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November 18, 2009
After the 2010 Census, new Members of Congress in states like Georgia and South Carolina as well as Arizona and Texas will owe their positions, in part, to the expanding Latino population.
Report from America’s Voice: The New Constituents… How Latinos Will Shape Congressional Apportionmention After the 2010 Census
November 16, 2009
Op Ed: Make Sure Latino Families Count
November 11, 2009
Consuls from Latin America will help with the census
The 2010 Census and Puerto Ricans: Statistical Policy Issues and Politics – Event in NYC – 6 p.m., Thurs., Nov. 12
November 10, 2009
Lack of info — not fear — hurts census
November 9, 2009
Hispanics Dodge a Bullet – Hispanics would have been hurt in critical ways by the proposed change to the census
November 6, 2009
A Victory in the Senate with the Halt of the Vitter Amendment – LULAC
Senate Democrats Thursday blocked a GOP attempt to require next year’s census forms to ask people whether they are U.S. citizens – Vitter’s attempts fail
November 4, 2009
Hispanics urged to make census count – Cities plan outreach to allay fears of government probing that could limit federal dollars – Chicago area
Chicago Ethnic Media Question U.S. Census Officials
November 2, 2009
The Strange Bedfellows of the Census Boycott
The Hispanic Market Is Set to Soar – The 2010 Census will radically alter the demographic map and the rules of engagement between Hispanic and general-market shops
October 30, 2009
Senator Reid States He Is Keeping Anti-Immigrant Vitter Amendment From the Senate Floor
October 27, 2009
Impractical and Unconstitutional – Sen. Vitter Tries to Use the Census to Further Anti-Immigration Agenda
Senator Vitter’s Amendment is Gumming Up the Census
October 26, 2009
U.S. Census Allots $145 Million to Reach Out to Minorities – about $28 million to Hispanic media
October 17, 2009
Question just a tactic, but revealing of feelings – (re proposed census question about immigration status)
October 14, 2009
5 Former Census Directors Warn that Vitter Amendment would Severely Damage 2010 Census, Cost Billions – would add a new question on citizenship and immigration status to the 2010 census.
October 12, 2009
Latinos would be wrong to boycott the 2010 Census count – Ruben Navarrette Jr
Angered by President Obama’s lack of success in legalizing illegal immigrants, some Hispanic activists are urging all Hispanics to boycott the 2010 census as a sign of displeasure.
October 9, 2009
LULAC Opposes Vitter-Bennett Amendment: Call Your Senator Today!
Republican Senators Want Census to Identify ‘Illegal Aliens’
October 7, 2009
The Census in song? Somebody’s trying too hard
To Engage Latinos About Census, Telenovela Steps Up to Be Counted
Calls from some Latino church leaders for a boycott of the 2010 U.S. Census to pressure Congress for passage of immigration reform triggered a heated debate among scholars and activists Wednesday at Princeton University.
October 5, 2009
Arizona Hispanics need to stand up and be counted in the 2010 census or face losing representation in Congress, a voice in the community and money for social services, a panel of elected officials and activists said last week.
Colorado Latino leaders work to derail proposed census boycott
Review of 2010 Census Communication Plan included Felipe Korzenny
High-Stakes Census for Latinos Complicated by Fears – Recession, Calls for Boycott Threaten Accurate Count
Why Boycotting the Census will not force the Immigration Issue
October 2, 2009
Census “boycott” is self-defeating – The people who think that Latinos will benefit politically by having some of us ignore an attempt to be counted in the population speak with a contradiction that makes absolutely no sense.
Holding the US Census ransom to force action on reforming immigration is a bad idea
With the 2010 census 6 months away, the Commerce Department said Thursday it won’t seek a halt to immigration raids as it did in the previous census in hopes of improving participation in hard-to-count communities.
Census Gets Some Latino Help and Needs It – a coalition of prominent Latinos kicked off a nationwide campaign Thursday urging people to fill out the 2010 Census forms.
September 30, 2009
Could bilingual census forms anger snubbed Latinos?
September 29, 2009
In an effort to increase response rates and save money, the Census Bureau will automatically mail or deliver 13.5 million questionnaires in English and Spanish in areas with a large concentration of Spanish speakers.
6 Months from Census, Coalition to Announce Details of Campaign to Count All Latinos in 2010 – Labor Leaders, Elected Officials, Latino Groups, Spanish Language Media and Faith-Based Organizations Join Forces to Ensure Census Achieves Accurate Count of Second-Largest U.S. Population Group
Hispanic TV Summit: Telemundo’s Browne — Count On Census 2010 Being A ‘Game-Changer’ – Government tally will put Latino awareness among media ‘over the top’
September 28, 2009
Latinos bank on bilingual census form to aid count
September 24, 2009
Census: Immigrants Leaving Arizona – Economy, Increased Efforts To Crack Down On Illegal Immigration Factors, Attorney Says
Census Boycott Splits Latinos
Will the Census make good television?
A third of Nevada Hispanic households lack member fluent in English
U.S. Census Uses Telenovela to Reach Hispanics – “Más Sabe el Diablo” – “The Devil Knows Best”
September 22, 2009
Hispanic homeownership dropped 0.80 to 49.1% according to new Census data
The share of the U.S. population composed of immigrants dropped slightly in 2008, reversing a 40-year trend that helped fuel the nation’s explosive growth and diversity.
