Demographic Research

The Delaware House of Representatives passed a bill this week that would count prisoners at their home addresses, not the places where they are incarcerated, for purposes of redistricting after the 2010 Census.

How do respondents’ answers to a Census Bureau question about their race vary depending on the type of question asked?

The Census Bureau does not ask U.S. residents for their immigration status when they are counted in the 2010 Census or other population surveys.

A snapshot of the lowest-responding neighborhoods in the 2010 Census shows that more than two-thirds are in cities, and they tend to be more racially or ethnically diverse than higher-responding areas.

The 2010 Census mail participation rate of 72% has matched the 2000 Census rate, and Census Bureau officials have released data indicating that sending replacement questionnaires to low-responding areas may have played a role.

It’s official: The 2010 Census mail participation rate has matched the 2000 rate, according to the Census Bureau.

A new analysis of 2010 Census participation rates finds that 22% of counties have exceeded their Census 2000 participation rates by at least five percentage points.

Only 22% of Americans say they can trust the government in Washington almost always or most of the time, among the lowest measures in half a century.

At least 10% of the nation's counties have exceeded their 2000 Census mail participation rates by at least five percentage points.