Demographic Research

A New York Times/CBS poll of Tea Party supporters finds that this group "actually are just as likely as Americans as a whole to have returned their census forms, though some conservative leaders have urged a boycott."

Maryland has become the first state in the nation to make plans to count prisoners at their last known home addresses, not their prison addresses, for purposes of redrawing federal, state and local legislative districts.

A new analysis of 2010 Census participation rates so far has found wide variation from one city to the next in the degree to which race and ethnic characteristics predict response rates.

Stories about the 2010 Census account for a growing -- albeit small -- fraction of U.S. news coverage, according to statistics compiled by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.

Areas of the country that the Census Bureau has deemed "hard to count" have below-average response rates in the 2010 Census so far, according to a new analysis of participation rates.

Foreign-born Hispanics know more about the 2010 Census than their U.S.-born counterparts, and are more likely to say that they have participated or definitely will, according to a nationwide survey released today.

A new nationwide survey of Latinos finds that foreign-born Latinos are more positive and knowledgeable about the 2010 Census than are native-born Latinos.

The Census Bureau's national map and statistics showing detailed daily participation rates in the 2010 Census is being picked up by journalists around the country in various ways.

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The Census Bureau has rolled out the first set of numbers showing the 2010 Census mail participation rate for communities, states and the nation.