September 17, 2009
Common Sense and Immigration Reform: Uniting Behind an Accurate Census
September 10, 2009
Census: 40 million in U.S. now live in poverty – 23.2% for Hispanics live in poverty
September 9, 2009
Activists want mailed Spanish census forms for Latino Hoosiers
September 8, 2009
Massachusetts Immigrants Divided Over Census Boycott
Immigration activists urge census boycott – Hope effort spurs legislation – Massachusetts perspective
September 2, 2009
Leon County hopes festival will help U.S. Census calculate growing Hispanic population – Florida
August 25, 2009
US Census 2009 Hispanic Fact Sheet :: Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 15 – Oct. 15
August 24, 2009
2010 census groups reach out to illegal immigrants, Hispanics and blacks – Minority participation in count seen as key to more local dollars
August 19, 2009
Data Table: Hispanic 2006 Health Insurance Coverage Status (Uninsured Only) by State
August 6, 2009
A legal advocacy group launched an education and awareness campaign Wednesday encouraging Latinos in 11 Midwest states to participate in the 2010 Census. – MALDEF
July 14, 2009
Hispanics Divided Over Census Boycott
July 13, 2009
The Sacramento Hispanic Chamber of Commerce announced Monday that it will form a partnership with other organizations to promote the 2010 U.S. Census to Latinos.
July 9, 2009
Grupo Salinas, Fundacion Azteca America, Azteca America and ICFJ Discuss Challenges to Latino Community at National Press Club in Washington DC –Presentation of White Paper “The State of Latinos: Census 2010″ Highlights the Importance of Being Properly Counted
June 30, 2009
U.S. officials seek help getting census right in Oklahoma’s Hispanic community
June 29, 2009
ya es hora Campaign Calls for Complete Count of Latinos and Immigrants in the 2010 Census
June 26, 2009
Watch US Census video: Portrait of America – Latino/Hispanic (en Español y English)
June 23, 2009
Memphis-area Hispanic population unnerved by upcoming census
June 22, 2009
Who’s Hispanic? According to the Census: Anyone who says they are. And nobody who says they aren’t. – (I missed this Pew Report back in late May still relevant)
June 19, 2009
Latinos need to take time for Census
June 4, 2009
Latino boycott of the census makes no sense – Funds and services depend on an accurate count; boycotting could hurt those who need those things the most.
National Hispanic Group Is Wrong About the Census – Boycotting Census Is Bad for Hispanics, for the Country and for Marketing
NHCLC Calls for Complete Count of Latinos and Immigrants in the 2010 Census
June 2, 2009
Census uses foreign language to get numbers, ease fears – Jencarlos Canela, from left, Gaby Espino and Miguel Varoni star in a new Spanish-language novela that will weave a Census worker into the plotline, aimed at reducing the reluctance among some Latinos to participate in the 2010 Census.
May 31, 2009
In a high-stakes battle that could affect California’s share of federal funding and political representation, immigration activists are vowing to combat efforts by a national Latino clergy group to persuade 1 million illegal immigrants to boycott the U.S. Census. – National Coalition of Latino Clergy & Christian Leaders
May 14, 2009
Given its proximity to the Mexican border, San Diego County would seem to be a natural destination for Latinos looking for a place to call home. Not so, says the Census Bureau. The county continues to have the lowest concentration of Latinos among Southern California counties
Nearly one in six residents, or 46.9 million people, are Hispanic – The most Latino county in the nation was Los Angeles, with 4.7 million people
Growth of Hispanic, Asian Population Slows Unexpectedly, Census Reports
May 7, 2009
Ethnic Media to Play Critical Role in 2010 Census
April 27, 2009
2010 Census: U.S. officials woo community help for Hispanic count
April 22, 2009
Some immigrant advocates are threatening to tell undocumented immigrants to boycott the census in retaliation for immigration crackdowns, a move that would deny recession-starved cities and towns much-needed federal tax dollars, which are allocated based on population.
April 2, 2009
Saying traditional census outreach will not be enough, Hispanic groups on Wednesday urged the Obama administration to follow through now on its pledge to pass immigration reform or risk an undercount of millions of people.
March 24, 2009
Census count preparing for Latino tally
March 17, 2009
What seems like a simple question — How many Latinos are living in the United States? — has become surprisingly complex as the 2010 census approaches.
December 15, 2008
Activists working on solidifying Latino bloc – Focus on voting shifts to census
Census figures show number of Hispanics in Lehigh Valley climbing – Pennsylvania
Census: In Farmers Branch, Hispanics now No. 1 demographic group
December 9, 2008
HISPANIC INFLUX in Utah: West Valley City has the state’s highest percentage of its population that is Hispanic: 28.1 percent — or more than one of every four residents in 2005-07. That is way up from 18.5 percent there in the 2000 Census.
November 11, 2008
d exposito & partners lands Census 2010
October 23, 2008
Pew Hispanic Center Publication: Latinos Account for Half of U.S. Population Growth Since 2000 (great map)
September 25, 2008
Nuevos datos del Negociado del Censo Proporcionan un Panorama de la Población de Puerto Rico
September 23, 2008
Nearly 5% of the 727,070 El Pasoans last year said buenas noches when they went to sleep and buenos días when they woke up, according to new information released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Fully one in five Texans now speaks Spanish in the course of their daily lives, a larger percentage than at any time since Texas was a part of Mexico, according to new Census Bureau figures
Figures newly released by the U.S. Census Bureau show that nearly two-thirds of all children living in the San Joaquin Valley are Hispanic.
September 22, 2008
With a population of about 162,900 citywide, Ecuadoreans are New York’s fourth largest Hispanic contingent, behind Puerto Ricans (770,100), Dominicans (587,330) and Mexicans (260,620), according to the census.
September 21, 2008
Census Bureau to Hold Online News Briefing on Embargoed 2007 Puerto Rico Community Survey Data
