Tag Archives: Census Bureau

Tracking Health Insurance Trends for Small Counties

Posted on August 29, 2012 by jennifer
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Tweet Written by: Wes Basel Today, the Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) program released estimates for 2010 of the number of insured and uninsured for counties and states nationwide. The program also provides a Web-based interactive tool that allows … Continue reading →

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State and Local Government Workers: Where Do They Work? In our Schools

Posted on August 24, 2012 by jennifer
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Tweet Written by: Lisa Blumerman Yesterday, the Census Bureau released estimates from the 2011 Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll.  The total number of state and local government workers in March 2011 declined slightly to 19.4 million.  Where do … Continue reading →

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Census Pop Culture Through the Decades

Posted on March 19, 2012 by jennifer
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Tweet By Michael Snow In 2010, Betty White’s Saturday Night Live debut included a sketch where she played a census respondent to Tina Fey’s enumerator. This was not the first time the once-in-a-decade count has made its way into pop … Continue reading →

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How small errors can have a big impact on small populations

Posted on September 27, 2011 by briana
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Tweet When you checked the boxes on your census form, you probably did not pay much attention to the form design. But it is something the Census Bureau researches and gives a lot of attention. Something as simple as using … Continue reading →

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What are census blocks?

Posted on July 20, 2011 by briana
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Tweet Written by: Katy Rossiter, Geographer, US Census Bureau Census blocks are: – Statistical areas bounded by visible features such as roads, streams, and railroad tracks, and by nonvisible boundaries such as property lines, city, township, school district, county limits … Continue reading →

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