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Q&A: Census Bureau director on ‘transformational’ changes — and SXSW

Robert L. Santos did not get to shoot concerts at the South by Southwest festival this year because, as the new Census Bureau director, “I have a day job now.”

Tribune News Service · Apr 6, 2022

The census missed some folks. These cities want them counted

When the 2020 census found that tiny McNab, Arkansas, had lost more than half its residents, Mayor James Conway went door to door and found 45 people in the rural town instead of the 30 reported by the census.

Tribune News Service · Apr 5, 2022

Census Bureau director on 'transformational' changes — and SXSW - Roll Call

Robert L. Santos wants to eliminate silos the Census Bureau has built between data products it produces for other agencies.

Roll Call · Apr 5, 2022

2020 census miscounted Americans – 4 questions answered

_The census conducted in the U.S. every 10 years is meant to count everyone. But it doesn’t actually count everyone.

The Conversation · Mar 25, 2022

LOCALIZE IT: A guide to shaping U.S. Census data coverage

The pandemic has intensified ongoing population trends of recent years and created some new ones. New data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau showed that, in the first full year of the pandemic, there was an exodus from the nation’s largest metros and rapid growth in Sunbelt metro areas.…

The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2022

Time to retool census? Some think so after minorities missed

Policymakers and demographers have been asking whether it's time to rethink the census after results released last week that showed Black, Hispanic and American Indian residents were undercounted in greater rates in 2020 than a decade ago

The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2022

Census Bureau considering changes after minority undercounts

WASHINGTON — Census Bureau Director Robert Santos suggested changes the agency may take to the next decennial census after undercounts in minority communities worsened in the 2020 count amid the coronavirus pandemic and endemic mistrust in government.

Tribune News Service · Mar 18, 2022

Census Bureau considering changes after minority undercounts - Roll Call

Census Bureau Director Robert Santos says changes may be ahead for the next census after undercounts worsened in the 2020 count.

Roll Call · Mar 18, 2022

US grew wealthier, better educated in 2nd half of 2010s

New data released by the Census Bureau shows the U.S. grew wealthier, better educated and poverty declined during the second half of the last decade

The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2022

As feared, 2020 Census undercounted Blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans

Activists and elected leaders reeling from the statistics are already strategizing how to minimize the impact of the undercounts. Those efforts should continue.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 15, 2022