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California Count Off by 1.5 Million?

Dec 25, 2010
State officials say that federal nose-counters overlooked 1.5 million California residents in the 2010 census, a mistake that could ultimately cost the state billions of dollars in federal money over the next 10 years and even a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

One-Third Didn’t Return Census Forms

Apr 17, 2010
Maybe it's laziness or maybe it's privacy concerns, but the US Census Bureau reports that 32 percent of all U households receiving census questionnaires did not return them ahead of Friday's official deadline Come May 1, census workers will begin pounding on the doors of the laggards.

Don’t Count on Me

Jan 29, 2010
Some conservative opponents of President Barack Obama are trying to stir up a movement against the 2010 census, arguing that the census form asks too many personal questions and is one more example of the erosion of privacy.