“United States Census Bureau” on The Daily Caller

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is providing new estimates showing the U.S. population grew to somewhere between 306 million and 313 million over the last decade. (more)

Census officials waded into the online comments section of the New York Post on Wednesday to refute claims that the Census Bureau has been gaming its employment figures. (more)

Thousands of workers hired last year for temporary positions by the U.S. Census Bureau were trained and paid but never worked for the agency, while others who fulfilled assignments overbilled for travel expenses, according to an audit released Tuesday. (more)

High foreclosure rates, an influx of immigrants and a shortened national attention span are all working against the 2010 Census. (more)

Census employees on Sunday pushed their wares — red canvas tote bags, water bottles, stickers — and worked the crowd at a gun and knife show in Abilene, Texas. A few days before that, they chilled out and answered questions at a BCS tailgate party in Pasadena. And in Phoenix last week, census employees treated visitors at the Urban Indian Center to “a DJ mixing the beats, a live band … some Indian hoop dancers,” and “delicious Indian fried bread loaded with beans, lettuce and cheese,” according to the department’s website. (more)