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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