WASHINGTON (AP) — The 2010 census report coming out Tuesday will include a boatload of good political news for Republicans and grim data for Democrats hoping to re-elect President Barack Obama and rebound from last month’s devastating elections. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The ranks of the working-age poor climbed to the highest level since the 1960s as the recession threw millions of people out of work last year, leaving one in seven Americans in poverty. (more)
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Paulo Sergio Alfaro-Sanchez, an illegal immigrant being held at a detention center in Washington state, had no idea that the federal government would count him in the census. (more)
NEW YORK (AP) — It sounds simple enough. Knock on some doors, ask some questions, get some answers. (more)
Five states — New York, California, Texas, Arizona and Florida — are close to losing out on congressional seats because of lackluster participation in the U.S. census. (more)
High foreclosure rates, an influx of immigrants and a shortened national attention span are all working against the 2010 Census. (more)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Police who investigated the death of an eastern Kentucky census worker found naked, bound and hanging from a tree learned that he told a friend he intended to kill himself and that he had chosen the time, place and method to do it. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of working moms who are the sole breadwinners in their families rose last year to an all-time high, and the number of stay-at-home dads edged higher, in a shift of traditional gender roles caused partly by massive job losses. (more)
