MEASUREMENT OF RACE HAS BEEN A CRITICAL PART of census-taking from the first census in 1790; measurement of ethnicity and national origin in one or another form goes back to the 1850 census. Today, ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Long after the headlines disappear, researchers will be mining the trove of data from Census 2000 ...

Seattle remains a highly segregated city where whites and minorities live in neighborhoods apart, according to 2000 Census data and a new national study. While segregation in Seattle has declined ...

How one views the 2000 census data for the Illinois Quad-Cities depends on whether you see the glass as half-empty or half-full. Half-empties will look at the stagnant growth -- less than half-percent ...

Some experts are arguing that it’s time for the census to aggressively make use of government data and other sources to augment its own decennial count. By Michael Wines WASHINGTON — Beyond the ...

2000 Census data are out and there are major political and social ramifications to... 2000 Census data are out and there are major political and social ramifications to the release. NewsNight talks ...

THE DECENNIAL CENSUS is the federal government’s largest and most complex peacetime operation. Mandated in the U.S. Constitution to provide the basis for reapportioning seats in the U.S. House of ...