Madison — The U.S. Census Bureau is looking to hire 47,000 people for temporary jobs in Wisconsin next year. Most of the jobs, paying $11 to $15 an hour, involve going door-to-door to interview residents who don't respond to a questionnaire to be mailed prior to Census Day on April 1, 2010. The temporary employees will work in their own communities on evenings and weekends...
News Unfiltered (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
About half (46.8 percent) of parents owed child support in 2007 received the full amount, while nearly one-third (29.5 percent) received only a portion of the total due and about one-quarter (23.7 percent) received none of the child support they were owed, according to a new national report from the U.S. Census Bureau. Of the $34.1 billion total child support owed, 62.7 percent was reported...
South Texas Chisme (Free subscription) | yesterday
Some people are just sickening. Despite sending letters with "unique census identification numbers," the National Census of Senior Citizens — a questionnaire soliciting seniors’ views on issues such as Social Security and Medicare — is not affiliated with the government in any way, said U.S. Census Bureau officials who cautioned retirees against...
Census.gov (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Among white, non-Hispanic children in families, 22.4 percent lived with a custodial parent. The proportion of black children in families with a custodial parent was 48.2 percent. Among children of other races, including American Indians and Alaska Natives, and Asians and Pacific Islanders, 16.1 percent lived in a custodial-parent family. Approximately one-quarter (25.4 percent) of Hispanic children...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090226/CENSUSLOGO)
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090226/CENSUSLOGO)
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Looking for a job?Are you bilingual'The U.S. Census Bureau is looking to fill some 43,800 spots in Chicago between December and June. Officials are especially interested in finding bilingual applicants.About 36 percent of the city's population speaks a language other than English, according to estimates from the Census Bureau's three-year American Community Survey. About...
The Business Journal of Milwaukee (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The U.S. Census Bureau's Chicago center said that it needs to hire about 70,000 workers in the coming weeks to work for the 2010 census in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana.
bizjournals (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The U.S. Census Bureau and Lockheed Martin Corp. are preparing to open a data-capture facility and call center in west Phoenix.
The Business Journal of Phoenix (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The U.S. Census Bureau and Lockheed Martin Corp. are preparing to open a data-capture facility and call center in west Phoenix.
The Swamp (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
by Mark Silva The 2010 Census will count the undocumented. Sen. David Vitter, a Louisiana Republican, advanced a plan to prevent the Census Bureau from counting non-citizens in its conduct of the 2010 Census. The Senate's Democrats blocked that in a 60-39 vote today. The Census not only is the basis for apportioning congressional districts for the coming decade,...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090226/CENSUSLOGO)
Chasing Evil (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Unjust Census Amendment Dropped: " The U.S. Senate blocked a controversial amendment today that would have required the Census Bureau to belatedly add a citizenship question to the 2010 Census questionnaire.In voting for cloture on the Commerce Justice and Science (CJS) FY10 Appropriations bill, a majority of senators effectively stopped the amendment from coming up...
Census.gov (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
November 5, 2009 You may Listen or download this story in .mp3 format. or as a .wav file Profile America — Thursday, November 5th. The national census next April will be the 23rd time this once-a-decade count has been conducted since 1790. The 14th census in 1920 marked a nation in transition. For the first time, there were more people living in urban areas than in rural surroundings....
The Latin Americanist (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The U.S. Senate on Thursday rejected a measure to add a question on citizenship status to the 2010 census. The proposal created by Republican Sens. David Vitter and Bob Bennett would have excluded all non-citizens including legal resident immigrants from the reapportionment of congressional districts based on next year’s national tally. "Illegal aliens should not be included for the...
