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Maine sees significant drop in percentage of residents lacking health insurance, U.S. Census finds
The percentage of Maine residents without health insurance dropped from 8 percent to 5.7 percent over three years, according to a new report from the U.S. Census. The state now has the 14th-lowest uninsured rate in the nation, although its rate remains the highest in New England, according to the census. The drop is primarily …
Census undercount threatens federal food and health programs on reservations
The 2020 census missed nearly 1 of every 17 Native Americans who live on reservations, an undercount that could very well lead to insufficient federal funding for essential health, nutrition and social programs in remote communities with high poverty rates and scarce access to services. The census counted 9.7 million people who identified as a …
California reports first ever yearly population decline
California’s population fell by more than 182,000 people in 2020, marking the first year-over-year loss ever recorded for the nation’s most populous state.State officials announced Friday that California’s population dipped 0.46% to just under 39.5 million people from January 2020 to January 2021.The news comes one week after the U.S. Census Bureau announced a paltry …
Opinion: The census is a lucky break for Republicans
The census provides the basis for redrawing Congressional and other legislative district lines every 10 years. Although state legislatures, or in some case special districting commissions, are responsible for dividing states with Congressional district lines, the national census determines how many representatives each state gets. Every decade a few states gain seats, some lose them …
Supreme Court Weighs Trump Plan To Cut Undocumented Immigrants From Census : NPR
The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case involving the Trump administration’s desire to exclude undocumented immigrants from a key census count. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case involving the Trump administration’s desire to exclude undocumented immigrants from a key census count. Andrew …
Anomalies found in data put census deadline in jeopardy
The director of the Census Bureau said Thursday that irregularities have been found during the numbers-crunching phase of the 2020 census, a development that jeopardizes the statistical agency’s ability to meet a year-end deadline for handing in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats. The Census Bureau already was facing a shortened schedule of two …
China’s 7th national population census aided by technology_英语频道_央视网(cctv.com)
BEIJING, Nov. 1 — China on Sunday started its seventh national population count, with about 7 million census takers going door to door to document demographic changes in the world’s most populous country. Carrying out the census is critical to understand the population size, structure, and distribution, said Ning Jizhe, deputy head of the National …
Supreme Court halts census in latest twist of 2020 count
Last month, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California sided with the plaintiffs and issued an injunction which suspended a Sept. 30 deadline for finishing the 2020 census and a Dec. 31 deadline for submitting numbers used to determine how many congressional seats each state gets — a process known as apportionment. That …